Bus marshal rescues 4-year-old girl from kidnapper, earns praise from CM
New Delhi: A bus marshal has saved a four-year-old girl from being kidnapped by a man in a cluster bus here, earning praise from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Thursday.
The girl was rescued by bus marshal Arun Kumar (24) near Palam on Wednesday morning, Gahlot said, adding that the child was later united with her parents.
The good work by Kumar was appreciated by the chief minister who termed the bus marshal a pride of Delhi.
"My salute to bus marshal Arun Kumar. People like you are pride of Delhi. Our 13,000 bus marshals are providing security to lakhs of passengers. People are keeping faith in the safety inside the buses," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.
Earlier, Gahlot also lauded Kumar as a "hero" and said the bus marshals deployed in all public buses were fulfilling their duty of passenger safety.
"Bus marshal Arun Kumar needs a big applause! Yesterday, displaying great presence of mind he saved 4 year old girl from being kidnapped by a man in bus on route 728. The young girl was later re united with her parents at Police Station Subroto Park, Delhi cantt. He is a Hero!" Gahlot tweeted.
According to police, a resident of Madhya Pardesh arrived at the Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station along with his wife and three minor daughters in a train on Wednesday at 6 am. After alighting, he realised that his elder daughter was missing.
He searched for his daughter and later, lodged a complaint after failing to trace her, they said.
During investigation, information was received from police post Subrato Park that the girl may have been spotted on a cluster bus near Dhaula Kuan with a man by a staff of the bus, the police said.
Police immediately reached the spot and found the missing girl. The man accompanying the girl on the bus was under arrest, a officer said.
During interrogation, accused Satish Kumar (22), who is a rag-picker, confessed that he had kidnapped her, the police officials added.
Arun Kumar said he grew suspicious about the man after he observed that the girl with him was crying.
With the help of the bus conductor, driver and other passengers, he overpowered the accused and took him to the police station, where he was arrested.
Gahlot said bus marshals like Kumar will be rewarded for their exemplary service.
In a bid to ensure passenger safety, particularly of women, the Delhi government has deployed marshals in around 5,500 Delhi Transport Corporation Corporation (DTC) and Cluster buses in the city.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
