Girl dies under mysterious circumstances
Dehradun: A 13- year- old girl student of Unison World School died under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday. She is from Kapilbastu in Nepal. Sources said that after the school prayer, during the morning physical exercise in the school, she became unconscious. She was rushed to the local hospital where she was declared brought dead by the doctors. A Rajpur police station officer said that body has been sent for post-mortem. The family members have been informed. Cause of death would be revealed after post-mortem reports, he added.
17 year boy commits suicide by hanging
Dehradun: Around 17 year- old boy committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan at his room at Umedpur in Vasant Vihar on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Vishal Kumar. He was studying in Class XI in a Vasant Vihar- based school. Police sources said that he was under stress due to study- related issues for the last few days. Body was handed over to the family members by the police after permission from the district magistrate was secured.
Doon sp transferred 54 head constables
Dehradun: Dehradun SSP has transferred 54 head constables and constables on Tuesday. While 16 police personnel who were transferred to Dehradun district from other districts of the state were assigned duty at various police stations 38 constables were transferred on the basis of their applications on various grounds, including medical, following approval from the police headquarters.
Police arrest two persons for drug peddling
Dehradun: Continuing drives against drug peddling, Dehradun police have arrested two persons from Premnagar on the charges of supplying opium at various places in the state capital on Tuesday. Police have recovered 1.500 kg opium from their possession. The accused have been identified as Nepal nationals- Kuldeep Singh and Teg Bahadur. Acting on the tip off, Premnagar police conducted checking drives during which two suspects were found roaming around Suddhowala area in Premnagar. Police frisked them and recovered one and half kg opium from their possession. The accused duo is learnt to have brought opium from Nepal to supply it in Himachal Pradesh. The accused were arrested under sections 8/18 of NDPS Act in Premnagar police station, said Naresh Rathor, Premnagar police station in-charge.