Boy dies after friend's auto-rickshaw overturns;2 held, juvenile apprehended for leaving him on road
New Delhi, Mar 13: A 17-year-old boy has died after an auto-rickshaw of his friend overturned in northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri area, police said on Monday.
The three friends of the victim, who were with him at the time of the incident, left him near an underpass in east Delhi's Vivek Vihar area instead of taking him to a hospital.
A case has been registered in the matter. Two persons have been arrested and a juvenile apprehended, a police official said.
According to police, Rajendra Gupta, the father of the victim Nitesh, lodged a missing report at Nand Nagri police station on March 9. On Saturday, Vivek Vihar police station informed Nand Nagri police station that on Wednesday around 2 am, they recovered a body of an unidentified person from the Kastoorba Nagar underpass.
The body was identified by the victim's father in the mortuary of GTB hospital.
During the investigation, police checked the CCTV footage and found that Nitesh was sitting with some people inside an auto-rickshaw on the intervening night of March 7 and 8. Later, it was revealed that he was with his friends -- Pawan, Brij Mohan and a minor, the official said.
Pawan was driving the auto-rickshaw. When police questioned him, it was revealed that they were celebrating the Holika Dahan festival and were going towards Gagan Cinema for dinner, police said.
Nitesh was sitting on the right side of Pawan. When the driver took a turn from Sunder Nagri towards Gagan Cinema, he lost control. The vehicle overturned and Nitesh came under the auto-rickshaw, the officer said.
They lifted the auto-rickshaw, pulled Nitesh out of it and were heading towards GTB hospital. As Nitesh's condition deteriorated, they got scared and left him at the underpass and fled, police said, adding that were under the influence of alcohol.
A case under sections 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of the offence, or giving false information to screen offender) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC has been registered, the police official said.
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Kangana Ranaut withdraws remark calling for bringing back farm laws
Shimla (PTI): BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday withdrew her remarks calling for bringing back the three farm laws that were repealed in 2021, and said those were her personal opinion and not the party's.
She said she might have disappointed many with her statement on the contentious laws which she regretted.
The Himachal Pradesh BJP has also distanced itself from the Mandi MP's statement.
In a post on X, Ranaut wrote, "My views on Farmers Laws are personal and they don't represent the party's stand on those Bills."
She also posted a video statement on X in which she said, "When farmers' laws were proposed, several of us had supported them. But with great sensitivity and sympathy, our respected prime minister had withdrawn those laws."
"I regret if I left anybody disappointed with my words and opinions. I take my words back," she said in the clip.
Speaking at an event in Mandi district on Tuesday, the actor-politician said the three farm laws faced protests only in some states.
"Farmers are a pillar of strength in India's progress. Only in some states, they had objected to farm laws. I appeal with folded hands that farm laws should be brought back in the interest of farmers," she had said.
She said the country is on the path of progress and restoring the farm laws would ensure better financial stability and growth for farmers, ultimately benefiting the agricultural sector.
The Congress alleged that the remarks are an indication that the ruling party was making efforts to bring back the three laws and asserted that Haryana will give a befitting reply to it.
Ranaut's remark came at a time when political parties are preparing for the assembly polls in Haryana slated on October 5. Haryana had witnessed major protest by farmers, especially at Delhi borders, demanding that the three laws be repealed.
The laws were eventually withdrawn by the Modi government in 2021.
Do listen to this, I stand with my party regarding Farmers Law. Jai Hind 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/wMcc88nlK2
— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) September 25, 2024
