New Delhi, May 2 (PTI): The Central Bureau of Investigation today filed a charge sheet against seven people, including three juveniles, in connection with the death of 19-year-old Northeast student Nido Tania.
The charge sheet was filed in a Chief Metropolitan Court here today in which CBI has alleged seven persons were involved in the assault. CBI has pressed charges of culpable homicide, illegal confinement and offences under the SC/ST Atrocities Act against Farman, Pawan, Sunder and Sunny Uppal.
The proceedings against the three juveniles will be carried out by the Juvenile Justice Board. Tania, a BA first year student in a private university, had an altercation with some shopkeepers at Lajpat Nagar, Delhi on January 29 after they made fun of his hairstyle, following which they allegedly thrashed him.
He was found dead the next day at his residence. Delhi Police have slapped murder charges against four persons in connection with the case.The case was transferred to CBI from Delhi Police for further probe after the victim’s parents had met Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
CBI said it had pressed for sector 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) as the death was due to sudden fight which was precipitated due to breaking of glass counter and that there no weapon used in the attack was found other than a stick.
