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NDTV
17-07-2025
- NDTV
UP BTech Student Hangs Self, Alleges Extortion By Girlfriend, Her Family In Video
Barabanki: A 20-year-old BTech student at a private university allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the courtyard of his home in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, police said on Thursday. Before taking his life, he shared a video on social media accusing his "girlfriend" and her family of blackmail and extortion. The youth's family claimed that the engineering student was in a relationship with a 19-year-old girl who was an intermediate student. Tushar Nagar was pursuing a BTech degree from Ramswaroop University and had been staying at his family's second house in the Lakhpedabagh locality. He was the only son of Sarvesh, a resident of Jewli village in the Mohammadpur Khala area, they said. According to the family, Tushar had dinner on Tuesday night and went to sleep in his room. The next morning, he was found dead, hanging with a noose around his neck. They said that Tushar was in a relationship with the girl and was also friends with her brother, which led to his frequent visits to her home. The girl lived with her brother in a rented room in Barabanki city. Around a week ago, the girl's family had lodged a complaint with police, accusing Tushar of harassment. The police had called both parties and mediated a settlement. However, the deceased's family alleged that even after the settlement, the girl's father took lakhs of rupees from them and continued to harass Tushar. According to them, the harassment persisted and was one of the main reasons that pushed Tushar to take the extreme step. Tushar's mother, Sushma Verma, alleged that her son and the girl were in a relationship and she possessed photographs of the two together as proof. She claimed that the girl's father, Satish Verma, repeatedly filed complaints with the police and used the threat of legal action to extort Rs 5-6 lakh from the family. She further alleged that the family was being pressured for Rs 30 lakh and threatened with false criminal cases if they failed to pay. Fearing harassment and imprisonment, the family had already paid Rs 4-5 lakh. Following the suicide, Sushma Verma lodged a police complaint against five people -- the girl's father Satish Chandra Verma, her grandfather Ramesh Chandra Verma, her brother Ayush Verma, Aradhya Verma and Jai Prakash Verma -- accusing them of abetment to suicide, extortion, and issuing threats. SHO RK Rana said an FIR has been registered against the five individuals. The case is being investigated under Sections 108 (abetment of suicide), 308(extortion), 351(criminal intimidation), and 61(criminal conspiracy) of the BNS, Rana said.
Time of India
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Social welfare officer suspended after minister finds hostel switchboards changed only on paper
Lucknow: Taking note of a corruption case in his department, social welfare minister (independent charge) Asim Arun has recommended the suspension of the social welfare officer of Barabanki. The action against DSWO Sushma Verma follows an inspection by the minister during which financial irregularities in the repair and maintenance of a govt-run Scheduled Caste (SC) boys' hostel in Ramnagar surfaced. According to the minister, the hostel received ₹5 lakh for repair works but the site inspection found that 71 switchboards were billed, but were installed, 30 tube lights were shown, but only 6 looked new, 50 bulbs and holders were mentioned, but none were present, and PVC pipe bills were suspiciously submitted in place of lighting materials. The inspection revealed Rs 1.31 lakh in fraudulent billing. "I found clear discrepancies between the bills and actual work done. I ordered immediate suspension of the hostel superintendent and Verma for gross negligence. The embezzled money will be recovered, and legal action will follow," said Arun, who visited the hostel himself. He announced an additional ₹10 lakh for the hostel's upgrade but warned that "every paisa must be spent with complete integrity." "Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has released funds to improve hostel infrastructure for the welfare of students. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 月 **,***원대 '실비보험' 최적가 비교가입! "月 보험료 낮추고, 보장은 실속있게"… 굿리치 보험대리점 (등록번호:제2006038313호) 가격 받기 Undo Monitoring committees have been set up, and I am personally inspecting hostels. In most places, the work was carried out sincerely. However, in this case, money was fraudulently drawn for work that exists only on paper," he said. Earlier, in Amethi DSWO Manoj Shukla and clerk Gokul Prasad Jaiswal were suspended and an FIR lodged by Gauriganj police after videos surfaced showing them hurling public accusations of corruption at each other. Their video spat went viral on social media. A detailed investigation is underway to determine the extent of corruption and individual culpability.
