Man jumps to death at Sector 16 Metro station

April 15, 2012

Noida, April 15: Two people in their twenties, including a Delhi resident, allegedly committed suicide in the city on Saturday. While 23-year-old Shakeeb Hassan, an MSc in biotechnology who stayed at the IIT-Delhi campus, jumped off the platform railing at Sector 16 Metro station, Nidhi Chopra (29), a resident of Amritsar, ended her life by jumping off the terrace of a guesthouse in Sector 50. Both were victims of depression, said police sources. The bodies have been sent for autopsy.

Shakeeb, who used to work with a biotech firm in Sector 63 as a sales engineer, had bought a ticket to travel from Sector 16 Metro station to Chandni Chowk around 12pm. He was last seen at the platform talking on his cellphone. Suddenly, he climbed up the railing and jumped onto the road, said witnesses. "When our guards alerted us to the incident we found that Shabeek was gravely injured. We rushed him to Kailash Hospital," said an official of DMRC.

"On Saturday morning around 10am, Shakeeb had gone to consult a psychiatrist at Holy Family Hospital with his elder brother Dr Nabi Hassan - a librarian at IIT-Delhi. After the consultation, Shakeeb told his brother that he was going to work but did not reach his office," said a police official.

Around 12.30pm, DMRC officials informed Shakeeb's colleague and his brother about the incident. Dr Hassan reached the hospital at 1pm. "I had left him just a few hours earlier," said Dr Hassan explaining that his brother was suffering from depression since the last few months and was on medication. "I am shocked that he has taken his own life," he said.

In the second case, 29-year-old Nidhi Chopra allegedly jumped off the second floor terrace of a guesthouse in Sector 50.

"The incident occurred around 6am on Saturday morning," said a cop. "Nidhi, accompanied by her in-laws and her one-month-old baby, had come to attend the wedding of her husband's cousin," said a police official. After attending the ring ceremony on Friday night, the family members went to sleep. The next morning, Nidhi's mother-in-law, Sudha Chopra, woke up to find that her daughter-in-law was missing. She alerted her husband, Ashwinin, who found her sitting on the railing of the terrace. He told telling her to return, but instead Nidhi decided to jump. She was rushed to NMC hospital in Sector 30 but was declared brought dead, said cops.

"Nidhi's father-in-law told us that she was suffering from depression. We have recorded the statement of family members," said a cop.

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June 7,2020

Behrampur, Jun 7: A migrant labourer spent two days in jungle after allegedly being denied entry to a quarantine centre and his village in Behrampur.

According to a local from the village, no one helped the labourer. "He came from Chennai. He went to the police and block office but no one helped. Then, he went to the jungle."

Later, the police took him to the quarantine centre.

As per the Union Health Ministry, there are 2,608 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Odisha, including 996 active cases, 1,604 recovered/discharged/migrated and 8 deaths.

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May 24,2020

Bijnor, May 24: A man died after he was attacked by his cousins, allegedly for not getting tested for the Coronavirus after his return from Delhi.

The incident took place in Malakpur village in Bijnor district.

Manjeet Singh (23) died on Friday during treatment in Meerut.

A FIR has now been registered against Manjeet's cousins, Kapil and Manoj, their mother Puniya and Manoj's wife Dolly at the Nahtaur police station on a complaint filed by the father of the deceased Kalyan Singh on Sunday.
SHO, Nahtaur police station, Satya Prakash Singh said that no arrests have been made yet.

According to reports, Manjeet died due to head injuries.
His sample was not collected for a Coronavirus test by doctors during treatment.
Additional SP, Bijnor, Sanjay Kumar said, he underwent thermal screening when he reached Bijnor on May 19 from Delhi. The report was negative so his sample was not collected.

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SHO Satya Prakash Singh said, "Since his return, Kapil and Manoj were regularly asking Manjeet to get his test done. On Thursday, the cousins again asked Manjeet to get his test done after which an argument ensued between them."

"The accused brought sticks and started hitting Manjeet. He suffered injuries on the head and shoulder. When Manjeet fell unconscious, he was rushed to government hospital by his parents where he succumbed to injuries a day later," said Singh.

Chief Medical Officer, Bijnor, Dr Vijay Yadav said he has "no information" about the matter.

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May 26,2020

New Delhi, May 26: A massive fire broke out on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday in the slums of the Tughlaqabad area in south east Delhi in which over 250 shanties were gutted, however, no one was injured, fire officials said.

Atul Garg, Chief Fire Officer, told IANS, "We came to know about the fire in the slums around 12.15 a.m. following which 28 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. And the fire was brought under control by 4 a.m."

He said, the Tughalaqbad slums have over 500 shanties, out of which over 250 have been destroyed in the fire.

He said, it took time for the fire tenders to reach the spot as it was on the hills, but the fire was doused within four hours and by 8 a.m. cooling off procedure has also been completed.

When asked if there is any casualty in the incident, he said, "No injury or casualty has been reported."

He also said that as of now the actual reason for the fire is not known. "But we are trying to find out the reason of the fire," Garg added.

South East Deputy Commissioner of Police R.P. Meena said, "In the night it seemed that almost 500 shanties were gutted. However, in the morning it became clear that only 250 shanties have been gutted in fire."

He said, the South East district police after receiving the call also rushed the ambulances and the local police team in the area for rescue operation. Meena further said that very few people were residing in the shanties, and the people came out of their shanties after the fire broke out in one of them.

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