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  • Haryana: Wrestler Nisha Dahiya and brother shot dead, accused on the run

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH:  A wrestler Nisha Dahiya (21) and her brother Suraj (18) were shot dead today allegedly by a coach and two others at the ‘Sushil Kumar Wrestling Academy’ in Halalpur village at Sonipat, Haryana. Following the incident, angry villagers set the academy on fire. 

    The murdered player’s identity became a cause of confusion as several reports mistook her for under-23 World Championship Bronze-Medallist of the same name, who had to issue a clarification that she was very much alive. 

    Police said the incident took place around 2pm. The bodies of Nisha, a wrestler of 65 kg weight category, and her brother Suraj were sent for post-mortem at Civil Hospital, Sonipat. Her mother Dhanpati was injured and admitted at PGI in Rohtak, and is stated to be out of danger. Her father Dayanand Dahiya is an Inspector in the CRPF, posted in Srinagar. 

    Sonipat Assistant SP Mayank Gupta confirmed the deaths. The reason behind the shooting is still unknown.  “The villagers enraged by the incident indulged in arson and set the academy of fire. The accused are absconding, and the police teams are on their trail to arrest them,’’ said a police officer, adding the academy is not of the famous wrestler Sushil Kumar, but that of a local. 

    A case has been registered. Five to six rounds of bullets were allegedly fired by Pawan, a coach of Balanda in Rohtak, along with his brothers-in-law Sachin and Amit from Halalpur, claimed police. The international-level wrestler, Nisha Dahiya, released a video in the evening, saying, “I am absolutely fine,” after reports emerged that she had been shot dead. 

    Also, the Wrestling Federation of India shared a video in which the wrestler states she is in Gonda, UP, for the National Championships. Sitting next to her in the video is 2016 Olympian Sakshi Malik.  Randhir Malik, a coach, who travelled with the Indian women’s team to Belgrade, said, “The girl who died was also Nisha Dahiya but not the one who went to the U-23 World championship.’’

  • Two rape victims die in Haryana after four men force them to drink insecticide

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Two minor sisters were allegedly raped and killed by four men who forced them to consume an insecticide at a village in Haryana’s Sonipat, police said on Tuesday.

    A case has been registered under relevant provisions of the law and all the four accused have been arrested, SHO of Kundli police station Ravi Kumar said over the phone.

    The accused, aged between 22 and 25 years, are migrant workers and lived in a rented room next to the girls.

    The girls aged 14 and 16 used to live with their mother, who works as a labourer.

    On the intervening night of August 5 and 6, the accused forcibly entered their home and threatened their mother.

    The four men raped the two sisters and they later made them consume an insecticide, the SHO said.

    As the condition of the girls started deteriorating, the accused asked their mother to tell the police that her daughters had been bitten by a snake.

    Kumar said the girls were rushed to a hospital in Delhi, where one of the two girls was declared dead by doctors and her sister died during treatment.

    “Fearing for her life, initially the mother of the girls had told hospital authorities too that the two sisters had been bitten by a snake,” the SHO said.

    “However, as we had suspicions, we questioned the woman intensely and she broke down telling the real story,” he said, adding that the postmortem report confirmed sexual assault and poisoning.

    He said the police swung into action immediately and the four accused were nabbed on Tuesday.

    In a separate incident, a 17-year-old girl from Gurgaon committed suicide, with her family alleging that a youth used to harass and stalk her.

    SHO of Pataudi police station Deepak Sandhu said the girl had committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling at her home on August 6.

    He said her family had lodged a complaint with the police later alleging that a youth used to harass her.

    A case has been registered and further investigations are on, Sandhu added.

  • Teacher shot dead in Haryana

    By PTI
    CHANDIGARH: A 34-year-old teacher was shot dead by three assailants in Haryana’s Jhajjar district on Sunday, police said.

    Anil, a guest teacher employed at Najafgarh in Delhi, was at a meat shop located at Dujana Chowk on the Rohtak-Jhajjar highway when three men came on a bike shot at him, police said.

    Seven to eight bullets were fired, said Roshan Lal, Inspector, police station (Dujana).

    Police suspect old enmity of Anil’s family with a main accused identified as Sanjay, a resident of Birdhana in Jhajjar, as the reason behind this incident.

    A case of murder has been registered against Sanjay and two others, said police.