The 12-hour bandh called by opposition AIADMK and the INDIA bloc to condemn the failure of the Puducherry government in preventing the murder impacted normal life.
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan visited the residence of the 9-year-old girl whose decomposed body was found inside a drain near her residence here on Tuesday, three days after she went missing.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Ankit Chauhan said that a distress call reporting the incident in Jawahar Park was received at the Neb Sarai Police Station at 11 pm on Tuesday after which both Crime Team and Forensic units were immediately dispatched to the site.
DGP Kumar said that Negi was arrested on March 5. Negi already faces charges under the SC/ST Act, and a new case has been registered against him after he got into a scuffle with policemen during his arrest.
The Delhi Court on Tuesday issued notice to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and stayed its order for compensation of Rs. 7 lakh to the family of a murder accused who was shot dead in a court in UP's Bijnor in 2019.
According to the statement, the human rights activist Hidayat Lohar was tragically murdered by unidentified assailants in his hometown of Nasirabad, Sindh, Pakistan, on 16 February while on his way to the school where he worked as a teacher.