Students fight in private school; one killed

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October 27, 2017

New Delhi, Oct 27: A 14-year-old boy died allegedly after a scuffle broke out between him and four of his classmates in a private school on Thursday morning in north-east Delhi’s Karawal Nagar. The police have apprehended a minor.

Avdesh alias Prince, resident of Shiv Vihar, left for school along with his 12-year-old brother Amit around 7 a.m., said their father Arvind Kumar, a labourer in Gandhi Nagar.

‘Major fight’

Around 9.30 a.m., Amit was told that a major fight had broken out in school. “When he went inside the classroom to see, he saw his brother lying on the floor. There was no teacher present in the class either,” said Mr. Kumar.

Other students allegedly told Amit that a fist fight broke out between Avdesh and four of his classmates as they were not letting him complete his homework.

“From what we have been told, Avdesh was studying and the boys wanted him to go play outside. When he denied, which they started teasing and beating him,” said Mr. Kumar.

Seeing his brother on the floor, Amit shouted for help and approached the owner of the school who was allegedly in his office at the time. “He rushed to the classroom and splashed water on his face but he didn’t wake up. He then locked the room from the inside and made several phone calls. After almost half an hour, he unlocked the door after Amit shouted that his brother was dying,” Mr Kumar alleged.

Post-mortem today

Avdesh was taken to Gopal Nursing Home on Loni road, while Amit ran home to inform his mother Kanti. “She immediately left for the hospital but wasn’t allowed to go inside the room where Avdesh was admitted. But she barged in and saw him lying dead,” the father said.

The police said the minor was declared brought dead by the hospital after which his body was taken to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital for post-mortem.

“The body has been preserved. There are no visible injuries on the boy’s body. The post-mortem will be conducted on Friday to establish the cause of death,” said DCP (north-west) A.K. Singla.

The officer said they were informed of the entire incident by the victim’s family. Preliminary investigation has allegedly revealed that the fight broke out between the victim and his classmate, who was immediately apprehended on charges of punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

“Other claims made by the family are being verified. If the role of other people appears in the investigation, legal action will be taken,” said Mr. Singla.

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May 12,2020

May 12: A Madhya Pradesh Police sub-inspector was fined Rs 5,000 after he performed a daredevil act of balancing himself on two moving cars, copying the famous stunt from Ajay Devgn-starrer 'Singham'.

Manoj Yadav, the in-charge of Narsinghgarh police post in Damoh district, was also warned against any such daredevilry in future, police sources said on Monday.

Sporting shades as the hero of the cop drama film and wearing his police uniform, Yadav got the entire episode video-graphed, they said.

As the video of the stunt went viral on social media, senior police officials took serious note of it as it will send wrong signals to youngsters, the sources said.

Inspector General, Sagar range, Anil Sharma directed Damoh Superintendent of Police Hemant Chauhan to probe the matter.

After an investigation, Chauhan imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the sub-inspector and warned him not to repeat such mistakes.

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News Network
May 9,2020

Shillong, May 9: The poisonous mushrooms that killed six people at a remote village in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district have been identified as Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the 'Death Cap', a senior official said on Saturday.

Six people, including a 14-year-old girl, of Lamin village along the India-Bangladesh border in Amlarem civil sub-division died after consuming wild mushrooms they collected from a nearby forest late last month.

The wild mushroom has been identified as Amanita phalloides and is hepatotoxic as it directly affects the liver, state Director of Health Services (MI) Dr Aman War told PTI.

He said it has been established after an investigation that the cause of the deaths was the poisonous mushrooms.

At least 18 persons from three families were taken ill after consuming the mushrooms.

The symptoms after consuming the poisonous fungus include vomiting, headache and unconsciousness, the senior doctor said.

Most of those taken ill, including a pregnant woman, have already recovered and gone home. Therefore, people can survive as it depends on the amount of poison that you have consumed. Only one person was unaffected, maybe he did not consume much, he said.

Three people are still undergoing treatment and are recovering. Two of them are at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) and one in Woodland Hospital, Dr War said.

He said the health department can only appeal to the people, especially those in the rural areas, to refrain from eating wild mushrooms, while the horticulture department should take measures to create awareness.

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Agencies
January 11,2020

New Delhi, Jan 11: Assets worth Rs 78 crore have been attached by the ED in connection with a money laundering probe against former ICICI Bank Chairman Chanda Kochhar and others, officials said on Friday.

A provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been issued for attachment of the properties that includes Kochhar's Mumbai-based house and some other assets belonging to a company linked to her, they said.

The book value of the attached assets is Rs 78 crore, they said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and others in a case of alleged irregularities and money laundering in giving loans by the bank to the Videocon group.

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