Panipat SP booked for ex-councillor’s suicide

Panipat, November 23

Panipat Superintendent of Police (SP) Manisha Choudhary and two other cops have been booked for allegedly abetting the suicide of former councillor Harish Sharma.

FIR against protesters for blocking highway

The police on Monday lodged a separate case against a large number of people for allegedly blocking National Highway-44 for over three hours after placing Harish Sharma’s body on the road and pelting the police with stones.

The other two police officials against whom a case has been registered under Sections 306 (abetment to suicide) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC include SI Baljeet Singh and ASI Mahabir Singh. A police complaint was lodged by Sharma’s daughter today, in which she alleged they were harassed by the accused, following which her father ended his life.

The former councillor had jumped into a canal on Thursday. — TNS

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