New Delhi, September 14
The Left-leaning All India Students Association (AISA) Sunday swept the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) election for a second consecutive year. The AISA, affiliated to the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist, won the posts of the president, vice- president, general secretary as well as joint secretary.

In a campus dominated by Left politics, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), came second on the posts of vice-president and general secretary.

AISA's Ashutosh Kumar, a student of Russian Studies, was elected president with 1,386 votes. He defeated Rahila Perween of the Left Progressive Front (LPF) who secured 1,009 votes.

The LPF is a new alliance between the Democratic Students Federation (DSF), the breakaway faction of the Students Federation of India (SFI), and the All India Students Federation (AISF) of the CPI.

Sourabh Kumar of the ABVP came third in the presidential race.

Anant Prakash Narayan, a student from the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, won the post of vice president with 1,366 votes, defeating Md. Jahidul Dewan of ABVP (756). The third position went to Heena Goswami of the National Students Union of India, the student wing of the Congress.

Chintu Kumari became the general secretary with 1,605 votes. ABVP's Ashish Kumar Dhanotiya got 791 votes and the SFI's Najeeb V.R. finished third.

The once influential SFI, affiliated to the Communist Party of India-Marxist, has been weakened in recent years ever since it suffered a split in the JNU.

For the post of joint secretary, Shafqat Hussain Butt got 1,209 votes followed by LPF's Mulayam Singh (969) while ABVP's Gopal Lal Meena came third.

Besides the central panel, ABVP has also done well in the Councillors' election where it won 12 of the total 31 seats, up from the six seats last year.

For AISA, the numbers have gone down from 14 last year to seven this year.

ABVP has given credit for its good show to the ground level work and the issues it raised on the campus.

"We talked about issues like having 24/7 health centre, safe campus for women, increase in fellowship and assistance for students from the northeast. These issues concern students, so they believed in us and gave us huge share of votes," said Dewan, pursuing Ph.D. in Hindi literature.

Last year too, AISA won all four top posts, winning three by huge margins and one narrowly. It won three posts in 2012.

For AISA, their win is due to the work they did when they were in power.

"Last year when AISA-led JNUSU was there, we made central library 24/7, the JNU press autonomous, 'other' option in gender category in JNU forms, and upgraded the placement cell with web portal. Our efforts have been recognised," said Butt, the newly elected joint secretary and student of Persian and Central Asian studies.

Following the win, jubilant AISA supporters took out a march on the campus.

AISA also did well in the just ended Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections although it failed to win any of the top posts. ABVP swept the DUSU elections. — IANS

New Delhi, September 14
The decomposed body of a 22-year-old girl, who had gone missing since Wednesday, was found at Buddha Jayanti Park in Chanakyapuri yesterday. According to the police, her autopsy report has revealed that she was stabbed once and the death was on account of that injury. Rape has been ruled out in the case.

The body was found in a forested area of the park which is located at the backyard of the Presidential Palace. On October 6, 2003, a 17-year-old Delhi University student was allegedly gangraped by members of the President's Bodyguards. Since then, the police have intensified the patrolling in the park.

On Saturday, some policemen passing through the area noticed a foul smell emanating from the bushes. One of them checked it and found the body. It was sent to the mortuary of Lady Hardinge Hospital. The police suspect that her death took place on the day she went missing, because her legs had been infested with worms.

The police traced the girl's parents to Anand Parbat, central Delhi, after they examined the missing persons' reports which were filed over the past few days. "The girl's parents have said that she had left home for some work on Wednesday, but did not return. They had searched for her before filing a missing report with the police," said a police officer, privy to the details of the case.

The postmortem was conducted today after her parents identified her. Her parents have not suspected anyone as yet, according to the officer. They are currently in a state of shock and more details about the girl would be known only after they are in a condition to speak. The police said her parents would be able to give clues on whether she had a personal enmity with anyone. While the girl's father is a Grade IV employee at a government hospital in Delhi, her mother also works at another hospital.

Her friends are also being questioned by the police to ascertain who she was with before she disappeared.

New Delhi, September 14
Two Delhi University students from Manipur were allegedly beaten up by four persons, including two juveniles, in Munirka, south Delhi, last night. The victims have been identified as Litgolin and Boilen, both residents of Munirka. The police have apprehended three of the accused, including the two juveniles. They are searching for the fourth accused.

At about 9.30 pm yesterday, the two victims were sitting at the roadside in Munirka. They were discussing a college project. Two unknown men allegedly passed a racist comment at them.

The victims told the police that they had initially ignored the comments, but after repetitive comments one of them stood up and asked the accused to leave. The accused allegedly started an argument with the victims and a fight broke out between them.

One of the accused had allegedly called someone and directed him to join the fight. Two men reached the site of the incident and all the four persons allegedly started beating the victims. The victims were also allegedly attacked with bricks lying at a nearby construction site. When the locals gathered at the spot, the accused fled.

One of the eyewitnesses called the police. The locals rushed the victims to a nearby hospital. The police reached the hospital, which referred the victims to Safdarjung Hospital, where they are undergoing treatment and are critical.

The medical examination of the victims revealed that one of them was allegedly attacked with scissors. He had sustained a deep wound on his stomach, back and neck, said a police officer.

Based on the information given by the victims, the police identified the accused. Out of the four accused, three, including two juveniles, have been apprehended.

The remaining accused is at large. The police are searching for him. A case under the section of attempt to murder and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Vasant Vihar police station.

New Delhi, September 14
Commuters are satisfied with the quality of services provided by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and rate it "very good", said a survey report conducted by the DMRC.

While conducting the survey, the DMRC covered over one lakh respondents. The 'Customer Satisfaction Survey' was conducted at the 22 Metro stations of the network having the highest ridership, the report said.

Surveys were done on various crucial aspects of Metro operations such as availability, accessibility, information, quality of service, customer care, comfort, security and safety. Under these heads, the survey covered many other subheads which focused on all the minute aspects of Metro operations.

Some of the major subheads were - information at Metro stations, travelling, facility of smart cards and its features, security at stations, availability of drinking water, etc. The commuters were asked to rate the services on the scale - excellent, very good, good, satisfactory and need improvement.

Apart from taking the opinion of the commuters on a range of issues, the survey also gave an insight into the overall profile of the commuters travelling by the system every day. Among the respondents, 73 per cent were males while the rest females. Office-going professionals and students formed a bulk of the ridership as they comprised 60 and 28 per cent of the total respondents respectively. People belonging to the age group between 19 and 30 years formed the majority among the respondents at 70 per cent, while those belonging to the age between 31 and 50 were the second biggest group with 21 per cent, the report said.

New Delhi, September 14
Hundreds of residents whose houses were demolished at Aaya Nagar in South Delhi today protested at Jantar Mantar, demanding rehabilitation. The protesters said they received no notice prior to demolition. They even do not know which agency demolished their dwellings. The demolishing squad came along with a heavy security force and started demolishing their houses without giving them a chance to salvage their belongings, they said.

While protesting against the demolition, a woman sustained injury and was hospitalised, they added.

The protesters said it was not an encroached land. They had purchased the land from farmers. The residents had ration cards, election photo identity cards and Adhaar cards to prove that they are residents of the colony. "When we had constructed the house, it was in the knowledge of the police and local administration but they had no objection. The police had taken bribe and allowed us to construct here, said Ajay Kumar and Take Chand, the protesters.

As many as 250 houses were demolished. Thousands of houses are still there and some of them may be demolished tomorrow.

Aaya Nagar is not the only unauthorised colony in Delhi. Thousands of such colonies are there in the national Capital. If Aaya Nagar was demolished, why no such action was taken against other unauthorised colonies, they said.

One of the protesters said during the election, the politicians assured that their colony would be regularised. Instead of regularisation, it has been demolished. No politician came to stop the action.

New Delhi, September 14
In yet another community policing initiative, Delhi Police has tied up with 'akharas', traditional training centres for wrestlers, to reach out to youths and to prevent them from drifting toward criminal activities.

Under the "Yuva scheme", North Delhi Police is positively utilising the potential of the youths associated with these 'akharas' by organising sports competitions and 'peace marches' in the area.

One such peace march was recently organised in the Delhi University during student union elections which helped maintain law and order amid a high-voltage campaign, police said.

Scores of youths from 10 prominent 'akharas' of the area including Chandiram and Chattarsal have been roped in.

The district police has organised sports events like 'Tug of war' and 'Kabaddi' for the youths from these 'akaharas'.

"With mentoring programmes for youth like Yuva we get an important opportunity to positively impact the lives of young people throughout our community.

"It gives purpose and direction to youngsters prone to crime on one hand and bridges the gap between police and community on the other," Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Madhur Verma.

Officials are of the view that these activities will help develop positive outlook among youths of the area.

Also, the bonding between police and these youth will be handy in case of any law and order situation. — PTI