Khaki terror: Elderly dies trying to save son from Delhi cops

March 1, 2012

kakhiNew Delhi, March 1: A senior citizen died after he was allegedly pushed and kicked by two constables at the Dhaula Kuan police post in south Delhi on Tuesday night. The 66-year-old retired accountant suffered a heart attack and collapsed trying to save his son from being beaten up by the cops.

The victim, Anil Kumar Arora, was taken to Safdarjung Hospital after senior officers intervened but was declared dead on arrival. The police commissioner has asked the crime branch to probe the incident. A magisterial inquiry has also been ordered.

The Arora family, returning home to Geeta Colony from Dwarka after an engagement ceremony, had stopped at the police post to ask for water to cool the over-heated radiator of their car.

Kamal Arora, the deceased's eldest son, said his brother Mohit, 32, was beaten up by a constable after he asked the cop to get off the phone and help the family. The constable slapped Mohit, pinned him down and dragged him by the collar before being joined by another colleague.

"Mohit entered the post and found constable Vikram Singh talking on his mobile. When Singh did not respond after several minutes, my brother asked him to get off the phone, saying his elderly parents, wife and their eight-month-old child were waiting in the car," said Kamal, Arora's elder son. "We could never have imagined what followed."

"Seeing his son being assaulted, Arora rushed out to help. One of the constables kicked him and pushed him hard. He fell on the floor and collapsed," said a family member who witnessed the incident.

Anil Arora had worked in DU's Motilal Nehru College.

The southwest district police later gave their version of the story. "There was a minor scuffle between constable Vikram Singh and Mohit. Later, his father Anil intervened. It has been alleged that Vikram pushed Anil, who lost consciousness and was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital where he was declared brought dead. The medical authorities on preliminary examination have not indicated any external injuries on the body of the deceased," an officer said.

Police said a case has been registered under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) at the Delhi Cantonment police station and the investigation handed over to the crime branch.

On Wednesday morning, the Arora family said police were trying to mislead the probe. "They have claimed that my perfectly healthy father died a natural death. We have approached the court which has dismissed their petition," said Kamal Arora.

"We are waiting for the magisterial enquiry. We are also going through the CCTV footage from inside the police post and recording the statements of the deceased's son. We would be questioning the constables as well and if find evidence, we will definitely arrest them," said an investigating officer.

Kamal said the family was returning home to Geeta Colony from Dwarka when the incident took place. "We were travelling in two cars. I and my wife were in a WagonR which developed a radiator leak. We had to stop every 15km to refill water in the tank. My brother, who owns a gym in east Delhi, was driving his i10. He had collected two water jars to help me out. When we reached Subroto Park, I speeded ahead and my brother said he will follow suit after collecting the water," Kamal said.


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March 3,2020

Panipat, Mar 3: A 22-year-old man was charred to death after he came in contact with a live electricity wire while posing for a TikTok video near the Matlaudha railway station here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on Monday evening when Vikas, a resident of Dharamgarh village, climbed a pole over which the wire was passing and posed for the video, police said.

His three friends were standing below when the accident took place.

Vikas came in contact with the wire carrying 25,000 volts current and was burnt, police said.

Police have sent the body for a post-mortem and started investigation into the matter.

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July 17,2020

New Delhi, Jul 17: The first FIR against Volkswagen and Audi in India for installing cheat devices in their cars to misrepresent emissions has been filed in Noida.

The FIR was filed by Noida resident Aniljit Singh against the top officials of Volkswagen and Audi in India and their headquarters in Germany. These include Rahil Ansari, Brand Director, Audi India, Balbir Singh Dhillon, Head, Audi India, and Bram Schot, Chairman, Audi AG.

The FIR reviewed by media agency cites forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The complaint has cited the global emissions scandal where VW was found to be installing a cheat device in its cars, in the absence of which, the cars produced 10-40 times emissions beyond the permissible limits.

The complainant said that in 2018 he had purchased seven Audi cars worth crores of rupees. At the time of taking the delivery, the complainant said that he inquired if the cheat devices were installed in India and he was told by the company that they were not, as in India's emission norms were not as stringent and the country being a growing market for Audi, no such device was implanted.

The complaint said that the authorities in India observed that Audi cars' emissions for nitrogen oxide were 5-8 times the permissible limits and after the National Green Tribunal imposed a penalty of Rs 500 crore on VW, the complainant realised that he had been duped of his hard earned money.

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The accused persons are guilty of cheating the customers and have induced the complainant to part with hard earned money for sub-standard cars. The accused are also guilty of forging the documents on which they had sought various clearances.

The complainant has demanded that the allegations may be thoroughly investigated by a senior official.

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