The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the murder of North-East student Nido Tania in the Capital has chargesheeted seven people, including three juvenile in the case. Filing the chargesheet before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on Friday, the CBI said 19-year-old Tania, the son of an Arunachal Pradesh MlA, was killed after an altercation over cracking a glass counter at a shop in lajpat Nagar Central Market.
The CBI has pressed charges of culpable homicide, illegal confinement and offences under SC/ST Atrocities Act against Farman, Pawan, Sunder and Sunny Uppal. The proceedings against the three juveniles will be carried out by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), the agency said.
Son of Congress MlA Nido Pavitra from Arunachal Pradesh, Tania, a BA first-year student in a private university, had an altercation with some shopkeepers at lajpat Nagar here on January 29 this year after they mocked his hairdo, following which they allegedly thrashed him. He was found dead the next day at his residence. Delhi Police have already slapped murder charges against four persons in connection with the case. The police had informed a local court that it had booked accused Farman, Sunder, Pawan and Sunny Uppal under Section 302 (murder) of IPC after the post-mortem report revealed Tania had died of injuries to his head and face caused by a blunt object.
The case was transferred to CBI from Delhi Police for further probe after the victim’s parents had met Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, demanding speedy justice for Tania. The CBI said it had pressed for Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) as the death was due to sudden fight, which was precipitated due to breaking of the glass counter and that there was no weapon used in the attack other than a stick.