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Time of India
14-06-2025
- Time of India
IIT death: Cops summon boy's friend in suicide probe
Kolkata / Kharagpur: The police from Kharagpur Town Station have summoned the girl from Delhi, with whom third-year civil engineering student Mohammed Asif Qamar was on a video call moments before his death, for questioning. The 22-year-old student was found hanging in his room in the Madan Mohan Malaviya (MMM) Hall on May 4. "Since the girl has exams till the third week of June, she will be coming in the month-end," a police officer said. The girl had reportedly informed the IIT security officer about Qamar's drastic step and after he killed himself while on video call. The security officer got scared and asked about her location, to which she reportedly said that she was in Delhi and Qamar was on the ground floor of the MMM Hall. Qamar's death was the second in a fortnight after the death of fourth-year ocean engineering and naval architecture student Aniket Walkar on April 20. Aniket's brother, Sudeep Walkar, came down to Kharagpur and met the police officers on Friday. "There has been no progress in the case. The cops asked me about his academic record and if I suspected anyone. The cops have not been able to talk to any of his friends as the students are on summer vacation. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với sàn môi giới tin cậy IC Markets Tìm hiểu thêm Undo They are waiting for classes to resume." Sudeep, on Saturday, planned to meet acting director Amit Patra or dean of student affairs Bhargab Maitra to ask about the committee that was inspecting the rise in the number of deaths on the campus. Aniket's brother and mother, on April 28, wrote to the Patra, seeking an independent probe into the recent suicides and deaths on the campus, prompting the institute to form a 10-member independent committee. comprising legal experts, counsellors, and academicians. "I texted the director, but he told me to get in touch with the dean of student affairs as he is in Varanasi. I sent a message to the dean, but he too is not in Kharagpur. He told me that the investigation is in process and he will update me," said Sudeep. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Time of India
14-year-old killed as kidnapping drama goes wrong in Bijnor
Representative image BIJNOR: A 14-year-old boy was allegedly murdered by his own cousin and four friends after a staged kidnapping for ransom plan went horribly wrong. Victim Ayush Singh , a Class 7 student from Husainpur Kala village of Bijnor district, was also part of the plot, and he was to get Rs 2 lakh of the Rs 5 lakh that they planned to extort from his father. "As per the plan, Ayush was abducted on May 6. Operation Sindoor PM Modi meets NSA, chiefs of armed forces amid spike in tensions with Pak India's air defence systems shoot down Pak drones in J&K, Punjab & Rajasthan Several airports in India to be closed till May 15 - check list But he chickened out and refused to cooperate. Fearing that the plot would be exposed, his cousin Aniket Singh, 19, along with friends Anmol, Akash, Nakul and Umesh, killed him and buried the body in a field," said Bijnor SP Abhishek Jha. On May 7, Ayush's father, Deepak Kumar, a farmer, filed a missing complaint. On Thursday, the family received a ransom message via Instagram demanding Rs 5 lakh. Later that night, a police tip-off revealed the boy was already murdered and the body was buried in a forest area in Imalia village. When police reached the spot, the accused opened fire. Police retaliated and Aniket was shot in the leg. All five accused were arrested. A bullet also struck the jacket of the station in-charge during the firing. During interrogation, Aniket confessed to have devised the plot and also admitted that he murdered Ayush. "All the arrested youths are under 22 years. Police exhumed the body and sent it for postmortem examination," Jha said.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Time of India
Gangapur police arrest chain robber, detect 9 robberies
Nashik: The Gangapur police on Thursday arrested a 20-year-old chain robber and detained his two minor associates, solving eight chain snatching cases and two vehicle thefts. Stolen property worth Rs 6 lakh was recovered during the to the police, two of the 10 cases — involving chain snatching and vehicle theft — were registered in Pimpri Chinchwad and one in Karjat, breakthrough came after a gold chain was snatched from a scooter-borne woman riding with her granddaughter near KBT Circle on May 4 around 8:30pm. "During the investigation, we checked CCTV footage from the area and identified a suspect, Aniket alias Pappu Shardul, a 20-year-old resident of Govardhan village," the police was taken into custody, and his two minor associates were later detained from different parts of the city and rural questioning, Shardul confessed to snatching the gold chain on May 4 along with the minors. He also admitted to two more chain snatching incidents in the Mhasrul and Makhmalabad areas in April. "The stolen gold chains were handed over to one of the minors, who later sold them to a jeweller," the police the jeweller, the police recovered melted gold worth Rs 3.95 lakh. Additionally, a bike worth Rs 1 lakh was seized from interrogated, one of the detained minors revealed their involvement in five more chain snatching cases — one in Mumbai Naka, one in the Nashik Road area, and two each in Upnagar and Chinchwad, Pune. He also admitted to stealing the motorcycle used in the crimes from said that recovery in six out of the 10 cases is still pending.
Hindustan Times
09-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Boy killed by friends for refusing to demand ransom from his family; 5 minors held in Bijnor
MEERUT A 13-year-old boy was killed in Husainpur Kala village of Bijnor, allegedly by a group of his five friends after he refused to make a ransom call to his family. The accused, all minors, were apprehended following a gunfight with the police, officials said. According to SP Abhishek Jha, the incident took place on May 6 when Ayush, son of Deepak Kumar, left his home in Husainpur Kala under distressing circumstances. The following day, Deepak filed a complaint at the Shivala Kala police station, reporting that his son had not returned home. Soon after, a ransom demand of ₹5 lakh was sent via Instagram to one of Deepak's relatives. Police investigations, aided by technical surveillance of the Instagram account, identified five suspects from the same village - Aniket, Anmol, Akash, Nakul and Umesh. The accused had devised a plan to make the ransom call, luring Ayush with a promise of ₹2 lakh to participate in the scheme. When Ayush refused to comply, fearing he might expose their conspiracy, the group allegedly strangled him to death. They then planned to dispose of his body by burying it in a pit in a forest near Imlia village, said cops. Acting on a tip-off, a combined team from the Shivala Kala police station and the SWAT surveillance unit tracked the suspects to the forest. As the police closed in, the accused, in a desperate bid to escape, opened fire. Aniket fired a shot that struck the bulletproof jacket of SHO Shailendra, causing no injuries. In retaliatory firing, Aniket was shot in the leg and apprehended in an injured condition, while the other four—Anmol, Akash, Nakul, and Umesh—were arrested at the scene, the officer said. The police recovered a country-made pistol, two empty cartridges, one live cartridge, four mobile phones, and a shovel from the spot, confirming the group's intent to bury Ayush's body. During interrogation, the accused confessed to the murder, admitting that Ayush was killed because he refused to make the ransom call.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
BD Dhuliya award to scribe Ramesh Pahadi
Veteran journalist and social activist Ramesh Pahadi was honoured with Pandit Bhairav Dutt Dhuliya Patrakar Puraskar 2025 for contribution to journalism and public service in Uttarakhand. The award is given by Karmbhoomi Foundation in memory of freedom fighter and editor Pandit Bhairav Dutt was chosen for highlighting ecological and socio-economic issues across the state since 1968, said Himanshu Dhulia, secretary of the founder-editor of Aniket, which he led from 1977 to 2017 Pahadi played a pivotal role in Chipko movement . The award ceremony will take place on May 18 at Kotdwar. tnn
