19-year-old student set ablaze by his uncle over love affair with his relative, succumbs in B'luru
Bengaluru: A 19-year-old engineering student was allegedly set ablaze by his uncle in Bengaluru for being in a relationship with his daughter succumbed to injuries in Victoria hospital on Tuesday.
Shashank hailed from R.R. Nagar, was pursuing his engineering at a private college in Bengaluru. He was in a relationship with his cousin which his uncle, Manu alias Mahesh, father of the girl opposed and warned him against, many times before, said the police.
According to The Hindu, a few days ago Shashank had taken the girl, his cousin, to his house when she visited Bengaluru. When her family came to know about this, went to his house and took her away after creating a ruckus.
Being upset with him, his uncle and other six men abducted him in a Toyota Innova as he was walking home from college. They soaked him in petrol, set him on fire and later abandoned him in an open ground on saturday, Shashak alleged in his statement to police.
“I managed to roll on the ground and cover myself with mud to extinguish the flames. I contacted my relative Heera over the phone. She promptly arrived with my friends Saraswati and Kumar and they rushed me to the hospital,” he added in his statement.
Based on his statement, Kumbalgodu police booked Manu and the other six on charges of kidnapping, assault and attempt to murder.
Shashank suffered 80 percent burns due to the incident and passed away at Victoria Hospital on tuesday, Shashank’s maternal aunt Hira told Deccan Herald.
State Home Minister G Parameshwara has sought a report from the Kumbalgodu police and directed them to act quickly.
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After fake ID crackdown, IRCTC daily new accounts down to 5000 from one lakh: Railways
New Delhi (PTI): With a new, stringent system to establish user identity, the number of new user IDs being added daily on the IRCTC website has declined to about 5,000 from nearly one lakh, officials said on Saturday.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw noted that the crackdown by Indian Railways on train ticket booking through fake identities is yielding positive results, according to a press note.
Before the latest reforms, this number had touched nearly one lakh new user IDs per day, it said.
"Following the introduction of a stringent system to establish user identity and detect fake IDs, about 5,000 new user IDs are now being added daily on the IRCTC website," the note said.
The officials stated that these steps have already helped Indian Railways deactivate 3.03 crore fake accounts.
"Another 2.7 crore user IDs have either been temporarily suspended or identified for suspension based on the suspicious activities they are indulging in," they said.
The Union minister directed officials to ensure that the ticketing system is reformed to a level where all travellers are able to book tickets easily through a real and genuine user ID, the press note added.
Additionally, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has directed officials to provide local cuisine of the region in Vande Bharat trains.
Introducing local cuisine that reflects the culture and tastes of the regions being traversed will significantly enhance the passenger experience, officials said.
This facility will be expanded to all the trains progressively in future, they added.
