QMumbai: Teen Falls Off Train; Man Held for Molesting at IPL Match

All the city news you should read today.

1.17-year-old Falls From Train After Being Hit by Pole, Dies

A 17-year-old who was on his way to deliver lunch to his father died when he fell out of the local train he was travelling in after being hit by a pole on Saturday afternoon. Anas Ansari had left the family’s home in Bandra for Santacruz, and the incident occurred around 1.40 pm.

According to the Government Railway Police (GRP), Bandra, where a case of accidental death has been registered, Anas was hit by a pole and fell out of the train between Bandra and Khar. Fellow passengers alerted the station master, after which the GRP rushed to the spot and found Anas lying along the tracks, with grievous head injuries. He was still breathing and was rushed to Bhabha Hospital, Bandra (West).

In the meanwhile, Anas’s father Akhlaq Ansari, who runs a food store, was waiting for his son to bring him his lunch. Speaking to Mirror, Akhlaq said, “I waited until 3 pm and then called my wife to check if Anas had left home. I had to attend a relative’s wedding, and Anas was to look after the shop in my absence.”

Source: Mumbai Mirror

2. Man Held for ‘molesting’ Woman at IPL Match

A 26-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly molesting a woman at Wankhede Stadium during an IPL match. The accused, Gendraj Satnami, who was a member of the hospitality staff, was arrested after he started running from the spot when the woman raised an alarm. Senior Inspector Vilas Gangawne said the incident took place on Saturday evening at an IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils.

The 22-year-old woman had gone to watch the match with some of her students. During the match, Satnami came to the enclosure where the woman was seated and offered her water, which she declined. But Satnami allegedly kept loitering near her, insisting that she have some water.

In her statement, the woman said when she kept ignoring him, he allegedly started misbehaving. “Initially she did not say anything, but later he came close to her and touched her inappropriately, and she started shouting,” said an officer. Satnami then began to run from the enclosure. The woman allegedly tried to chase him.

Source: The Indian Express

3. 77-year-old Tata Hospital Building to Be Torn Down

The original building of Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) in Parel, constructed in 1941, will be torn down within the next five years as the structure has become weak. This was the first cancer hospital in India constructed with the aid of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust.

Dr Shailesh Shrikhande, the professor in charge of new projects of the hospital, told Mirror, “The old building, constructed in 1941, has become structurally weak and will have to be pulled down in the next four to five years. Thereafter, we will have to reconstruct it.’’

The old building houses the out patients department (OPD), casualty department, radiotherapy chemist shop in the basement, ICU, operation theatres, private and general wards along with offices of the oncology department and the office of the director.

Source: Mumbai Mirror

4. Mumbai to Get 500 Plastic Bottle Crushing Machines

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) soon plans to install more than 500 plastic bottle-crushing machines across the city, to help in implementation of the ban.

More than 30 lakh plastic bottles are circulated in the city on a daily basis. The machines, which the civic body will obtain through corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for free, will be installed at tourist spots, gardens, markets and other areas with higher footfall. All wards have been directed to identify spots where the machines should be installed.

Public places in A ward (Fort, Colaba, Nariman Point), which have higher footfall compared to other wards, will get more machines. Spots such as Gateway of India and Marine Lines, too, will be included on the list. The machines can crush over 50,000 bottles a day.

Source: Hindustan Times

5. Rly Minister’s Letterhead Faked to Get Passenger Tickets Confirmed

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has arrested a ticketing agent from Surat for sending a request for ticket confirmation on a fake letterhead of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.

The request for confirming four sleeper class tickets of Kota-Patna Express from Kota to Faizabad was sent to the Divisional Railway Manger (DRM) on his official fax and via WhatsApp on his official mobile number. Soon after the request was received on Saturday, it aroused suspicion and the DRM checked with the Railway Minister’s office about the request, and found the letter to be fake.

A senior official from RPF said, “The minister’s office denied sending any such request, and the matter was immediately handed over to RPF for investigation.” A special team was formed and the IP address of the computer used to book the tickets was traced. It was found that the tickets had been booked from Surat. Based on this information, the inspectors in charge of Surat and Udna were alerted. After finding out that a BSNL connection used to send the fax, the accused was traced and identified as Rashmikant Prahlad Patel.

Source: Mumbai Mirror

6. TISS Urged to Resolve Deadlock Over Student Fee

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has urged the administration of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences to resolve the deadlock with students who are protesting against the institute’s decision to withdraw financial aid to students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The instruction was passed on to the institute after a hearing held in Delhi on Thursday.

“At the meeting, we made our case for continuing fee concession and received a positive response from the members, including the chairperson and vice-chairperson,” said Fahad Ahmad, general secretary of the students’ union. “However, the HRD minister has already stated that the ministry is not responsible for the TISS scholarship crisis,” he added.

The students, who have been camping at the entry gate for the past 55 days, are protesting against a circular withdrawing financial aid to students from marginalised sections. The institute had in March agreed to waive off hostel and dining hall charges for students from 2016-18 and 2017-19 batches, which resulted in five out of seven union members calling off the protest. The proposal did not include any relief for OBC students nor did it extend the waiver to students in MPhil and PhD programmes.

Source: Mumbai Mirror

7. Salma Khan: First Transwoman on Lok Adalat Panel

On February 10, Salma Khan was appointed a panel member for Lok Adalat at the Mumbai District Suburban Legal Services Authority (DLSA), the first transgender woman in Mumbai to do so. She joined a league of transwomen who have broken social barriers, like Joyita Mondal, a judge from West Bengal, and Amruta Alpesh, an advocacy officer in Chattisgarh. A postgraduate with a Masters in Social Work, 40-year-old Khan was chosen from among 16 transgender candidates, and she will attend the panel’s second hearing on April 22.

Khan is among three panelists in Court Number 1 at the Lok Adalat, which is an alternate dispute redressal system in Bandra, mostly dealing with cases of loan defaulters and other banking matters.

As per the National Legal Services Authority, at the district level, each bench of the Lok Adalat should comprise a sitting or retired judicial officer, a member from the legal profession and a social worker engaged in the upliftment of weaker sections. Having worked with transpeople since 1986, Khan is currently the president of Kinnar Maa Samajik Sanstha Trust, which she founded in 2014.

Source: The Indian Express