"She was a strong lady, and whatever happened in the bus she explained word-by-word. Because of her dying declaration, we got the case convicted.” In December 2012, Rajender Singh was in-charge of a special task force in Delhi, when he was called by the then-DCP Chhaya Sharma to immediately rush to Munirka in south Delhi. A 23-year-old woman had been brutally gangraped and Singh was asked to report to the hospital where she was and immediately start the investigation. It was a crime which shook the nation. Five years later, two key investigators out of the 41-member team of Delhi Police officers speak to The Quint about how they cracked the Nirbhaya case, the intense pressure to solve the crime and their feelings about the SC verdict upholding the death sentence of four convicts in the case.
Students of Panjab University clashed with the police on Tueday after a stir organised by the former turned awry. Based on a call by various student bodies, scholars had stopped attending classes to protest against the Varsity’s decision to hike tuition fees.
Former Congress MP Hanumantha Rao was booked after he allegedly abused a police official in the Telangana State Assembly premises when the cop did not allow him to proceed towards media point. Following a complaint by the Additional Inspector P Sudhakar a case was registered against Rao under sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and other relevant sections of IPC. A video in which Rao is seen shouting at the police official started making rounds on social media. The Congress leader is seen shouting at an official identified as P Sudhakar, an additional inspector of police attached to Kamatipura Station, in the video for not allowing him to go to the media point located in the assembly premises. Sudhakar was on duty at the Assembly. Rao, a former PCC President, said he used to go to the Congress Legislative Party office located in the Assembly even when the session was not on.
