DU girl dies after drunk Uber driver rams into a truck in Noida

September 28, 2016

New Delhi, Sep 28: Four Delhi University students were severely injured in an accident where an Uber cab rammed into a truck parked near Sector 16A in the wee hours of Friday, September 23.

dugirlKaayum Pegu, a 20-year-old Delhi University student pursuing English Honours at Miranda House college, was one of the four students inside the Uber cab, driven by a drunk driver. Kaayum succumbed to her injuries and died today.

On September 24, a Facebook post made by Kaayum's brother Rikesh Pegu seeking O positive blood donors for his sister had gone viral with over 18,000 shares.

A report in the news media say that the driver was arrested the same day, produced in court but released on bail. said Amarnath Yadav, Sector 20 station house officer, "An FIR of rash and negligent driving was registered against the driver who was later identified as Viresh."

The other three students injured in the accident are Tanuz Kalita of SGTB Khalsa College, Siddharth Pathak of Swami Shraddhanand College and Akshara Badola of Mata Sundari College.

The four friends were returning from Greater Noida after attending a birthday party. "The cab driver was smoking inside the car. He rammed a stationary vehicle at 3 AM. All of us were injured, but the driver escaped with minor injuries. Instead of calling for help, he abandoned the car and fled the spot," said Kalita, who was discharged after initial treatment. Pathak and Badola are still in the hospital, but are out of danger.

Ruchita Machal, an Assistant Professor at University of Delhi posted "Kaayum is no longer with us" on her Facebook profile, and sought action from Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal against the Uber driver.

The report quotes Pathak as saying, "Pegu sat in the middle of the backseat and was thrown off the seat and hit the windshield and the dashboard, under the accident's impact."

A friend of Pegu said that Uber is not taking any responsibility for the incident and have left Pegu and family at 'the mercy of the cab driver's insurance'.

"We are pained to learn about the accident and are closely engaged with the victims' families to provide all assistance," said an Uber spokesperson as per the report.

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February 11,2020

Mumbai, Feb 11: A 65-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her husband over debt and illness in suburban Powai here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident came to light when Sheela Ajit Lad was found dead by her neighbours at Sukh Shanti Co-operative Society at around 9.30 pm on Monday, an official said.

The victim was allegedly killed by her husband Ajit Lad, who hit her on the head with a heavy object, slit her wrists and strangled her to death, he said.

The accused absconded at around 7.30 pm, leaving a note at the crime scene, saying he was going to commit suicide and had killed his wife because he was heavily in debt and she was suffering from an ailment, the official said.

The childless couple lived alone in the apartment, he added.

"On the basis of the note, we have registered a case of murder against Ajit Lad and have launched a manhunt for him. We have not traced him or found his body as he had mentioned suicide in the note," deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Zone X Ankit Goyal said.

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July 12,2020

Tamil Nadu, Jul 12: An alleged attempt by a 19-year-old man to "open a branch of the State Bank of India" at Panruti near Tamil Nadu was scuttled and he was arrested for forgery, police said on Saturday.

The man, son of retired SBI employees, had readied fake seals and challans of the public sector lender, and had other paraphernalia like a cash counting machine needed "to run a bank branch," on an upper floor of his residence at Panruti, about 25 km from Tamil Nadu.

He had not, however, put up any signboard. The SBI Panruti branch manager lodged a complaint with police seeking action following a tip-off by a customer that the man was "opening an SBI branch and has challans as well."

A printer who printed the challans and another who had made fake seals were held for similar offences and abetment.

They were produced before a magistrate court and enlarged on bail.

Asked if the man had cheated people by soliciting deposits or facilitating loans, Panruti police inspector K Ambethkar said, "no..we have not received any such complaint so far."

The man's late father had worked for SBI and his mother had retired from the same bank some time back, he said.

To a question, the police inspector said the man's mother, who has mobility issues, and another woman a relative living in the same house had no clue about his "idea."

Investigations revealed that he aspired to work for a bank and since he had closely watched banking operations for long he was "very knowledgeable" about it.

On the suspected motive, he said several of his replies were incomprehensible, childish, and strange notwithstanding his excellent understanding of the banking processes.

"He even calmly told us that he awaited approval from Mumbai to open the (SBI) branch and that he was about to put up a signboard," the inspector said, adding that the man had tried unsuccessfully to get employment on compassionate grounds in the SBI following the death of his father in harness.

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April 9,2020

Gonda, Apr 9: A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room as he was missing his wife stuck at her parents' place due to the lockdown, police said.

The incident took place in Radha Kund locality here on Wednesday, they said, adding the deceased has been identified as Rakesh Soni, 32.

As per information, Soni's wife had gone to her parents' place and was stuck there due to the lockdown and he was missing her due to which he committed suicide, Inspector Alok Rao said.

A probe is on in the mater, he said.

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