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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Allahabad HC orders probe into 'reinstatement' of teacher in UP's Barabanki
Lucknow (PTI): The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday ordered a probe by the special task force (STF) into alleged irregularities in the rejoining of a teacher at City Intermediate College in Barabanki, observing that the reinstatement appeared to be prima facie illegal.
The court also directed the recovery of the salary paid to the teacher during the disputed period.
A bench of Justice Rajeev Singh passed the order on a petition filed by the college management committee. The court expressed doubts over the roles of the District Inspector of Schools (DIOS), Barabanki, the college principal and the teacher concerned and hence, directed a detailed inquiry into the matter.
Taking note of alleged manipulation of records and misleading submissions, the court ordered the immediate transfer of the Barabanki DIOS to ensure a fair probe. It also directed the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against the then joint director of education of the Ayodhya division.
In its order, the court found that the teacher, Abhay Kumar, was initially appointed as an assistant teacher in 2018 but joined an Eklavya Model Residential School in Chhattisgarh as a lecturer in June 2024 without obtaining permission from the management. His subsequent request to retain the lien was rejected.
Despite this, he was allowed to rejoin the Barabanki College in September 2025 on the directions of the joint director of education and the DIOS, and was even paid the salary for October 2025. The court termed the rejoining "wholly illegal" and lacking any legal basis.
The bench also expressed concern over lapses in communication within the education department and directed the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary to ensure that official orders are communicated through email and WhatsApp as well, to prevent disputes.
The matter is next listed for hearing on May 28 when a compliance report is sought.
