Himachal Pradesh: NIT student found dead in hostel room, drug overdose suspected
Hamirpur (HP) (PTI): A first year MTech student of the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, was found dead inside his hostel room on Monday, likely of drug overdose, police said.
A case of culpable homicide has been registered under section 304 of IPC in connection with the death, said Hamirpur Superintendent of Police Aakriti Sharma.
Police have arrested three NIT students and a fourth doing BEd for allegedly distributing 'chitta,' a form of heroin, on campus. The four have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Sharma said.
Police have reportedly questioned about a dozen students living in the hostel and recovered drugs in various quantities in raids. Such raids were conducted in girls' hostels too.
A forensic team from Mandi attributed the death of the student to consumption of some intoxicant.
The death comes amid the NIT annual festival, 'Hill Fair', which has been going on for the last three days.
According to police, several students were up till late Sunday night dancing to the DJ on the institute's campus.
Around 4 am, the deceased student got a call on his mobile. He was later found dead in his room, students said.
The official spokesman of the institute said the student was found dead when his friends went to wake him up for breakfast.
A health team which came with the police declared the student dead.
The father of the student has called into question the security arrangements on the NIT campus and demanded an answer on how drugs made their way inside.
The NIT director did not respond to the phone calls.
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Three arrested for running fake Aadhaar racket in UP's Badaun
Budaun (UP), Apr 30 (PTI): The Budaun Police on Thursday busted a gang allegedly involved in preparing fake Aadhaar cards and forged documents, and arrested three of its members, officials said.
The action was carried out in the Hazratpur area, where the accused were found operating an illegal setup to generate fake identity documents, they said.
The accused have been identified as Farman Ali, a resident of Munshi Nagla, Anuj Kumar of Uprela, and Brajnandan of Sirsauli.
The police said a fingerprint scanner, three laptops, a hard disk, a scanner, a large number of Aadhaar cards and several suspicious documents were recovered from their possession.
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During interrogation, it was revealed that the gang had been involved in preparing fake identity documents for a long time, misleading people and earning money through illegal means, officials said.
Station House Officer Pushpendra Singh said the accused have been produced before a court, and efforts are underway to identify and arrest other members of the gang.
He added that further revelations are likely as the investigation progresses.
