Missing fashion student found dead in Punjab

May 6, 2013

New Delhi, May 6: The 23-year-old fashion designing student who had gone missing from her rented flat in east Delhi on April 20 was found dead two days later near railway tracks in PunjabPrachi_Dhamija.

This has been revealed by one Rajesh Kumar from Abohar who had read about the girl in local papers of Punjab at that time. Kumar, who was in the city for work, was surprised to read about the same girl in city papers and decided to approach Delhi Police. A team, comprising sub-inspector Yogesh and the girl's family members, rushed to Punjab to identify the body. It was found that the girl, Prachi Dhamija, had been cremated by the railway police after they failed to identify her.

Prachi's family confirmed the identity by the belongings recovered from the body, especially a fashion designing book with her name on it. "We believe that Prachi was kidnapped and then murdered. It was not an accidental death or suicide. Prachi would not go to a far-off place on her own," said her uncle, Praveen Dhamija. Prachi's parents have left for Haridwar to consign her belongings to the Ganga.

Prachi alias Sakshi was a student of International Institute of Fashion Design (INIFD) in Hauz Khas area of south Delhi. Police are clueless how Dhamija, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, reached Punjab. The incident raises questions on poor coordination of Punjab police as they did not inform the Delhi Police when a body was found.

According to police, she was last spotted at the Chandni Chowk Metro station. Her autopsy report is awaited, following which a case would be registered, an officer said. Her call details are also being scanned.

On April 20, Prachi had left the hostel to go a nearby shop but she never returned. Around 2pm, her younger sister called her several times but they went unattended. Fearing something may have gone wrong, her sister and cousins reached her hostel and found the door locked from outside. They opened the door using extra keys and found her cellphone in the room. Her parents were also informed.

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June 17,2020

Moradabad, Jun 17: Two children died after they accidentally got locked inside a car while playing in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, the police said.

Four children, aged between 4 and 7 years, locked themselves inside the car while playing and were found unconscious soon after, the police added.

"All four children were found unconscious in a car and they were taken to the hospital. Two of them died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the hospital," said Amit Kumar Anand, superintendent of police (city) Moradabad.

The children were related to each other, the police said.

The man who owns the car said the children had locked themselves inside. "When we reached, the children were in an unconscious state. Two of the four children died. The incident occurred around 8 am."

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March 12,2020

Mar 12: Three women were arrested for allegedly administrating fake coronavirus vaccines to villagers in Maharashtra's Jalna district, police said on Thursday.

The police on Wednesday arrested Beed residents Radha Ramnath Saamse, Seema Krishna Andhale and Sangeeta Rajendra Avhad, who allegedly posed as doctors and healthcare workers, an official said.

The trio met villagers of Pipalgoan in Ambad tehsil, informed them about a vaccine that could protect them from coronavirus and administered it to gullible locals, he said.

Some villagers informed Dr Mahadev Munde, a medical officer at a rural health centre, about this, after which a complaint was lodged, the official said.

Fake vaccines and bottles, which were seized from the accused, have been sent to the state health department, he said, adding that a case of cheating has been registered against the trio.

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February 26,2020

Kota, Feb 26: At least 24 people died and four others sustained injuries as a private bus carrying a wedding party fell into a river on Kota–Dausa highway in Bundi district on Wednesday morning, police said.

The wedding party with 28 persons on board was headed to Sawai Madhopur from Kota early morning when the driver apparently lost balance of the bus while traversing a bridge near Papdi village under Lekhari police station limits, Lakheri Sub-Inspector Rajendra Kumar said.

The bus, subsequently, plunged into Mej river from the bridge that had no wall or railing, Kumar said.

Thirteen people died on the spot while 10 others succumbed to their injuries on way to hospital, he added.

The deaths include 11 men, 10 women and three children.

The injured were rushed to Lekhari government hospital from where the critically injured are being referred to a government hospital in Kota, the SI further said.

Most of the injured people were rescued with the help of locals in the village, he added.

Mej river is a tributary of the Chambal river in Rajasthan.

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