HC issues notice to Haryana govt, no relief for Pintos

GURUGRAM: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Haryana government on the anticipatory bail plea filed by the three trustees of Ryan International School in connection with the murder of Class II student.

However, the single bench of Justice Inderjit Singh did not grant a stay on arrests in the matter. The court has posted the matter for next Monday.

“The single bench has issued notice of motion to the Haryana government seeking its response on the anticipatory bail plea,” said the counsel for the Ryan trustees.

The group’s CEO, Ryan Pinto, and his parents, founding Chairman Augustine Pinto and managing director Grace Pinto, had approached the high court last week, seeking anticipatory bail.

On Tuesday, Justice AB Chadhury had recused himself from hearing their plea after he mentioned that he knew the Pintos personally.

On September 14, the Bombay High Court had rejected the anticipatory bail pleas of the three Mumbai-based trustees. The Pintos had approached the court after the school was accused of negligence in the death of eight-year-old Prady- uman Thakur who was murdered in a toilet of Ryan International in Gurugram on September 8.

Bus conductor Ashok was arrested in connection with the crime. The police have also taken against the Ryan management after the report by the three member special investigating team (SIT) indicted the school of glaring lapses.

Two senior officials from the management were also arrested. Co-incidentally, one held official Francis has also been booked earlier for the mysterious death of Devansh Karkora who had drowned in the water tank in the school branch in Vasant Kunj last year. GREATER NOIDA: The Gautam Buddh Nagar police on late Tuesday night shot dead a dreaded criminal in a gun battle in Bisrakh area of Greater Noida.

The criminal was fleeing with two of his accomplices after robbing a Delhi-based businessman with Honda city car and Rs 1.5 lakh cash.

A police constable has also received a bullet injury in the incident.

The killed miscreant has been identified as Bhavendra Jaat, a native of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. Police has recovered the car, cash and illegal weapon after the encounter.

According to police, the incident occurred around 10.45 pm when Vinod, a delhi-based businessman was returning to Delhi from Dasna in his car. Three bike borne assailants stopped his car near Sector 58, threatened him on gun point and robbed his car and the cash he was carrying.

The incident was reported to Sector 58 police station, who began the chase and alerted Bisrakh police station officials about the robbery. The robbers were intercepted by the joint operation of Sector 58 and Bisrakh police at an isolated area near Cherry County in Tech Zone-4 area of Greater Noida, said police.

“When the police signaled them to stop, the robbers opened fire at the police party. Police also returned fire at them in which one of the robber received injuries on his chest, stomach and leg. He was taken to the hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. The other two miscreants fled away from the spot leaving behind the car and cash robbed in the incident,” said Love Kumar, Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Buddh Nagar. At least 20 rounds were fired from both the sides during the encounter.

“In the incident, police constable Subodh Kumar received bullet injuries,” added Kumar. NEW DELHI: In a “high voltage drama”, a bride-to-be and a man, whom she had secretly married earlier, were arrested on Wednesday after the woman allegedly stole money and jewellery that her parents had saved for her wedding, police said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police A.K. Singla said the 23-year-old woman and Anish, 34, from Seelampur in east Delhi had secretly married in 2015.

But the woman’s parents had planned her wedding with another man and made all the arrangements for the November 26 event. When the woman’s parents were away on Tuesday night, she locked her younger sister in a room on the first floor of their house in Seelampur and called Anish and gave him the money and jewellery.

She later complained that two unknown persons barged into the house at night, tied her up and stole the money and jewellery.

She would then raise a hue and cry after discovering the stolen goods at her to-be inlaws’ house, which she would make a reason to end the marriage, police said.

“The accused thought that this will end her new marriage and after that she will get married to Anish,” Singla said.

Singla said Anish was married for the past eight years but did not have any children.

Police claimed to have recovered Rs two lakh and about 300 grams of gold from Anish’s house.