POLLUTED HYDERABAD
Government should take precautionary measures to prevent Hyderabad from getting polluted like other cities (Second most polluted city in winter was Hyd, DC, Feb. 25). We can prevent Hyderabad from getting too polluted.
Aditya Bopparaju
Hyderabad
The Mumbai police on Friday made public contents of the letter found inside explosives laden car parked near billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s residence and said that it was a threat letter terming the incident as trailer and warning of returning with more preparation next time to target the family.
According to the police, it is a handwritten letter in a broken English, addressed to Mukesh Ambani and his wife Neeta Ambani. The police has stated that there are grammar mistakes in the letter and the writer is either not much educated or is pretending to be so.
The letter was found on next to driver’s seat.
Scanning of the CCTV has also revealed that even though the said SUV was parked on the Carmichael Road near Ambani’s residence Antilia at around 1am however, the driver of the car sat in the car post 3am. The driver came out of the car from the rear door of the car but could not be identified, as he was wearing a mask as well as a hoodie.
The police is scanning CCTVs of nearby areas to locate the driver. The police will enhance the quality of the CCTV footage to identify the suspect.
Lagos, Feb. 26: Hundreds of girls are missing after a large group of gunmen raided a school in northern Nigeria early Friday morning, residents say. The Government Secondary Jangebe School in Zamfara state was the scene of the latest mass abduction of school children in northern Nigeria.
Nasiru Abdullahi said that school records show 300 girls are missing. His daughters, aged 10 and 13, are among them. Resident Musa Mustapha said the gunmen also attacked a nearby military camp and checkpoint, preventing soldiers from interfering while the gunmen spent several hours at the school. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.
Several large groups of armed men operate in Zamfara state, described by the government as bandits, and are known to kidnap for money and for the release of their members from jail. “We are angered and saddened by yet another brutal attack on schoolchildren in Nigeria,” said Peter Hawkins, UNICEF representative in the country. “This is a gross violation of children’s rights and a horrific experience for children to go through.” He called for their immediate release.
The West African nation has seen several such attacks and kidnappings over the years, notably the mass abduction in April 2014 by jihadist group Boko Haram of 276 girls from the secondary school in Chibok in Borno state. More than a hundred of the girls are still missing.
Friday’s attack came less than two weeks after gunmen abducted 42 people, including 27 students, from the Government Science College Kagara in Niger State. The students, teachers and family members are still being held. In December, 344 students were abducted from the Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina State. They were eventually released.
Anietie Ewang, Nigeria researcher at Human Rights Watch, noted the recent abductions and tweeted that “Strong action is required from the authorities to turn the tide & keep schools safe.” —
Guwahati, Feb. 26: Star sprinter Hima Das was on Friday inducted as Deputy Superintendent of Assam Police in the presence of chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and described the moment as a childhood dream coming true.
Hima was handed the appointment letter by Sonowal, also a former Union Sports Minister.
“Since my early school days, I harboured a wish to become a police officer one day and my mother also wished that,” Hima said, adding, “I got everything due to sports, I will try to work for betterment of sports in the state and try to make Assam one of the best.