Two Class 11 students got arrested in Coimbatore after a 16-year-old Dalit boy died by suicide on October 21. The victim faced caste harassment over eating beef. Meanwhile, five people died in an Andhra Pradesh fire on Saturday. Police started investigations into these incidents and the Delhi Metro poster case.
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Two students held after Dalit boy dies by suicide over caste harassment in Tamil Nadu
Two Class 11 students have been arrested in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore in connection with the death by suicide of a 16-year-old Dalit boy who allegedly faced caste-based harassment over eating beef, police said. The incident occurred on October 21, and the victim’s mother alleged that the bullying had intensified over the preceding two months. The school’s headmaster and class teacher have been suspended and detained for questioning over allegations that they failed to act on the complaints. Police have registered a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Five killed in fire at Andhra road construction site
At least five people were killed in a fire at a road construction site in Pinakota village in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitaramaraju district on Saturday, police said. The fire may have broken out during the refuelling of a dumper truck, possibly triggered by a spark when workers were filling its tank with diesel transported in drums. Superintendent of Police Amit Bardar said it was an accidental fire, not a blast. Police teams have reached the site, and an investigation is underway.
Landslide hits government bus amid heavy rains in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris
A landslide hit a government bus near Burliyar in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district amid heavy rains, according to a video shared by PTI. Further details, including whether anyone was injured, are not immediately available.
FIR lodged after posters surface inside Delhi Metro questioning government performance
Delhi Police has registered an FIR against unidentified persons after two posters questioning the government’s performance were found inside a train on the Airport Express Line. The black-and-white posters listed nine claims about changes in the country and carried phrases such as “Voting Protest” and “Dissatisfied? You Are Not Alone”, along with a QR code inviting people to join an online group. The posters were found by a train operator on October 20 and handed over to police. The Special Cell is also involved in the investigation to identify those responsible.
Gangster Himanshu Bhau arrested in US
Absconding gangster Himanshu Bhau has been arrested by US law enforcement agencies in Las Vegas following inputs from Indian central agencies, with efforts underway to expedite his extradition to India. Another fugitive, Neeraj Faridpuria, was also detained after allegedly removing his ankle-monitoring bracelet following his release on bail earlier this year.
An Interpol Red Notice was issued against Bhau in August 2023, and he is accused of running an extortion syndicate operating across Delhi, Haryana and Punjab from Portugal, with the help of associates. The 23-year-old, who hails from Rohtak in Haryana, faces over 30 criminal cases, including at least 16 involving murder and attempted murder, according to an NIA source. Faridpuria is allegedly associated with Punjab’s Bambiha gang, a rival of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
Ashoke Sen becomes first Indian to win Oskar Klein medal
Noted Indian physicist Ashoke Sen has been awarded the prestigious Oskar Klein medal, becoming the first Indian to receive the honour, which has been awarded annually since 1988 by Stockholm University and the Nobel Committee for Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Sen, a professor at the Bengaluru-based International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, is known for his pioneering work on string theory, S-duality, black hole entropy and string field theory. He has previously received the Dirac medal and the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.