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Class IX student found dead in Mussoorie school bathroom
Muzaffarnagar fallout: Security beefed up in Haridwar
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Newly married woman ends life
ABVP activists for SSP’s removal
No arrests in two murder cases that rocked Doon
Mystery shrouds man’s death
Anniversary celebrations of 15th century saint begin
Saints prior to carrying out a royal procession as part of the 519th birth anniversary celebrations of Shri Chand Bhagwan at Chandracharya Chowk in Haridwar on Thursday. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur
Pan masala laced with tobacco being sold in defiance of orders
Tusker dies from electrocution
Mata Amritanandamayi Math to donate Rs 50 cr to state
Extending a helping hand to the victims of the natural calamity in Uttarakhand, Mata Amritanandamayi Math will donate Rs 50 crore for building 500 houses, Swami Amritaswarupananda, math's vice-chairman, said here recently. Besides, the math will also adopt 101 villages across the country.
St Joseph's, Col Brown to clash for football title
Unison World School 'A' team defeat Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Sacked cops' march to Secretariat thwarted
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Class IX student found dead in Mussoorie school bathroom
Mussoorie, September 12 The teenager was rushed to St Mary’s Hospital by the school administration but was declared brought dead. The police after recovering the body has sent it for postmortem and begun investigations into the case. According to the school Principal Manjari Joshi, the deceased student, Nishant, was reprimanded on Wednesday for allegedly writing a letter with objectionable content to a girl of class VIII in the same school. The parents of the deceased were informed on the phone around 8 pm yesterday about the ''indecent behaviour'' of their son and were asked to take him away from the school immediately. Narrating the chronology of the incident, she said that some senior students who were on their morning jog found the body of the deceased hanging on a wooden plank of the bathroom of the school and immediately informed the school authorities about the incident. The school administration rushed the boy to the government hospital where he was reported brought dead. However, the shocked parents of the deceased who reached Mussoorie from Meerut today, alleging foul play, have registered a complaint against the school administration. According to Dr. Rajveer Singh, the father of the deceased, who is also posted as the Chief Medical Officer in the Meerut administration, the school informed him late at night yesterday that he should immediately report to the school as his son had written a letter with some obscene remarks addressed to a junior girl student of the same school. When the parents arrived at the school, the school administration, showing indifferent attitude, did not offer them even a glass of water and informed them that their son was dead and the body was at the government hospital. Dr Rajveer Singh alleged that when he enquired from other students, including his second son studying in the same school, he was told that Nishant was mentally tortured by the school principal and thrashed by the warden for writing alleged obscene remarks in the school. Depressed by the whole incident, Nishant finally committed suicide by hanging hanging himself from a wooden plank of the bathroom today. Dr. Rajveer further informed the media that some students had run away from the school a few months back due to the ''Draconian attitude of the school administration, especially the dormitory wardens,'' thus indicating that all was not well in the school. Dr. Rajveer also raised his doubts over the objectionable letter allegedly written by his son as being claimed by the school and said that it is yet to be established that the letter was written by his son or some other student.The aggrieved mother of the deceased, speaking to the media, said: ''My son was a strong lad and would have in no way committed suicide until he was tortured mentally and physically.'' She further said that as she was also a working women, she had thought of providing their children quality education in a boarding school of Mussoorie, ''but I had no inkling on what was going on in the school.'' She also said that they were taking away their other son, fearing he would also meet the same fate in the school. She demanded immediate arrest of the officials who had forced her child to commit such an act and forfeit the license of the school with immediate affect till the investigations were complete to save the other students from being harassed further. The town is in a state of shock at the in incident and many parents under anonymity are of the view that such public schools have become mere money-minting shops where the students are not provided any care and are left to fend for themselves. They also alleged that the absence of any qualified counsellors also led to such incidents where lives of teenagers were lost in such a shameful way. When contacted, the investigation officer, RP Sati, said that they had not found any suicide note from the scene and had registered a case against the two hostel wardens, Dipendar Rawat and Pankaj Khatri, under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code for abetment to suicide and begun investigations considering all angles in the case. Meanwhile, the parents have taken the body of their deceased son for performing final rites. Many educationists feel that this incident calls for the need of better understanding from the school administration and handling in order to avoid such incidents in the near future.
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Muzaffarnagar fallout: Security beefed up in Haridwar
Haridwar, September 12 Police administration is taking no chances in view of the high scale communal riots with Senior Superintendent of Police Rajiv Swarup and Superintendent of Police Jagdeesh Singh Chandra doing regular field movements in the sensitive areas of the city. Talking to mediapersons, SP Jagdeesh Singh Chandra said trouble spots in mixed community villages and colonies had been identified, peace meetings were being held with respective community sects. “ We urge people not to lend ears to rumours. Local intelligence unit sleuths and police informers have been specially directed to report on routine basis of such rumours and anti-social elements in the district. No one will be allowed to replicate the disruption of peaceful environment of Muzaffarnagar region in peaceful Haridwar,” said Chandra. Round-the-clock patrolling is being done at Jwalapur town, just 7 km from Haridwar city.
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Newly married woman ends life
Dehradun, September 12 The body was recovered from the Dhalipur barrage. The deceased's husband, Riyasat, said he started looking for her wife after finding her missing from home this morning. He was informed by their neighbours that they had seen her going towards the canal in the morning. He immediately reported the matter to the police and the body was later recovered from the canal at the Dhalipur barrage. Masrufaa married Riyasat six months ago. The reason behind this extreme step is unknown. The deceased's parents have also not pointed any finger at her in-laws so far. The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination.
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ABVP activists for SSP’s removal
Dehradun, September 12 A delegation of students led by president of the DAV PG College, Siddharth Rana, submitted a memorandum to the DM demanding a magisterial enquiry in the matter. The students union will stage a protest against the SSP in the college on Friday. — TNS
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No arrests in two murder cases that rocked Doon
Dehradun, September 12 Neeru Saini, wife SK Saini, was was alone at home then. The children were at school in the afternoon and her husband, who is a contractor, was out on work when the incident took place. Although SSP Kewal Khuranna formed special police teams to crack the case, there is no breakthrough as yet in the case. A new fact has came out in the case that the assailants could be two or three in number and even had tea and water there before committing the crime, as police recovered two used tea cups and one half-filled glass of water from the table. Police sources confirmed to The Tribune that the prima facie evidence showed that Neeru knew the murderers, as the door lock was found to be unbroken and they got easy entry inside the house. Five special police teams have been formed by the SSP to solve the case. In another case, it's been more than one week since 70-year-old woman, Rajesh Kumar, was murdered in broad daylight inside her house at Sevla Kela in Patel Nagar Police Station area. Interestingly, in both the cases, the police has found one similarity-- the assailants did not break into the house with an intention of loot or burglary as all the valuables and jewelry was intact. It reflects that the incidents were carried out by known persons with other motives, which police have to find out.Regarding the Rajesh Kumar murder case, one senior officer requesting anonymity confirmed that the maid and the clinic compounder who works in the victim's husband clinic are the prime suspects. Rajesh Kumar was murdered with her throat slit last week when her husband, who is a doctor, had left for his homeopathic clinic at Majra in the morning. The senior citizen couple was living alone as their children live outside. The police interrogated the maid and the compounder, who works in the husband's clinic. SP City, Jagdish Chandra, told The Tribune, "We are working on all possible angles in both the cases and I am hopeful that both cases will be solved very soon."
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Mystery shrouds man’s death
Dehradun, September 12 Today, his health started deteriorating and the management of the rehabilitation centre informed his brother-in-law, Raghubeer, who came and took him to Doon Hospital where he was declared brought dead. The parents of the deceased alleged that his in-laws killed their son by making him consume poisonous substance. The Patel Nagar police has started inquest proceedings and is awaiting the postmortem report.
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Anniversary celebrations of 15th century saint begin
Haridwar, September 12 Revered sants, akhada sants and a large number of devotees took part in the religious rites and procession. Shri Mahant Maheswar Das said Shri Chand Bhagwan was an incarnation of Lord Shiva and worked to unite people of the country as a single unit. Mahant Bhagat Ram said that both Hindus and Muslims were followers of Shri Chand Bhagwan, who made a deep impact in creating a secular and unified India. “The Sarv Dharma concept was preached by Shri Chand Bhagwan and his life and ideals are for all of us to follow,” said Braham Swarup Brahamchari, head of the Jai Ram ashram. The royal procession passed through Chandra Charya chowk, Rishikul, Devpura, Shiv Moorti, Lalta Rao pul and Tulsi Chowk before concluding at Bada Akhada Udasin, Raj Ghat, Kankhal. Maha Mandaleshwar Swami Shyam Sundar Das, Maha Mandaleshwar Swami Hari Chetanand, Maha Mandaleshwar Swami Kapil Muni and Maha Mandaleshwar Surendra Muni were among those who paid obeisance.
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Pan masala laced with tobacco being sold in defiance of orders
Dehradun, September 12 During random inspections, the district food safety officials had recently seized samples of pan masala sold by a prominent company. On being subjected to scientific tests at least five samples were found to contain tobacco in Dehradun district. ''The pan masala that does not contain tobacco is not banned in Uttarakhand but as it has been discovered, adulterated pan masala containing tobacco is being sold in the market in the garb of tobacco-free pan masala. Recently, three samples of pan masala sold by Dilbag company and two by Rajni Gandha had tested positive for nicotine,'' said a district official. According to the food safety and standards regulations 2011, ''the pan masala means the food generally taken as such or in conjunction with the pan. It may contain betel nut, lime, coconut, saffron, cardamom dry fruits etc but are free from added coal tar colouring matter and any other ingredient injurious
to health.'' However, in the absence of a complete ban on pan masala, the companies have allegedly begun selling tobacco in the garb of
pan masala.
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Tusker dies from electrocution
Dehradun, Sept 12 The forest authorities have termed the death as an accident. Dehradun division forest officer Sushant Patnaik said the tusker came in contact with a high-tension wire accidentally, leading to its to death. — TNS
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Mata Amritanandamayi Math to donate Rs 50 cr to state
New Delhi, September 12 Swami Amritaswarupananda said Rs 50 crore would be utilised to build 500 houses in 42-selected villages in Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi districts which were hit the most in the flood-related depredation that followed the June 16 cloudburst. “We will invest another Rs 150 crore for adopting 101 villages across India in order to make them self-reliant and thriving,” he said. Both the Uttarakhand reconstruction and the 101 village-adoption programme will be officially launched during Amritavarsham60, which will be held in the ashram complex at Vallikkavu in Kerala. — IANS
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St Joseph's, Col Brown to clash for football title
Dehradun, September 12 In the first semifinal match that proved to be a one sided affair, St Joseph's Academy thrashed Caman School (Dalanwala) by 4-0. Madhav Dobhal scored the first goal in the 15th minute with Arya scoring the second goal in the 25th minute of the game. Tenzin found the net in the 40th minute and Devanshu made it 4-0 after scoring the goal in the 50th minute. Colonel Brown won its semifinal match against Hilton School comfortably with a 2-0 margin. Surasek Moss opened the score by scoring the first goal in the 22nd minute and Tarun scored the second goal in the 50th minute. The title match will be played on Friday at St Joseph's Academy. Earlier, St Joseph's Academy outperformed the Indian Public School team and won the match by 5-2 score. Arya scored three goals for St Joseph's with Mridul and Apporv contributing one goal each as well. For Indian Public School, Dorzee scored the two goals in the 11th and 46th minute. In the second quarterfinal match, Colonel Brown School won the match with 3-0 over Sela Qui International School. Rajat Singh scored the first goal in the 15th minute with Tarun making it 2-0 in the 20th minute by scoring a goal. Gaurav found the net in the 28th minute and left no chance for Sela Qui to come back in the match.
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Unison World School 'A' team defeat Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Dehradun, September 12 In a one-sided affair, Unison World School 'A' team defeated Raja Ram Mohan Roi (RRMR) by a huge margin of 12-1. In a splendid individual performance, Krishna Rator scored four goals in the match for her team. Sarika, Renuka and Sneha also contributed two goals each for Unison. Unison World School 'B' also entered the semifinals after registering a 2-0 win over Doon Public School. Mook scored both the goals. In the third quarterfinal match, Moravian Institute defeated Hopetown Girls 'A' by a 2-1 score. Karishma and Elishaba scored goals for Moravian, whereas Simily scored the lone goal for Hopetown. Hopetown Girls 'B' team remained the last team to enter the semifinals after defeating Summer Valley School by 1-0 in the match today. Rini scored the only goals of the match for Hopetown.
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Sacked cops' march to Secretariat thwarted
Dehradun, September 12 The sacked policemen, who are on an indefinite agitation, are demanding their reinstatement. However, the protesters went back to Lansdowne Chowk and raised slogans against the government. In 2012, the government had terminated the services of 200 policemen after it was found that they had filled their job application forms from more than one place. The sacked policemen are, however, accusing the government of favouritism. “We have a list of those persons who had also filled their application forms from more than one place and still their services have not been terminated because they have contacts in the government,” said one of the agitating policemen.
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In a tragic incident, 16-year-old Nishant, a boarder student, was found dead, hanging from a wooden plank in the bathroom at Manav Bharti International School in Mussoorie.
With communal flare-up in neighbouring Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, special precautionary measures are being taken in Haridwar district, which is surrounded by three districts of Uttar Pradesh.
Celebrations related with the 519th birth anniversary of Shri Chand Bhagwan, a prominent saint of the 15th century, began today here. Under the aegis of Shri Panchayati Akhada Naya Udasin, a grand royal procession was taken out in the city. The procession began from Chandra Charya Chowk with religious rituals
and ‘aarti’.
