Latest news with #Aniket
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Time of India
14-year-old killed as kidnapping drama goes wrong in Bijnor
Representative image BIJNOR: A 14-year-old boy was allegedly murdered by his own cousin and four friends after a staged kidnapping for ransom plan went horribly wrong. Victim Ayush Singh , a Class 7 student from Husainpur Kala village of Bijnor district, was also part of the plot, and he was to get Rs 2 lakh of the Rs 5 lakh that they planned to extort from his father. "As per the plan, Ayush was abducted on May 6. Operation Sindoor PM Modi meets NSA, chiefs of armed forces amid spike in tensions with Pak India's air defence systems shoot down Pak drones in J&K, Punjab & Rajasthan Several airports in India to be closed till May 15 - check list But he chickened out and refused to cooperate. Fearing that the plot would be exposed, his cousin Aniket Singh, 19, along with friends Anmol, Akash, Nakul and Umesh, killed him and buried the body in a field," said Bijnor SP Abhishek Jha. On May 7, Ayush's father, Deepak Kumar, a farmer, filed a missing complaint. On Thursday, the family received a ransom message via Instagram demanding Rs 5 lakh. Later that night, a police tip-off revealed the boy was already murdered and the body was buried in a forest area in Imalia village. When police reached the spot, the accused opened fire. Police retaliated and Aniket was shot in the leg. All five accused were arrested. A bullet also struck the jacket of the station in-charge during the firing. During interrogation, Aniket confessed to have devised the plot and also admitted that he murdered Ayush. "All the arrested youths are under 22 years. Police exhumed the body and sent it for postmortem examination," Jha said.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Time of India
Gangapur police arrest chain robber, detect 9 robberies
Nashik: The Gangapur police on Thursday arrested a 20-year-old chain robber and detained his two minor associates, solving eight chain snatching cases and two vehicle thefts. Stolen property worth Rs 6 lakh was recovered during the to the police, two of the 10 cases — involving chain snatching and vehicle theft — were registered in Pimpri Chinchwad and one in Karjat, breakthrough came after a gold chain was snatched from a scooter-borne woman riding with her granddaughter near KBT Circle on May 4 around 8:30pm. "During the investigation, we checked CCTV footage from the area and identified a suspect, Aniket alias Pappu Shardul, a 20-year-old resident of Govardhan village," the police was taken into custody, and his two minor associates were later detained from different parts of the city and rural questioning, Shardul confessed to snatching the gold chain on May 4 along with the minors. He also admitted to two more chain snatching incidents in the Mhasrul and Makhmalabad areas in April. "The stolen gold chains were handed over to one of the minors, who later sold them to a jeweller," the police the jeweller, the police recovered melted gold worth Rs 3.95 lakh. Additionally, a bike worth Rs 1 lakh was seized from interrogated, one of the detained minors revealed their involvement in five more chain snatching cases — one in Mumbai Naka, one in the Nashik Road area, and two each in Upnagar and Chinchwad, Pune. He also admitted to stealing the motorcycle used in the crimes from said that recovery in six out of the 10 cases is still pending.
Hindustan Times
09-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Boy killed by friends for refusing to demand ransom from his family; 5 minors held in Bijnor
MEERUT A 13-year-old boy was killed in Husainpur Kala village of Bijnor, allegedly by a group of his five friends after he refused to make a ransom call to his family. The accused, all minors, were apprehended following a gunfight with the police, officials said. According to SP Abhishek Jha, the incident took place on May 6 when Ayush, son of Deepak Kumar, left his home in Husainpur Kala under distressing circumstances. The following day, Deepak filed a complaint at the Shivala Kala police station, reporting that his son had not returned home. Soon after, a ransom demand of ₹5 lakh was sent via Instagram to one of Deepak's relatives. Police investigations, aided by technical surveillance of the Instagram account, identified five suspects from the same village - Aniket, Anmol, Akash, Nakul and Umesh. The accused had devised a plan to make the ransom call, luring Ayush with a promise of ₹2 lakh to participate in the scheme. When Ayush refused to comply, fearing he might expose their conspiracy, the group allegedly strangled him to death. They then planned to dispose of his body by burying it in a pit in a forest near Imlia village, said cops. Acting on a tip-off, a combined team from the Shivala Kala police station and the SWAT surveillance unit tracked the suspects to the forest. As the police closed in, the accused, in a desperate bid to escape, opened fire. Aniket fired a shot that struck the bulletproof jacket of SHO Shailendra, causing no injuries. In retaliatory firing, Aniket was shot in the leg and apprehended in an injured condition, while the other four—Anmol, Akash, Nakul, and Umesh—were arrested at the scene, the officer said. The police recovered a country-made pistol, two empty cartridges, one live cartridge, four mobile phones, and a shovel from the spot, confirming the group's intent to bury Ayush's body. During interrogation, the accused confessed to the murder, admitting that Ayush was killed because he refused to make the ransom call.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
BD Dhuliya award to scribe Ramesh Pahadi
Veteran journalist and social activist Ramesh Pahadi was honoured with Pandit Bhairav Dutt Dhuliya Patrakar Puraskar 2025 for contribution to journalism and public service in Uttarakhand. The award is given by Karmbhoomi Foundation in memory of freedom fighter and editor Pandit Bhairav Dutt was chosen for highlighting ecological and socio-economic issues across the state since 1968, said Himanshu Dhulia, secretary of the founder-editor of Aniket, which he led from 1977 to 2017 Pahadi played a pivotal role in Chipko movement . The award ceremony will take place on May 18 at Kotdwar. tnn
India Today
05-05-2025
- India Today
Gang involved in cheating NEET aspirants busted in Noida, 3 arrested
Noida unit of Special Task Force has busted a gang that allegedly demanded money from NEET-UG aspirants to "facilitate" them to pass the exam, police said Sunday, adding that three people were arrested in the to police, the accused were identified as Vikram Kumar Sahu (30), Dharmpal Singh, Aniket, all residents of Superintendent of Police (ASP), STF, Noida, Raj Kumar Mishra said, "Noida STF unit has busted a gang involved cheating students on the pretext of helping them clear NEET-UG exam. They demanded money from the aspirants' relatives or family members."advertisement The accused were arrested on Saturday. During the interrogation, Sahu told the police that he got admission in Biotechnology in Vinayaka Mission University, in Chennai in 2011, the ASP said."Vikram and Aniket were involved in facilitating admissions against 30 per cent commission in Vinayaka Mission University. After doing post graduation from the institution, Vikram came to Delhi and he met Dharampal Singh," he accused registered a company named 'Admission View' and collected the data of MBBS candidates. They began calling them and under the pretext of securing a seat."The accused demanded Rs 5 lakh per candidate under the pretext of getting the aspirant a seat in the college and fled," Mishra said."After multiple complaints were registered against them in 2023, they formed a new company, Shreyanvi EDU OPC PVT LTD and began committing the same fraud," Mishra the NEET-UG exam approached, they again collected data of their candidates and made calls to demand money under the pretext of facilitating the aspirants in passing their received information on their fraud and acting on it, the accused were arrested on Saturday. A case was registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya recovered 10 mobile phones, two Aadhaar cards, data sheet of the candidates, pan cards, cheque book, voter ID cards, passport and a car among other Watch
