Police hold peace meeting where 8-yr-old madrasa student died
New Delhi, Oct 26: A day after an eight-year-old madrasa student died during a scuffle between two groups of minor boys in south Delhi, police held a peace meeting in the area to thwart attempts to communalise the situation, police said Friday.
Police said attempts were being made to communalise the incident by spreading wrong facts and rumours. They denied any communal angle in the incident.
They said it was a scuffle that broke out between two group of minors over playing on a vacant plot of land in front of madrasa in Malviya Nagar area leading to the death of Azim.
Four juveniles who were allegedly involved in the case were apprehended, they said.
A meeting of Peace (Aman) Committee Members of the area was held and they were briefed about the facts regarding the incident and police staff has been also been deployed in the area to avert any untoward incident, Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Vijay Kumar said.
Police have also cautioned the residents of the area to not pay any heed to any such rumours or fake news and report the matter to them if anything comes to their notice, he said.
On Thursday morning, the victim along with his four other friends was playing on an empty plot adjacent to the madrasa. In the meantime, four local boys, all resident of Valmiki Camp came there and one of them threw a stone over them, he added.
The madrasa students asked the local boys to refrain. However, after some time, the accused boys threw firecracker towards them and began abusing, the DCP said.
Eventually, when the madrasa students objected, a scuffle broke out between the two groups. One of the students was roughed up and fell down on the ground. He sustained some severe internal injuries, Kumar said.
The students immediately alerted the Maulana of the madrasa about the incident and one of the person named Rajesh, a resident of Valmiki Camp, brought the victim Azim in his lap inside madrasa in an unconscious state.
The injured boy was immediately taken to Malviya Nagar Hospital by the Maulana, where he was declared dead, the senior officer said.
The boy was a native of Mewat in Haryana and was studying in the madrasa since last Eid. Around 70 children, hailing from different places are studying in the madrasa, the officer added.
During investigation, all evidences including CCTV footage were collected and statements of eye witnesses and relevant people recorded, the police officer said.
All the four Juveniles, aged around 10-13, were apprehended after due compliance of legal procedure. Further investigation in the case is underway, he added.
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Rally against "vote chori" to protect every citizen's right, says D K Shivakumar
New Delhi/ Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar asserted that the Congress party's rally against alleged 'vote chori' (vote theft) in New Delhi is to protect every citizen's right to vote.
Accusing BJP government at the Centre of restricting vehicles with Congress workers from entering Delhi to participate in the party's mega rally, Shivakumar, who is also the Karnataka Congress chief, said that about 3,500-4,000 party leaders and workers have come from the state to participate in the rally.
Congress is holding a mega rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Sunday, against the alleged "vote chori" (vote theft).
"We (state Congress) have made accommodation for 1,500 people (party workers and leaders), more than 2,000 people have made their own arrangements. They have come by flight and train. About 3,500-4,000 people have come. About 1.42 crore signatures have been gathered from the state (as part of its signature campaign)," Shivakumar said.
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, he said, there is a lot of enthusiasm among party workers and leaders, and they are committed to saving the Congress party in the state and the country, and protecting the citizens' right to vote.
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"As per the information that I have received this morning, the BJP and the central government are stopping vehicles (with Congress workers) from coming to Delhi, they are apparently not allowing vehicles to enter the city. I don't know why they are doing this. I don't know why the BJP and the central government are so worried. But no one can stop our voice," he added.
Further stating that Congress is fighting on behalf of the people of the country to protect their right to vote, the Deputy CM said, there is no politics in it. He said, all the leaders will be leaving for the protest venue from the Congress office in Delhi.
Reacting to a question on Union Home Minister Amit Shah reportedly terming Congress party's rally as an "act of frustration" due to electoral losses, and similar criticism from other BJP leaders, he said, he doesn't want to react to anyone from the saffron party.
"Let them say anything for their enjoyment. We, the Congressmen, won't think about electoral victories and losses. We think about the sacrifice made by our elders during the freedom struggle, to give democracy and a constitution to the country. Sonia Gandhi sacrificed power (PM post) and gave it to an economist like Manmohan Singh. Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi sacrificed their lives for this country," he said.
Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi went to jail for the sake of this country, he further pointed out, adding that, "A hundred years ago, Gandhi took over the leadership of the freedom struggle; today in these difficult times, Mallikarjun Kharge has taken the responsibility as the Congress President."
Shivakumar, responding to a question, said, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will also be attending the rally. "Both of us will go together (to the venue) from the Indira Gandhi Bhavan (in Delhi)."
He, however, did not wish to comment on any meeting with the Congress high command, including Soina Gandhi, on the issue of leadership change in Karnataka. Meanwhile, slogans calling Shivakumar the "next CM" were raised by his supporters as the Deputy CM left the Karnataka Bhavan.
