Noida politician case: Six cops suspended for laxity, complainant provided 2 PSOs
Lucknow/Noida(PTI): Six police officials have been suspended for laxity in connection with a case involving Noida-based politician Shrikant Tyagi, a senior Uttar Pradesh Police officer said on Monday.
Efforts are on to nab Tyagi, who is accused of assaulting and abusing a woman resident in his housing society in Noida, Additional Director General of UP police (law and order) Prashant Kumar said in Lucknow.
"The in-charge of the local police station has been suspended. Besides him, a sub-inspector and four constables have also been suspended for laxity in work," the ADG said.
"Two personal security officers (PSOs) have also been provided to the woman complainant in the case," Kumar said.
"Efforts are on nab the accused. The UP government and the Director General of Police have made it clear that such incidents won't be tolerated," he said, adding that human intelligence and technical surveillance are being used to trace Tyagi.
Tyagi was on Friday booked under Indian Penal Code section 354 (assault or use of criminal force on any woman) over a spat with a co-resident of the housing society.
The woman had objected to Tyagi planting some trees in the society's common area, citing violation of rules. He claimed he was within his rights to do so.
Tyagi, who claimed to be a BJP functionary even as the party denied any links with him, is on the run since Friday night.
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'Hanuman first space traveller' remarks assault on rational thought: CPI(M)
New Delhi (PTI): BJP leader Anurag Thakur's remarks that Hindu god Hanuman might have been the first space traveller is an assault on rational thought, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary MA Baby said on Tuesday.
Taking to X, the CPI(M) leader said the BJP leader was "mocking science", and said India needs to invest in research, not "anti-science theatrics".
"BJP leaders like Anurag Thakur are mocking science! Even in the myth, Hanuman travelled through the atmosphere, not space," Baby said in a post on X.
"His exhortation to students is indeed a betrayal of the scientific temper enshrined in our Constitution," he said.
"This assault on rational thought insults our students and scientists alike. India needs investment in research & education - not anti-science theatrics," the CPI(M) leader said, adding a hashtag "defend science" to his post.
Senior BJP leader Anurag Thakur told students at a school event in Himachal Pradesh that Lord Hanuman might have been the first space traveller.
The former Union minister made these remarks while addressing a National Space Day event at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Pekhubela in Una district.
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961, became the first person to travel to space.
In a video clip of his interaction with the students shared on X, Thakur can be seen asking the students, "Antriksh main yatra karne wala pehla kaun tha? (Who was the first one to travel into space?)". Some students reply, "Neil Armstrong."
To this, the five-time Hamirpur MP replied, “I think it was Hanuman ji."
