Missing teenager’s body found in Bulandshahr, Noida SHO shunted out for negligence in duty

Officials said that the SHO has been sent to the Police Lines after the complaint, adding departmental enquiry has been ordered in the case

Following the death of a 15-year-old boy, whose body was recovered from Bulandshahr on Sunday after his abduction on May 1, Noida Police have removed the Station House Officer (SHO) of the Beta-2 police station in Greater Noida for negligence in duty. Family members of the boy have alleged that police inaction led to the death of their child.

Officials said that the SHO has been sent to the Police Lines after the complaint, adding departmental enquiry has been ordered in the case.

“We have questioned more than 25 people but have not found anything conclusive. There was no demand for ransom. Prima facie it seems that there was some personal enmity,” said Sushil Kumar Ganga Prasad, ACP-1, Greater Noida.

The victim, Kunal Sharma, was a resident of Mayana Village in Rabupura.

CCTV footage from the day of the incident shows a white car stopping in front of his father’s dhaba, and the boy boarding the vehicle followed by a woman and a man who had his face covered with a gamchha.

Shivhari Meena, Additional police commissioner (law and order), said that a missing complaint was registered and teams were deployed to search the boy.

“The Principal Secretary of UP Home Department has been informed. Officers who behave carelessly will not go scot free,” said Dhirendra Singh, MLA cJewar.

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Fecal contamination found in 8 of 15 water samples collected from high-rise in Ghaziabad

Residents of Saya Gold Avenue society, Indirapuram, during a protest.

Following complaints of diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach pain and fever by scores of residents last week, the UP health department has found fecal contamination in eight water samples out of 15 collected from Saya Gold Avenue society in Indirapuram.

Officials from the Ghaziabad office of the health department said the samples were taken from underground and overhead tanks, adding a total of 762 persons had diarrhoea-like symptoms while 17 people were admitted in the hospital.

Officials, meanwhile, said it was not clear how the water got contaminated.

“The maintenance staff has been instructed to clean the tanks again, do effective and regular chlorination of the tanks, and provide clean drinking water,” said Rakesh Kumar Gupta, District Surveillance officer, Ghaziabad.

Meanwhile, the residents of the complex have been asked to boil water and use chlorine tablets. Officials said that a total of 35 patients were provided health care in the health camp organised on Monday; out of these, 16 patients were suffering from stomach ache and diarrhoea while 19 had complained of vomiting and other issues.

“Out of the 17 patients admitted, 13 are still receiving treatment in various private hospitals. Nobody is in a serious condition. Water samples and stool samples are being collected for further testing. They will be sent to KGMU, Lucknow, to find out the exact cause of the incident. It is not clear how the water got contaminated. Regular cleaning of the tank must be done according to the rules,” said Gupta.

He said the department will collect around 20 samples on Tuesday from other housing societies in the area. When contacted by The Indian Express, the CEO of Saya builders did not respond to requests for a comment.

Ghaziabad Chief Medical Officer Bhavtosh Shakhdhar said that the department will run a campaign soon and ask the residents to get tested if they have any symptoms.

“As far as action is concerned, we will forward the report to the Lucknow office. From there, it will be sent to the Ghaziabad Development Authority, which is the appropriate body to fix accountability,” said Shakhdhar.

Ashoo Mongia and Munish Raizada — the duo in complaint against CM Kejriwal

Ashoo Mongia, national general secretary of an organisation called ‘World Hindu Federation’ wrote to Delhi L-G V K Saxena on April 1, seeking an enquiry into the origins of funding of the AAP after coming across a video by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun which said that his organisation Sikhs for Justice had given $16 million between 2014 and 2022.

A video was posted by Pannun after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest on March 21. Pannun has made similar allegations in the past. Speaking to The Indian Express, Mongia said that he came across the video on a WhatsApp group and he decided to file a complaint so that action could be taken against Kejriwal.

While the AAP alleged that Mongia was a BJP leader, he said he was not associated with any party. “I am part of a Hindu sangathan and we will always stand with BJP and have stood with them in the past as well… I have never needed the support of any political party,” said Mongia.

Ashoo Mongia and Munish Raizaday

On X, Mongia over the past several months has posted several posts and videos related to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. He has also posted videos of a song sung by BJP leader and former AAP minister Kapil Mishra, after Kejriwal was arrested. “I was in Ayodhya at the time of the temple consecration. Several members of our organisation were there. It was a very big day for me,” he said.

Ex-AAP member Munish Raizada, who was suspended from the AAP in 2015, was also mentioned in the complaint. A doctor who was based in Chicago at the time, Raizada was an office-bearer of the party’s Overseas Wing till 2015 and, initially, worked in association with Dinesh Vaghela, a founding party member, who passed away in April 2024. He was among the people who met Kejriwal in New York when the latter was called to Columbia University for a talk in December 2014. After Pannun’s video was posted online, Raizada in a series of posts on X said that when Kejriwal came to New York, he held meetings with Sikh leaders, of which he was not a part. AAP had suspended Raizada for starting a website, seeking suggestions and inputs on organisational activities and for portraying it as a platform of AAP’s Lokpal.