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22May By source belowNo Comments

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Storm hits NCR again: 4 dead in Delhi and Ghaziabad, traffic, power disrupted

Four persons were killed in Delhi and Ghaziabad during a major storm that hit Delhi-NCR on Wednesday evening. While many vehicles were damaged and trees uprooted, traffic was disrupted at several locations, and Metro services were affected. Also, power outages because of trees falling on electricity lines were reported from across the Capital.An unidentified man in a wheelchair died around 7.50 pm at Lodhi Road after a high-beam electric cable fell on him, Delhi Police said. In Gokulpuri, a 22-year-old man named Azhar got trapped under a tree and died. A resident of Maujpur, he was declared brought dead at the hospital. Kavinagar Assistant Commissioner of Police Swatantra Singh said that around 8 pm, information was received that a 40-year-old man had died after a tree fell on him in Ghazi...

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21May By source belowNo Comments

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‘Not permissible in civilised society’: Delhi HC directs Abhijit Iyer Mitra to take down posts against Newslaundry journalists in 5 hours

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to hear analyst and commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra in a defamation case filed by journalists till he takes down the posts in question within five hours, and remarked that the language he used “are not permissible in any civilised society”. The suit against Mitra was filed by nine journalists of Newslaundry, as well as the organisation, seeking damages of Rs 2 crore. The plaintiffs accused Mitra of defaming them through a series of tweets, besides referring to women journalists as “prostitutes” and their workplace as a “brothel”. The journalists are also seeking an injunction. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, after perusing the alleged defamatory statements, inquired from Mitra’s counsel, advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, “Can you defend these..?…This...

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21May By source belowNo Comments

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Arvind Kejriwal makes rare Delhi appearance, launches AAP’s student outfit ASAP

In a rare public appearance in Delhi since losing power three months ago, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday relaunched the party’s students’ wing, renaming it ASAP, or the Association of Students for Alternative Politics. This comes days after the 16 AAP councillors in Delhi quit the party and floated a new political outfit. “Mainstream politicians are pushing your children into religious conflicts, while they send their kids to elite foreign universities. Winning elections through misuse of power, manipulating electoral rolls is their mainstream politics, while winning hearts and elections is our alternative politics,” Kejriwal said at the event at the Constitution Club of India in Delhi that was attended by students from the national capital, Punjab, Haryana, and Guj...

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21May By source belowNo Comments

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‘Veiled misogyny’: V-Cs, academics slam Ashoka professor’s comments

Over 200 academics, including at least 20 current and former Vice-Chancellors and educational institution heads, have signed a formal ‘Statement of Objection’, condemning Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad for his recent comments following Operation Sindoor. The statement released earlier this week, alleges that the professor’s remarks seek to “destabilise communal harmony, undermine institutional integrity and erode gender equity”. It “urged the Supreme Court to take  serious cognizane of the broader socio-legal implications of prof Mahumadabad’s statement”. Among the prominent signatories are JNU Vice Chancellor Prof Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, Gujarat University V-C Dr Neerja Gupta, Central University of Rajasthan V-C Prof Anand Bhalerao, University of Ladakh V-C Prof Sake...

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16May By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi-NCR Weather LIVE Updates: What caused this sudden change in weather again?

 Delhi-NCR Weather LIVE Updates: An orange alert has been issued for Delhi-NCR by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), forecasting moderate thunderstorms accompanied by gusty winds and light rainfall across the region on Friday evening.The alert (to be prepared/updated) comes just a day after a surge of dust-laden winds from Pakistan and western Rajasthan pushed air quality to ‘poor’ levels and reduced visibility in the Capital. The IMD, in an update at 5.30 pm, confirmed that a convective system — an intense, localised weather phenomenon characterized by the rapid upward movement of warm, moist air — which earlier entered Delhi from Rohtak, has now crossed the Capital. It is currently hovering over Noida, Ghaziabad, and Faridabad. Story continues below this ad The s...

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16May By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi Zoo issues emergency advisory after bird flu confirmed in dead tigress at Gorakhpur zoo

The Delhi Zoo has issued an internal advisory directing staff to enforce “strictest biosecurity measures” as part of emergency preparedness after H5 avian influenza or bird flu was recently confirmed in a tigress that died at the Gorakhpur Zoo in Uttar Pradesh. The scare comes amid the summer holidays when the footfall is usually high. The internal memorandum was issued on Thursday by Dr Sanjeet Kumar, IFS, director of the Delhi Zoo: “In view of the recent incidence of avian influenza (H5) at Gorakhpur Zoo, UP all preventive measures for preparedness and surveillance of the avian influenza have to be carried out in order to keep the zoo animals, visitors and its staff safe and healthy,” the advisory stated. It instructed that “the staff and workers engaged in the various sections of the zo...

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16May By source belowNo Comments

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With 300 free labs, how Delhi government is pushing virtual learning

The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Delhi, in a recent circular, has asked all school heads and teachers under the Directorate of Education to “integrate the use of virtual labs into classroom teaching and learning practices wherever possible”.The circular issued on Tuesday was primarily regarding access to more than 300 virtual labs being made available free of cost on the Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform by the Central Board of Secondary Education. “It is hereby informed that the…CIET, NCERT has made available more than 300 Virtual Labs on the DIKSHA platform for students and teachers,” the circular said, adding that the labs are free and designed to “enhance conceptual understanding” and “practice learning across various subjects...

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16May By source belowNo Comments

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Ghaziabad balcony collapse | Mother and daughter grieve the loss of their sons: ‘In two minutes, my world crashed’

“Hatt jao waha se abhi jine se mera beta aayega (Move away from the stairs, my son will be coming down any minute),” said 25-year-old Bharti Devi before fainting into her neighbour’s lap.Another neighbour rushed over with a glass of water, sprinkling it over her face. As Bharti regained consciousness, the crushing reality returned and she wailed out loud — her three-year-old son, Vansh, was gone. Her grief was doubled. She had lost not only her son but also her brother, Akash (25). Story continues below this ad Next to her, her mother Manosh Devi was inconsolable. She leaned onto a neighbour, tears flowing down her face. On Wednesday, Akash and Vansh were buying groceries at a shop when the balcony of a dilapidated Economically Weaker Section (EWS) flat on the second floor...

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15May By source belowNo Comments

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As Nuh’s pass percentage plummets in state Board exams, parents say crackdown on cheating good for students

“Iss baar baccho aur unke maa baap ko jhatka lagega aur phir yeh log dhyan se padhne lagenge (This time students and their parents will get a shock and take studies seriously),” remarked Piproli village Sarpanch Haneef Khan, as he praised the district administration’s clampdown on cheating during Haryana Board of School Education exams for Class 12, which has visibly affected the pass percentages this year.“If they (students) don’t work hard and study for knowledge, how will it help them shape their future?” he asked. A resident from Haneef’s village, whose son has failed the exams, said: “We knew he would fail after the police arrested the impersonators during the first exam. We can only advise our son… what else can we do now? His cheating tendency can’t be done away with so fast.” ...

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14May By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi traffic cops shot at by 2 gold chain snatchers, nabbed after scuffle

Two Delhi Traffic Police officers under the Shahdara Circle Tuesday arrested two armed snatchers involved in a robbery at Dilshad Garden despite being shot at while trying to apprehend them. According to the Delhi Police, the incident unfolded when two armed men, Imran, 26, and Warees, 35, snatched three gold chains from Praveen Soni near Chetak Complex. The assailants attempted to flee the scene on a two-wheeler and headed towards the Chintamani Red Light, said police. Shiva Thakur, a resident who witnessed the robbery, followed the accused and promptly alerted the traffic police personnel at Chintamani Chowk. Responding to the alert, Sub-Inspector Sanjeev and Constable Rahul Nain signalled the suspects to stop. When the two men attempted to escape, Nain struck their motorcycle with his l...

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13May By source belowNo Comments

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Codename ‘Operation Face Wash’: How Delhi cops are nabbing ‘illegal’ immigrants from Bangladesh

In the early hours of March 27, a routine police patrol near Delhi’s bustling Jahangirpuri Metro station took an unexpected turn. A group of six individuals, dressed in attire typically associated with the transgender community, caught the officers’ attention — not for any specific act, but for their demeanor, which seemed out of place.When questioned, the group identified themselves as transgender persons. However, the officers, sensing something was off, asked them to wash their faces. What followed was a startling revelation. Beneath the makeup, the individuals were, in fact, men allegedly disguised as transgender persons. Story continues below this ad Further checks revealed that all six were immigrants from Bangladesh, allegedly illegally living in the national capita...

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12May By source belowNo Comments

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4 of family attempt suicide in North West Delhi factory, under medical observation

Four members of a family, including two minors, allegedly attempted suicide inside a factory in North West Delhi’s Sangam Park. According to the police, all four were rushed to nearby hospitals where they are currently under observation. Preliminary inquiry revealed that Hardeep Singh, who runs a bike horn manufacturing unit at the same location, arrived at a shed in the factory around 8 am along with his wife Harpreet Kaur, 38, their 16-year-old son and their 15-year-old daughter, before attempting suicide. “One of the children informed their relatives, who then alerted emergency services… Hardeep Singh and his children were admitted to Hindu Rao Hospital, while Harpreet Kaur was taken to Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital. All four are currently under medical observation. Further investigation i...

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12May By source belowNo Comments

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15-year-old girl rescued from being trafficked at New Delhi Railway Station: police

A 15-year-old girl from Bihar who was allegedly being trafficked was rescued last week after the Delhi Police received information about a man attempting to sell her. According to the Delhi Police, a team, along with the informer, laid a trap at New Delhi Railway Station after receiving the information last Thursday. The police said they spotted a suspicious man with a young girl. The police team then apprehended the suspect from the spot, and separated the girl for preliminary questioning. The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Shashi Kumar, hailing from Arariya in Bihar, allegedly confessed during interrogation that he lured the girl under the pretext of helping her, and intended to sell her to ease his financial difficulties. Story continues below this ad “During the pr...

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12May By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi News Live Updates: Amid India-Pak tension operations running smooth at Delhi airport; Partly cloudy sky likely in city

Airlines have issued advisories asking passengers to report at least three hours before their flight’s departure. (Express File Photo)Delhi News Live Updates: Amid India-Pakistan tension, flight operations at the Delhi airport remained smooth, but some flight schedules and security checkpoint processing time might be affected, said DIAL in a post on X. “However, due to changing airspace conditions and increased security measures, some flight schedules and security checkpoint processing times may be affected,” it said. Around 100 flights to and from the Delhi airport were cancelled on Sunday. Weather Update: On Monday, the capital city recorded a minimum temperature of 24.4 degrees Celsius, one degree below the season’s average. Partly cloudy sky is expected during the day and the maximum t...

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10May By source belowNo Comments

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Court proceedings universally moving towards paperless functioning, providing 4 trunks of documents to accused unreasonable: Delhi Court

A Delhi court on Friday pulled up the counsel of an accused person who had filed an application before it seeking directions to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to provide physical copies of documents worth 22,000 pages. “The prospect of supplying the photocopies of 22,000 pages (four trunks) to each of the accused, who are now 100 in number (three have expired), is an unreasonable outcome. More so, when… contemporary court proceedings are universally moving towards paperless functioning,” said Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Court. “In fact, the prayer for the supply of 22,000 pages in physical form operates against speedy and efficient trial,” he added. Story continues below this ad The accused had argued that he was a senior citizen and was not pr...

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10May By source belowNo Comments

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Chartered accountant arrested for Rs 7.85-crore GST fraud in Delhi

Officials from the Central Goods and Services Tax Commissionerate Delhi South busted a large-scale GST Input Tax Credit (ITC) fraud involving a South Delhi-based chartered accountant. The accused is alleged to have fraudulently claimed ITC amounting to approximately Rs 7.85 crore by misusing more than 80 GST identification numbers (INs), mostly linked to the Palam and Dwarka areas of the capital. The investigation revealed that the CA used his own email addresses and contact numbers to control these GST registrations. A group of 31 GSTINs was found to be engaged in circular trading without any actual supply of goods or services. “Search proceedings were conducted at 12 premises, and multiple firms were found non-existent. During searches, several electronic devices relevant to the investig...

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9May By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi prepares for emergency, trials on air raid sirens to be held across 11 districts today

Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, all the district magistrates in Delhi have been directed to deploy air raid sirens, including manual and electrical, at important and critical locations and conduct trials on Friday. The 11 district administrations in Delhi will conduct the trials at different timings in the evening and check the response from the departments concerned. The development comes following reports of attacks in Jammu and along the international border via Pakistani drones, said officials. G Sudhakar, District Magistrate (DM) of Central Delhi, said that the Directorate of Civil Defence will be testing air raid sirens installed at the PWD headquarters at ITO. Story continues below this ad “The testing will commence at 3 pm and be carried out for a ...

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8May By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi govt cancels leaves, installs air raid sirens amid reports of drone attacks in Jammu

As drone attacks were reported in Jammu and along the International Border via Pakistani drones on Thursday, the leaves of all government officials in Delhi have been cancelled.In an order, the Services department said, “In view of the prevailing situation and preparedness for the emergency response system, the Competent Authority has directed that no leave shall be granted to any Officer/Official of the Government of NCT of Delhi, till further orders.” This includes doctors and staff in Delhi government hospitals as well. Story continues below this ad The Delhi Police headquarters also directed that no leaves will be given to its personnel till further orders. District Magistrates (DMs) across the city, meanwhile, have been asked to ensure that air raid sirens are install...

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8May By source belowNo Comments

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BJP MLAs outspent AAP in Delhi polls. Check out the expense report

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates who won the Delhi Assembly elections spent more money during the polls held in February compared to their Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) counterparts, stated a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The candidate expenditure limit for polls was Rs 40 lakh. Out of 69 MLAs analysed — from a total of 70 — 31 (45%) MLAs declared election expenses less than 50% of the limit in their constituencies. “The party-wise average election expenses show that the average spending for 47 MLAs from BJP is Rs 24.68 lakh (61.7% of the expense limit) and for 22 MLAs from AAP, it is Rs 12.48 lakh (31.2% of the expense limit),” the report said. Story continues below this ad The report also said virtual campaigning, despite growing digital outreach...

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7May By source belowNo Comments

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‘This is how we save ourselves’: Hours after Op Sindoor, mock drill kicks off at Ghaziabad school

At 9.36 am, an ambulance, a fire-fighting vehicle and 11 Civil Defence personnel arrived at Nagar Palika Balika Inter College at Ghaziabad’s Sihani Gate.Nearly a hundred girls, dressed in green and white kurtas, with green ribbons in their hair, filed out of their classes and lined up, forming a U, on their playground. As some jostled to stand in front, a teacher directed them to line up based on their height. Story continues below this ad A siren then rang out. Immediately, nine men, dressed in yellow T-shirts lay on the ground, covering their faces with both hands. One of them took cover under a table placed on the playground. Anil Aggarwal, a member of the Civil Defence team, announced from the podium: ‘Switch off the inverter and generator, turn off all the lights in y...

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7May By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi Police on high alert after Operation Sindoor: paramilitary, local police, SWAT commandos deployed at strategic locations

The Delhi Police Wednesday issued a high alert across the city following India’s strike at terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) under Operation Sindoor, with security around the headquarters of all three defence forces, paramilitary installations, and other government offices stepped up. Security personnel, including paramilitary and local police, along with the SWAT commandos, have been deployed at strategic locations in the New Delhi district. The local police and the paramilitary personnel have also been deployed at the CGO complex in South Delhi. All the deputy commissioners of police have been asked to be on alert and also hold the mock drill exercise with the full cooperation of the Civil Defence, Delhi Fire Services (DFS), and other government autho...

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5May By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi News Live Updates: Delhi HC to hear pleas by Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia in liquor ‘scam’

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Manish Sisodia (left) and Arvind Kejriwal (right). (Express Photos)Delhi News Live Updates, May 5, 2025: The Delhi High Court today will hear petitions by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia against the trial court’s decision to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s charge sheet filed in alleged excise policy scam. Besides seeking to set aside the trial court’s order, Kejriwal has also sought quashing of all proceedings in the case. The petitions, filed in 2024, are listed for hearing before Justice Ravinder Dudeja. Meanwhile, a special two-day Assembly session is likely to be held around mid-May to table the Delhi School Education Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees Bill, 2025. “The special session is likel...

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4May By source belowNo Comments

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Explained: Why did a court direct framing of charges against Delhi BJP MP Yogender Chandolia?

A Delhi court on Saturday had ordered the framing of charges against Yogender Chandolia, the BJP MP from Northwest Delhi, in a case where he was accused of allegedly assaulting a public servant in the Capital in 2020. While discharging Chandolia under section 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) IPC, the court directed framing of charges under sections 341, 353, 356 and 34 (wrongful restraint, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty and assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person) of the IPC. What is the case? In 2020, an FIR was registered against Chandolia at the Prasad Nagar police station. Story continues below this ad The complainant in the case was a traffic pol...

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3May By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi’s Sainik Farms – from a cooperative society to rehabilitate war widows and retired defence personnel in 1960s to an unauthorised high-end residential colony

After the recent demolition drive in South Delhi’s Sainik Farms area, there is renewed attention on unauthorised colonies in the national capital and the government’s plan to grant ownership rights, with the Delhi Development Authority planning further action in such posh areas. According to a report prepared by the former Delhi chief secretary K K Mathur in 2006, Sainik Farms was started in the late 60s as a cooperative society to rehabilitate war widows and retired defence personnel. With government support, the land was purchased by the society and allotted to the defence personnel for having farmhouses. Over time, the area commonly called Sainik Farms has attracted many non-defence personnel. “There are hardly any farmhouses in the colony and in fact, on many plots large houses and vil...

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3May By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi rain: Only small puddles visible at Rajinder Nagar, spot of IAS centre tragedy

As Delhi was put under yellow alert on Saturday following heavy rainfall, one of the keenly watched areas for waterlogging was Old Rajinder Nagar in Central Delhi, where three civil service aspirants drowned in a flooding incident at an IAS coaching centre in July last year. The July 2024 incident had sparked outrage after several videos surfaced online highlighting the vulnerability of the stretch at Rajinder Nagar, which is lined with several coaching institutes, in the event of heavy rainfall. When The Indian Express visited the location — a key hub for UPSC and other government exam aspirants — on Friday noon, barring some small puddles, waterlogging was not visible on the roads. Story continues below this ad Several students in the area noted that the intensity of rai...

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2May By source belowNo Comments

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‘Incomplete’, ‘casual’ investigation done without application of mind: Delhi court in bank fraud case

Refusing to take cognizance of a chargesheet filed in a bank fraud case, a Delhi court on Thursday called the investigation “incomplete”, “casual” and carried out without “any application of mind”. “Strangely, the IO (investigating officer) went on to file the present incomplete chargesheet on 03.04.2024, and (A2) and (A3) (accused persons) have not joined the investigation and have been absconding since the registration of the case. Therefore, it cannot be said that the investigation is complete,” said Chief Judicial Magistrate Deepak Kumar II of Rouse Avenue Court in his order dated May 1. “It appears that IO has filed the incomplete chargesheet in a casual and mechanical manner without completing the investigation, and the same has been forwarded by the concerned SP (Superintendent of P...

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