Sad PM was getting Vemula’s caste probed: CM
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday remarked that it is “sad” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was getting Hyderabad University student Rohith Vemula’s “caste” probed rather than his suicide. “Modiji, whatever be commission report, ppl convinced that BJP anti-dalit. Sad you are investigating caste rather than suicide. According to PM, all Dalits and backwards are not nationalists,” Kejriwal tweeted.
Man dies after falling through shaft of lift
A 30-year-old man died on Wednesday as he fell down through the shaft of a lift from the 12th floor of a multi-storey building in Rajender Nagar area in Central Delhi. The deceased, identified as Trilok Joshi fell from the 12th floor of the 13 storey Pragati Tower in Rajender Nagar, through the shaft of the lift which had reportedly developed some snag around 11 am, said a senior police officer.
Eight-year-old found dead in seelampur
Body of an eight-year-old boy was found in a water filled crater in Northeast Delhi's Seelampur area on Wednesday morning. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Amit. Sources said that the crater found at the DDA park belongs to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Investigating officers said that they received a PCR call at around 11am on Wednesday that body of a child was found floating on the crater near DDA Park in the Taj colony area. A team of local police rushed to the spot and recovered the body. The boy was later identified to be Amit.
ex-jawan shoots ‘criminal’ in rohini
A former paramilitary personnel shot dead an alleged criminal who along with his accomplice tried to rob him and also fired at him in Rohini area of outer Delhi on Wednesday. Ramesh Chandra Sharma,42, who took voluntary retirement from BSF in 2013, lived at Majra Dabas and worked as a security officer at a private construction company.