Seven prison staff suspended over stabbing of gangster Tajpuriya inside Tihar Jail
New Delhi, May 5: The Delhi Prisons Department on Friday suspended seven staff members of Tihar Jail in connection with the fatal stabbing of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya on the premises, officials said.
Tajpuriya was killed early Tuesday allegedly by four members of the rival Gogi gang -- Deepak alias Titar, Yogesh alias Tunda, Rajesh, and Riyaz Khan -- who stabbed him "92 times".
A senior prisons official said they conducted a departmental enquiry in the incident.
"The report was received on Friday and lapses were found on the part of nine staff members. Out of them, seven -- three assistant superintendents and four warders -- have been suspended. We had a meeting with Tamil Nadu Special Police force officials and they have also agreed to take department action against their personnel," the officer said.
The Tamil Nadu Special Police provides security on the jail premises.
A fresh CCTV video from Tihar Jail emerged on social media purportedly showing that Tajpuriya was attacked in front of security personnel as well when they were carrying him away after he was stabbed.
Tajpuriya was assaulted with improvised weapons by the Gogi gang members inside the high security prison Tuesday morning. But he was still alive and was being carried away by the prison security personnel when the accused attacked him for a second time, according to the fresh CCTV footage.
The fresh footage shows security personnel were in a corridor when the accused barged in through the door and again attacked Tajpuriya. He could be seen moving his leg in the video, confirming he was alive at that time. In the footage, it appears the security personnel remained a bystander while the assailants keep attacking the gangster.
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Viral videos show female prof getting 'married' to student in classroom, varsity orders probe
Kolkata, Jan 29 (PTI): Viral videos of a senior female professor getting "married" to a student in the classroom at a state-run university in West Bengal triggered a furore, following which an inquiry was ordered on Wednesday, officials said.
The professor claimed that it was a drama that was part of her class.
The incident happened at the Applied Psychology Department of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) at Haringhata in Nadia district, they said.
The videos showed the professor, who was dressed like a bride, and a first-year student performing various rituals of a Hindu Bengali wedding, including 'sindoor daan' and 'mala bodol', in the classroom.
As the videos went viral, triggering criticism and outrage, the varsity formed a three-member inquiry panel and sought clarification from the professor, officials said.
The professor told the varsity authorities that it was a psycho-drama demonstration, which was part of her class, and not real, they said.
The videos were taken for in-house documentation and were "leaked" to show the Applied Psychology Department in a poor light, she claimed.
The professor was, however, asked to go on leave till the inquiry is concluded, officials said.
The inquiry is being conducted by a committee, comprising three female faculty members of other departments, they said.
MAKAUT's officiating vice-chancellor Tapas Chakraborty said, "The professor has explained that it was part of a demonstration on her subject. The videos were not for external circulation."
"She emphasised that there was no impropriety, no immoral conduct and it was purely an academic project. But, in the wake of the controversy and the videos going viral on social media, we have asked her to proceed on leave for the time being, till the committee submits its findings," he said.
The student has also been asked not to join classes till the probe is concluded, he added.
The professor later told reporters that the entire recording was not uploaded on social media, and only some parts were posted with an "ulterior motive".
"I fail to comprehend how it was considered to be real. There seems to be an ulterior motive behind deliberately editing one part of the entire thing and uploading it on social media, giving a different twist. Being a single woman, I am shaken and upset over the attempts to malign me," she said.
"I have already initiated legal process against attempts to malign me," she added.
She expressed gratitude to the varsity authorities "for understanding my position and being on my side".
"They have asked me not to report for work till the inquiry is complete and I respect the decision," she said.
A lady Professor in MAKAUT is 'getting married' to her young student in the office. pic.twitter.com/coXaVGH7s7
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