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Himanshu Sabbharwal’s aide found stabbed in DU
Metro Mishap Report blames design, material
Safety Check
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JNU puts sexual harassment victim out of bounds
Eight child labourers freed from eateries
Rs 398-cr projects cleared
Now, accident info on website
Banker awarded for bravery
Hindu, Muslim kids recite Gurbani
5 killed in mishaps Angry crowd try to torch police station
Man held for kidnapping friend
Tantrik rapes girl for better marks
Man knives wife over son’s custody
Killer of wife, son in police net
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Himanshu Sabbharwal’s aide found stabbed in DU
New Delhi, July 24 According to the police, the body of Parminder Singh, who worked as accountant with Himanshu’s advertising firm in Gurgaon, was found near Khalsa College in the Maurice Nagar area of the north campus by a passerby around 11.30 pm. “He had seven stab wounds and robbery is definitely not the motive because his motorcycle was found at the spot,” said a police official close to the investigation, adding that Parminder’s mobile was missing. According to Sagar Preet Hooda, DCP (north), a case of murder has been lodged at the Maurice Nagar police station and matter is being investigated from all angles, including personal enmity. Parminder was found dead only about an hour after he and Himanshu finished pasting posters in the university for a candlelight march on Sunday to demand justice in the Sabharwal murder case. According to the statement given by Himanshu to the police, he, along with his friends Pooja and Saif, had dropped Parminder at the law faculty, where he had parked his bike and left around 10.40 pm. “About half an hour after I left Parminder, his wife called and told me that Singh had not returned home, but I assured her that he would reach soon. Around 2.30 am I received a call from the Delhi police that he had been murdered,” Himanshu told media today afternoon. Pooja, a freelance journalist and Saif, a student of Ramjas College, were called by the police for questioning and their statements were recorded separately. According to police sources, all four knew each other as they were associated with an NGO, Uday Foundation, which was pursuing Professor Sabbharwal’s death case. Parminder stayed with his family in Sagarupur area of southwest Delhi and was working with Himanshu for past four years. His father Raj Kumar told the police that his son did not have any enmity with anyone and he had no idea why he was killed. However, according to unconfirmed sources, he had named some members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student’s wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), responsible for his son’s murder. A court in Maharashtra had on July 13 acquitted six students accused of beating to death Prof. Sabharwal in Ujjain’s Madhav College in August 2006. The six accused, said to be activists of the ABVP, and were let off due to lack of evidence against them.
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Metro Mishap Report blames design, material
New Delhi, July 24 Sources said the report was received by managing director E. Sreedharan and had been passed on to the DMRC board of directors. They added that nobody below the rank of director had access to the report. It would be made public only after the authorities take a close look at it. “The board of directors will analyse the report and would then place it before the managing director to finally take action,” he said. According to reports, the enquiry committee has blamed the design and construction material for the accident. The report does not hold one person responsible for the accident. There are chances that based on the findings, action is taken against design officials. Gammon India, the private contractor for the line on which the mishap took place, could also be blamed for using substandard material and negligence. The enquiry committee included A. K. Nagpal from IIT Delhi, B. R. Bose from Delhi College of Engineering and Steve Lowry from DMRC. On July 12, an under-construction elevated section of the Delhi Metro collapsed after a pillar gave in at the Zamrudpur site killing six workers, including a site engineer.
Safety Check
Sreedharan has announced that Metro would set up a full-time organisation to check safety procedures and quality of material used in the construction works. It would be headed by the general manager (stocks and operations).
The organisation will visit stations to check the walls and other structures for any cracks. If it finds any crack, it will report it to the MD directly and immediate steps will be taken to rectify the problems. |
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JNU puts sexual harassment victim out of bounds
New Delhi, July 2 The administration took the decision today following a complaint by the university professor against whom the girl had moved the gender sensitisation committee against sexual harassment (GSCASH). The victim was a student of the Sanskrit department when she filed a complaint against the professor from the Hindi department Ganga Sahay Meena of sexually harassing her after promising to marry her. According to sources in the university, the GSCASH had submitted its enquiry report to the administration more than five months ago holding the professor guilty. “The university had not taken any action against the professor all this while and kept sitting on the report. Eventually, the girl lost her patience yesterday and reached the professor’s residence near the university transit house,” said a source. The professor alleged that the girl reached his residence yesterday morning and started beating him with her footwear in front of the police. The girl had informed the police control room before going to the professor’s house. She reportedly manhandled him in front of the police which kept watching and took no action. There were reports that the professor wanted to file an FIR, but the police refused. Subsequently, the professor went to the JNU administration and registered a complaint against the girl.
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Eight child labourers freed from eateries
Greater Noida, July 24 The health authorities are awaiting a report in this connection after which a case will be registered against the culprits. The eight children have been identified as Ranjit Kumar, Muskan, Shankar, Anil Kumar, Sonu, Arvind, Bhagwan Deen and Arun Kumar. The SDM said the freed children were taken to hospital to ascertain their correct ages, after which they were handed over to their parents. The G.B. Nagar administration appears to have woken up from its hibernation after the death of a minor domestic help working at a foreign service officer’s house. The authorities now plan to launch a campaign to detect children being employed at roadside dhabas, restaurants, factories, shops and even households. Eateries and dhabas employing children below 14 years of age will be booked under the Child Labour Act and the proprietors will be fined Rs 20,000. On July 19, a minor servant Gholu had died in mysterious circumstances in the Greater Noida house of a retired IAS officer Atish Sinha. According to his parents, Gholu was less than 14 years of age. |
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Rs 398-cr projects cleared
New Delhi, July 24 She said this at a meeting of the expenditure finance committee (EFC) today. The CM passed 15 projects amounting Rs 398 crore. One project is related to the department of environment and forests whereas the remaining are related to public works department. A proposal to develop greenery around the sites has also been approved. Rs 272 crore is for beautification around stadiums. Ten lakh potted plants costing Rs 7 crorewould be displayed during the Games. Rs 12.93 crore had also been sanctioned for greenery and beautification of various sites in and around Delhi. Rs 71.50 crore had been sanctioned for installing retro-reflective road signages on PWD roads in the Capital. This would give an international look to the city. It had been decided to resurface PWD bituminous roads by use of plastic waste. The project would take nearly seven months. |
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Now, accident info on website
New Delhi, July 24 Information on an accident will be displayed on the website as soon as the form is uploaded or within 30 days of the registration of the case. Senior officials will be notified for non-compliance of uploading information. It will ensure timely delivery of AIR through the computerised system of police station. Therefore, it is must that an entry is made on the website and the AIR number will be generated. This AIR number will be recorded in the FIR of the accident. |
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Banker awarded for bravery
Gurgaon, July 24 Shripal who had tried to stop armed robbers when they had entered Gurgoan Gramin Bank Indri, Sohna, on July 2 received Rs 10,000 and a class 1 commendation certificate. However, the robbers had managed to decamp with Rs 3,90,275. Shripal, an employee of Gurgoan Gramin Bank Indri, Sohna, sustained a bullet injury. Though a police constable was also present on the bank premises at that time, he did not made any effort to stop the robbers. The constable has been dismissed. |
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Hindu, Muslim kids recite Gurbani
Noida, July 24 The gurdwara has been training children in Gurbani recitation for the last 20 days. Thirty-seven children had particiapted in the competition. It was for the first time in Noida that children from all faiths, apart from Sikhs, participated in Gurbani recitation contest. The competition included recitation of ‘mool mantra’ for kids till 5 years, first five ‘pauris of Japji Sahib’ for kids between 6 to 10 years and Gurbani singing competition for kids between 11 to 15 years. All children were awarded with a certificate. Gur Ashish Singh won the ‘mool mantra’ recitation. Harleen Kaur Anand stood first in reciting pauris of Japji Sahib. While Shivam Khanna won in Gurbani recitaion. |
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5 killed in mishaps Angry crowd try to torch police station
Noida/Gt Noida, July 24 In the first incident that took place under the Javer police station, a man was crushed by a dumper after which angry crowd tried to torch the police station. They damaged a fire tender and a number of other vehicles parked there. The agitated people wanted that the driver of the dumper, who had taken shelter at the police station, be handed over to them. The police had to resort to firing in the air to disperse the crowd. The driver of the dumper has been arrested by the police. The victim, Surinder (26), was walking with his brother Radhe when a rikshaw hit him and he fell on the road. He was crushed by a dumper coming at a fast speed from the rear right. Surinder died on the spot. A large number of people gathered at the spot. To escape the wrath of the crowd, dumper driver Karam Veer ran inside the police station. In another accident, a cyclist was knocked down by an unidentified vehicle. In the third accident, a man was crushed under the wheels of the bus he was trying to alight from. The bus was torched by angry crowd. According to reports, Jatinder had asked the driver to stop the bus. While he was alighting from the moving bus, Jitender’s feet got entangled in the bus door. In another incident reported from Noida, two bikers were knocked down by a car at the Sector 21-25 crossing in the early hours of Thursday. Two car inmates were also injured. They were rushed to Fortis Hospital. The deceased were identified as Shailender Dubey and Shivam, alias Arjun. The police said both the men were on their way to their residence in Badarpur, Delhi, after completing their night duty at 2.30 am. The accident happened when the car driver lost control and the car hit a road divider. They were rushed to the district hospital by the Sector-20 police. Bikers Shailender Dubey died in district hospital while Shivam died in Metro Hospital. The car inmates were identified as Sunil and Manoj and are reportedly in serious condition.
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Man held for kidnapping friend
New Delhi, July 24 On July 20, victim Abhai Garg, along with Ajay Kumar, who was his friend, left his house in the Bapa Nagar area for Pushp Vihar to inspect some properties, but went missing. Abhai’s father Ajai Garg then got ransom calls . The police said Ajay had taken Abhai to Gurgaon in his car and while returning, he and his three accomplices abducted him. “Ajay stopped the car at an isolated stretch near Gurgaon for taking alcohol when three persons barged in with weapons . I got suspicious about Ajay as he did not look afraid, ” said
Abhai. The kidnappers Krishan and Jeetu, alias Jeetendra.took Abhai nearly 100 km away from Delhi to village Kosli in
Jhajjar, Haryana and kept him in a house there. “I was tortured in a locked room. They used to hit me with sticks due to which I have received deep wounds both on my legs and hands. They had tied me with chains and used to give me only three meals in four days and very little water,’’ narrated
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Tantrik rapes girl for better marks
New Delhi, July 24 According to the police, the accused Raj Kumar who lives in the Geeta Colony area called the girl for special prayers and raped her. “Raj Kumar took the girl to Haridwar and Rishikesh where he repeatedly raped her for a couple of days. We arrested him from Haridwar,” said a police official. Raj Kumar claimed to have supernatural powers that could cure all diseases. The victim’s father had taken her to the tantrik.
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Man knives wife over son’s custody
New Delhi, July 24 According to the police, Mukesh (28) stabbed his wife Romil (26) after a heated argument in a restaurant on Arya Samaj Road where he had called her for talks. The couple had been living separately for the last two years as the court had granted the custody of their son to Romil. “Mukesh met Romil in a restaurant where he asked her to hand over the custody of their son, as he suspected her of having an affair with someone whom she was planning to marry. However, she refused and walked away. He followed her and stabbed her with a knife,” said a police official. Meanwhile, Mukesh has been arrested. Mukesh works as a mason and is a resident of Baljeet Nagar |
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Killer of wife, son in police net
Gurgaon, July 24 The police had found the decomposed bodies of a 27-year-old woman and her one and a half year old son at their residence in Laxman Vihar here on July 20. According to the police, the accused Ramesh killed his wife Savita and son. On the complaint of Savita’s father Gyasi Ram, a case of murder has been lodged against Ramesh. Gyasi Ram is a resident of Kondal village. Earlier, Ram had also lodged an FIR against his son-in-law at Hathin district in Palwal. He had alleged that Ramesh had abducted Savita. Gyasi Ram told the police that Ramesh worked as a clerk in Government Girls School, Aurangabad, where his daughter studied. Later, Ramesh shilfted near their residence. Inspector Uday Raj told The Tribune that Ramesh had confessed to the crime. He said he killed Savita as he suspected her of having illicit relations with someone else. He said he had abducted Savita in 2005 and married her.
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