Key witness in Kairana “The accused allegedly shot dead Brahmpal

in the ‘gher’ (where villagers keep their

gangrape, murder killed cattle) where he was sleeping between 1.30
The witness, 55-year-old Brahmpal Singh, am and 2 am Monday. Ramesh, who lodged
was shot in his sleep the complaint, alleged that he saw the accused
running away after killing his brother and that
Written by Ishita Mishra | Agra | Updated: they were relatives of those accused in the
November 22, 2016 4:29 am gangrape and murder (of April),” said
A KEY WITNESS in the gangrape and Bhardwaj.
murder of a 35-year-old woman in Shamli Police are verifying the allegations made in
district’s Kairana this April was shot dead the complaint, he said.
early Monday at his house at Akbarpur
Sunheti village, police said. The complainant Ramesh also alleged that the
family of the accused in the gangrape and
The witness, 55-year-old Brahmpal Singh, murder had been mounting pressure on his
was shot in his sleep between 1.30 am and 2 relatives to not pursue the case.
am at a site where residents keep their cattle,
said local police, citing a complaint from Apart from the allegations of an exodus, the
Singh’s brother. gangrape and murder had stoked controversy
after the police also named two of the
Singh was the brother-in-law of the woman victim’s relatives — nephew Ankush and
who was kidnapped on April 4 and found brother-in-law Ramendra — as accused along
murdered three days later, according to with two local traders Kurban and Mohsin.
police. The gangrape and murder had sparked
outrage in the area with BJP MP Hukum Kurban and Mohsin are in jail while Ankush
Singh claiming that the incident had led to an and Ramendra are allegedly on the run.
exodus of Hindu families from Kairana to When contacted, MP Hukum Singh said that
escape “criminal elements” belonging to “a he would visit the spot after the ongoing
particular community”. Parliament session.
Police said that in his complaint lodged on “I had apprehensions about this. He
Monday, Singh’s brother Ramesh named six (Brahmpal) was the only person who took up
people, identified as Mustafa, Amzad, Safdar, the case. They dared to kill him inside his
Maulana Mehsar, Sufiyan and Parvez, all house even when PAC (Police Armed
residents of the village and relatives of two of Constabulary) was deployed in the village. If
the accused in the gangrape and murder case. this situation prevails, all Hindus will have to
A case of murder has been registered against leave Kairana,” said Hukum Singh.
the six, said police, based on Ramesh’s In June, while investigating a list prepared by
complaint. the MP of Hindus who had allegedly left
Kairana police station SHO A P Bhardwaj Kairana, The Indian Express found that some
said that residents came to know about were dead, some had left years ago, and
Singh’s murder “by members of the other others had left in search of better jobs.
community” through an announcement made In September, a National Human Rights
from a loudspeaker at the local temple. Commission (NHRC) report listed the influx
of thousands of Muslims — who fled
Muzaffarnagar district after the 2013 violence teachers are demanding jobs from the
— as one of the many reasons for the government.
migration of Hindus from Kairana.
Three ETT teachers, including two women,
The NHRC report was based on a complaint had climbed on a mobile tower in Sector 3
from Supreme Court advocate Monika Arora near the Haryana Chief Minister’s residence
who had alleged that families of “a particular early on Thursday. Two teachers have already
religion” are leaving the Kairana area of been protesting atop a mobile tower at Punjab
western UP due to fear of criminals. Arora’s Bhawan for more than two weeks now.
complaint included the murder and gangrape
“We allowed the police to bring the teachers
in Akbarpur Sunheti and alleged police
down from the tower after the government
inaction.
assured us that there will be a meeting of our
The NHRC report stated: “Most of the representatives with the Punjab Chief
witnesses examined and victims feel that the Minister and other education department
rehabilitation in 2013 has permanently officials,” President of the union A S Kamboj
changed the social situation in Kairana town told Chandigarh Newsline. He added that the
and has led to further deterioration of the law two teachers atop another tower would come
and order situation.” down only after their demands are met.
On Monday evening, the UT police personal
reached the Sector 3 house where the tower is
After talks offer, protesters located. The police used a hydraulic crane to
climb down from mobile tower bring the teachers down from the tower. One
of the teachers, identified as Harpeet Kaur,
SECTOR 3 Union says officials have had suffered “minor leg injuries”.
promised meeting with Punjab CM Badal
on November 26. The police, however, have not not arrested
any of them and allowed them to go to their
By: Express News Service | Chandigarh | homes. DSP (Central) Ram Gopal said he was
Published:November 22, 2016 4:09 am hopeful that two other teachers who are atop
IN A sign that the deadlock between the on another mobile tower would also come
Punjab government and the Elementary down soon.
Teacher Training (ETT), Teacher Eligibility Last Friday, the police had booked the three
Test (TET) Pass Unemployed Teachers’ ETT teachers, after they received a complaint
Union of Punjab may end soon, three teachers from the owner of the house where the tower
who had climbed atop a mobile tower in in located in Sector 3. The police booked the
Sector 3 Thursday were brought down by the trio for trespass and attempt to suicide.
UT police on Monday.
‘Tonight, I will sleep with out any tension’
The union representatives said that three
teachers were brought down after they The three teachers coming down from the
reached an agreement with Punjab mobile tower brought relief for 80-year-old
government officials who agreed to organise a Harbans Kaur. The tower on which the
meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Prakash teachers had climbed is located inside the
Singh Badal on November 26. The ETT compound of Kaur’s house.
On Monday evening, as the police started to whereabouts of their loved ones, made frantic
bring the teachers town, Kaur was watching inquiries and searched hospitals and
the entire operation from her lawn. “Tonight, mortuaries in and around Kanpur. In the
I will sleep with out any tension,” she told confusion and grief, some managed to track
Chandigarh Newsline. down the children of their missing kin. Four-
year-old Adarsh, who was admitted to the
“I haven’t slept for the past five days. I was
Pukhrayan Community Health Centre, was
restless and waiting for them to come down.”
handed over to his uncle, Manoj Pandey, who
She said the teachers came down after she had come across the bodies of the child’s
spoke to one of their leaders and reached an brother Rishabh (8) and father Ravindra.
agreement that she will take back her “Adarsh’s mother is still missing. We have
complaint given to the police against the trio. searched everywhere,” Pandey said as he
“I have nothing against the teachers. So, I will waited outside the mortuary in Akbarpur to
take my complaint back soon,” she said. Kaur lodge a ‘missing person’ report.
went to meet Punjab CM but couldn’t as he
Two-year-old Srishti, with injuries on her face
was out of town.
and hand, was discharged Monday evening
Kaur added that she would soon build a wall from the Kanpur Dehat district hospital. Her
to prevent such incidents. The teachers had parents, Sonu Vishwakarma and Malti, were
cut the barbed wires installed on a wall dead. Her uncle Monu, who sustained
nearby to enter the area. fractures in his hand, took Srishti to their
home in Ambedkar Nagar district. “Sonu
Indore Patna Express accident: worked at a poultry farm in Indore. We were
Orphaned in Kanpur, some travelling in the S2 coach,” Monu said.
children traced Another two-year-old, Aarohi Soni, was
handed over to her father Ritesh on Monday.
In the confusion and grief, some managed He was still trying to locate his mother,
to track down the children of their missing Kaushalya. His brother Rakesh — they were
kin. headed to his wedding in Ghazipur on
Written by RAMENDRA SINGH | Pukhrayan December 3 — died, as did his sisters Pooja
(up) | Updated: November 22, 2016 8:21 am and Hemwati.

Indore Patna Express accident, indore, The family of Jyoti was travelling from Sagar
indore-patna express, kanpur, train accident, to their village in Kanpur Nagar district’s
indore train accident, patna train accident, UP Chaubepur area where her god bharai was to
train accident, kanpur train derail, indore take place Monday. Her parents, Sati Prasad
patna express train derail, train accident and Shakuntala, and younger brother, Manish
today, derailment, train derailment, patna (16) are dead. She is admitted at the Hallet
train derailed, india news, indian express, Hospital in Kanpur City. “She is the only one
indian express news Outside the Akbarpur alive. Today, we were supposed to do her god
mortuary, Kanpur Dehat, Monday. AP photo bharai,” said her uncle Munna Lal, waiting to
fill a form for Manish’s autopsy.
As the death toll in Sunday’s derailment of
the Patna-bound Indore-Patna Express Ten-year-old Abhay, who suffered a head
mounted to 146, family members and injury, has been unconscious at the Hallet
relatives, anxious to know the fate and Hospital — the only survivor from a family of
five. His parents, Sanjay Srivastava and
Pratima, sisters Suhani (16) and Surbhi (13)
are dead. Srivastava, who worked at a textile
mill in Indore, was going to Varanasi to
attend a wedding.
“We have brought four bodies to our village
for cremation. Tomorrow, I will go to Kanpur
to shift Abhay to another hospital,” his uncle
Harsh said. At the accident site, revenue
official Prakash Singh made entries for
articles found in Pratima’s purse — Rs 7,200
cash, a gold ring, her and her husband’s
Aadhaar cards and a Micromax mobile phone
with a shattered screen.
Officials shifted all 80 unclaimed bags and
suitcases to the Reserve Police Line of
Kanpur Dehat as the rescue operation at the
site neared completion.