Hisar, February 8
Students of the Government College for Women blocked the Hisar-Delhi highway here today in protest against the reportedly exorbitant fees being charged from them.

The students were agitated as the college authorities had told them to deposit development fee and BCA students were being charged Rs 1,800, which was 10 times the fee for other courses.

They said a delegation of students met the Principal today, but he refused to listen to them. After this, students came out and blocked traffic to register their protest.

The college authorities and the police reached the spot and placated the students to clear the blockade.

Principal BS Gharotra said development fee was being charged on instructions from the university to which the college was affiliated. "I will take up the grievance of the students with the university authorities," he assured the students, after which they lifted the blockade.

Sonepat, February 8
Five persons of a family, including three women, were killed on the spot when Swift car they were travelling in hit a culvert and overturned near Gohana on the Panipat-Rohtak national highway around 3 pm today.

The victims were identified as Bishambar and his wife Saroj, Radheshyam and his wife Satya and Kiran, resident of Gopal Nagar of Jagadhri in Yamunanagar district. The driver of the car, Prince, who was injured seriously, was referred to the PGIMS in Rohtak.

The police reached the spot and took the victims to the Civil Hospital in Gohana, where doctors declared them brought dead. The police informed the family of the victims.

The police said the victims were going to Rohtak to express grief over the death of a relative. The driver reportedly lost control over the car, but the exact reason for the accident could not be ascertained so far. — OC

Gurgaon, February 8
The Delhi police have arrested Assistant Sub-Inspector Basant and head constable Sandeep Kumar in the Rs 8 crore car robbery case.

Basant and Kumar are posted at the Kherki Dola police station in Gurgaon.

Initially, the police had taken Sandeep in custody. Basant was arrested when Sandeep revealed that he had shared the robbery amount with the Assistant Sub-Inspector.

Rohtak, February 8
Former Haryana Home Minister Subhash Batra has sought a probe into disappearance of Kamal Mukhija, the Gohana youth who had tried to slap Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda a few days ago.

In a communique to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman, Batra has urged him to intervene in the matter as the entire episode indicated gross violation of human rights.

The former minister maintained that the youth had been illegally kept in police custody for several hours even after the Chief Minister had pardoned him. He said he doubted that the youth was tortured in custody.

The youth disappeared from his house shortly after the incident. Even his family did not know about his whereabouts. No effort had been made by the police to trace Kamal, which raised questions over its functioning. Batra has requested the NHRC Chairman to take an action in this regard. — TNS

Jhajjar, February 8
Three migrant labourers died when a pick-up truck hit them on the Jhajjar-Rewari road near Silani village here last evening. They reportedly died on the spot while the truck driver fled, abandoning the vehicle.

The deceased, identified as Fazalu Rehman of Sitapur village and Aaved Ali and Mizanoor of Jaahid Dhalla village in West Bengal, had been working at the OBC brick-kiln in Silani village for the past some time.

They were going to the market when the accident took place. The driver reportedly lost control over the vehicle due to high speed and crushed the trio to death.

The police, on getting information about the mishap, reached the spot and sent the bodies to the Civil Hospital for the post-mortem examination before impounding the vehicle.

“We have registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the truck driver who has been absconding since the accident,” said the police. The police said the bodies were today handed over to their relatives after the post-mortem examination.