DU student ‘abducted’ from near Delhi home, beaten to death In UP's Baghpat
New Delhi: In a tragic incident, a second-year BA student of Delhi University's School of Open Learning, Himanshu Sharma, was allegedly abducted from near his home in northeast Delhi, taken to Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, and beaten to death on Saturday.
The family accused of the crime claims that Himanshu had raped their 19-year-old daughter and was blackmailing her, allegations which Himanshu's mother has vehemently denied.
An FIR has been filed against seven people. Baghpat Kotwali circle officer Harish Bhadauria confirmed the arrest of two suspects. NP Singh, ASP, Baghpat, stated, "In her complaint, the girl's mother claimed her daughter was being blackmailed by Himanshu after he had raped her." The girl had confided in her brother, who then, along with some relatives, lured Himanshu to Baghpat under false pretenses and abducted him.
Rajni Sharma, Himanshu's mother, described feeling uneasy when her son left home around 5 PM on Saturday, supposedly to attend a birthday party. She grew more concerned when she found his phone switched off. Around 10:30 PM, a neighbor informed Rajni that Himanshu had been kidnapped and showed her a video call with Himanshu in captivity, threatening his life.
Rajni was then taken to a forest in Baghpat, where she found her son severely beaten in a car. Despite her attempts to take him to a hospital, the police arrived and apprehended two of the suspects.
For the past 12 years, Rajni has been raising her two children alone after her husband abandoned the family. She runs a small grocery shop and stitches clothes to support her family in northeast Delhi's New Usmanpur.
The FIR includes charges under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including 140 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom etc) and 103 (1) (murder).
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
