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HM 17 FEBRUARY Page 7.Qxd (Page 1) THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2021 NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL 7 DP write to Zoom, seek details of those who Actor Sandeep Nahar hangs himself attended toolkit meeting ahead of R-Day in his Mumbai flat: Police rer ‘MS Dhoni’, was found called her friends, the owner being harassed and black- unconscious at his flat on of the flat, and a key-maker, mailed by her and also by his Disha Ravi’s arrest made in Monday evening by his wife the official said, adding that mother-in-law. Kanchan and her friends the door was finally opened "I would've died by suicide accordance with law: DP chief who took him to SVR Hospi- with a duplicate key. a long time ago but I chose to NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 16: Rebutting the criti- tal, where he was declared On Tuesday, brother and give myself the time and cism in some quarters that there were procedural lapses in dead on arrival, police had father of Nahar reached the hope that things would get arresting 22-year-old environment activist Disha Ravi, said. Goregaon police station to better, but they didn't. I now Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava said, the police Hours before his death, the claim his body to perform his have nowhere to go. I don't action was as per the procedure established by the law and it actor had posted a video and last rites, he said. know what awaits me after I does not differentiate adult people based on age. a “suicide note” on Facebook According to the official, take this step, but I've been Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of an event in which he purportedly no complaint was lodged so through hell in this life. to mark Delhi Police’s 74th Raising Day, Shrivastava said, blamed his wife and also far from any side. "I have only one request, “As far as Disha’s arrest is concerned, it is done as per the mentioned "politics" he On the basis of a primary after I am gone, please don't NEW DELHI, FEBRU- tester dead. procedure that law provides. Law does not differentiate be- MUMBAI, FEBRUARY faced in Bollywood. information, Goregaon po- say anything to Kanchan (his ARY 16: The Delhi Police “The Delhi Police has writ- tween a 22-year-old and a 50-year-old. She was produced be- 16: Actor Sandeep Nahar, "Nahar was spotted hang- lice have registered a case of wife) but do get her treated," has written to video confer- ten to video conferencing app fore a court, which sent her to 5-day police custody. It is who had blamed his wife in a ing from the ceiling fan of his accidental death and are he said. encing platform Zoom seek- Zoom seeking details of par- false when people say that there were lapses in the arrest.” video and also mentioned bedroom by his wife and her awaiting post-mortem re- According to the police, ing details of those who partic- ticipants who attended the Ravi was arrested from Bengaluru on Saturday in con- "politics" he faced in Bolly- friends. They brought him port. Nahar had probably posted ipated in the January 11 meeting on January 11,” the nection with a protest toolkit backing the farmers’ agita- wood in a "suicide note" down and rushed him to The official said the police this video around three meeting organised allegedly official said. tion. Police claimed that she had sent the toolkit to teen cli- posted on Facebook, killed SVR hospital in Goregaon would record statements of hours before his death on by a pro-Khalistani group to On Monday, Joint Com- mate activist Greta Thunberg through the Telegram app, himself by hanging in the where he was declared dead Nahar's wife, as she was the Monday. prepare a protest “toolkit” missioner of Police (cyber) and also “coaxed her to act on it”. bedroom of his flat in subur- on arrival," the official said first person to spot him In the "suicide note", pur- backing the farmers’ agita- Prem Nath had alleged that Earlier, while addressing the gathering at the event, Shri- ban Goregaon here, as per on Tuesday. hanging, and of others who portedly written by Nahar, tion, officials said on Tues- the e-mail account created by vastava said, “Delhi Police tackled the COVID-19 lockdown preliminary probe by police, He said the door of Nahar's had rushed him to hospital. he mentioned about "poli- day. Shantanu is the owner of this in a commendable manner, earning the title of ‘Dil Ki Police’. an official said on Tuesday. bedroom was locked from In the video posted by the tics" he faced in Bollywood, Police alleged that Mumbai Google document. We lost 34 police personnel during this period.” Nahar, who was in his 30s inside. actor in Hindi, he can be "unprofessional functioning lawyer Nikita Jacob and “Pro-Khalistani group Po- He also asserted that the Police conducted an impartial in- and featured in films like Ak- As frequent knocks by the heard saying that he was and the lack of emotions in Pune engineer Shantanu etic Justice Foundation (PJF) vestigation in cases relating to Northeast Delhi riots based on shay Kumar's ‘Kesari’ and actor's wife on the door failed "frustrated" with constant people working in the indus- were among the around 70 founder Mo Dhaliwal had technological support and the evidence. “1 constable lost Sushant Singh Rajput-star- to evoke any response, she fights with his wife and was try". people who had attended the contacted them (Jacob and his life while many personnel got injured. We didn’t dis- meeting through Zoom app, Shantanu) through a criminate on the basis of religion and registered 755 cases,” days before the Republic Day Canada-based woman he added. Rihanna shares topless picture wearing Lord violence in the national capital named Punit,” Nath had said. Zoom meeting organized by titled ‘Global Farmer Strike’ that leftover 500 police per- “Nikita and Shantanu had PFJ in which modalities were and ‘Global Day of Action, 26 sonnel injured and one pro- on January 11 attended a decided to create the ‘toolkit’ January’,” Nath said. Ganesha necklace; sparks massive Twitter outrage CHANDIGARH, FEB- cred figure for us Hindus,” a RUARY 16: American Twitter user wrote in the Siddharth Chatterjee of India takes singer Rihanna has left Twit- comments (sic).” ter stunned once again. The Another Twitter user singer posted topless pictures wrote, “Super offensive wear- over as top UN diplomat in China of herself wearing a Ganesha ing Ganesha like that. My first neckpiece, causing an out- god, a holy sentiment to mil- BEIJING, FEBRUARY people of Kenya,” she said in a rage on Twitter. lions of people celebrating 16: Senior UN official Sid- farewell tweet. The shoot was for her lin- Ganesh Chaturthi every year. dharth Chatterjee of India A staunch advocate of gen- gerie brand Savage X Fenty. Sorry RiRi, you disappointed has formally taken over as der equality and youth em- Along with the necklace, she me and others (sic).” the United Nations Resident powerment, Chatterjee has was seen also wearing a pair Earlier this month, Ri- Coordinator in China, a key also served in Switzerland, of purple stain shorts. hanna made headlines by posting of overseeing the Denmark, Iraq, Somalia, "when @PopcaanMusic drawing massive interna- work of 27 agencies, funds South Sudan, Sudan (Dar- said “me nuh wan ya wear no tional attention towards the and programmes of the fur), Indonesia, Bosnia and lingerie tonight fa me girl” farmers’ protests in India. global organisation in the Herzegovina and Iraqi Kur- @SavageXFenty," read Ri- infuriating, and believed to Rihanna’s tweet soon went She retweeted an article re- world’s most populous coun- distan. hanna's tweet. “hurt religious sentiments”. viral on social media. garding the internet suspen- try. He has served in UN A screengrab of American Besides the controversial One person wrote, “Ri- sion around the farmers’ He will be UN Secretary- Peacekeeping, United Na- singer Rihanna's tweet. pendant, she wore other ac- hanna !! stop using my reli- protests sites. General Antonio Guterres’s tions Development Pro- The pictures on Tuesday. cessories such as diamond gion as an aesthetic !! that “Why aren’t we talking senior-most UN Representa- gramme, United Nations In- While many called her stance bracelets, neck pieces and Ganesh figurine at the end of about this?! #Farmer- the government to preserve demic through the SDGs. tive in China as the UN Resi- ternational Children’s commendable, others found it statement earrings. the chain :( is a holy and sa- sProtest (sic),” she wrote. this hard-won progress A TEDx speaker, he is a dent Coordinator. Emergency Fund (UNICEF), China has made as well as regular opinion contributor Chatterjee, whose early ca- the UN Population Fund, the share China’s vast experi- on humanitarian and devel- reer was in the Indian Army, Red Cross movement, ence to solve global develop- opment issues for a range of was decorated for gallantry United Nations Office for Gold, revolver, Rs 10 lakh cash stolen from ment challenges and acceler- local, regional and interna- by the President of India in Project Services and UN Se- ate the drive to achieve the tional media outlets and 1995. curity. Sustainable Development journals, the UN said in a He holds a master’s degree The highlight of his career BJP leader Sonali Phogat’s house in Haryana Goals (SDGs).” statement at the time of his in public policy from Prince- was the demobilisation of ton University in the United Chatterjee has spent over appointment.
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