Man beaten to death by friends in Thane, 2 held
THANE, Nov 28: Two men have been arrested in connection with the death of a man whose body was found dumped near a creek in Dombivili town of Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Tuesday.The police on Monday had found the body of a man in his 40s with head injuries near a creek in Devichapada, an official said.Following a probe, the victim was identified as Somnath Shinde, he said.The police have zeroed in on Shinde’s friends Yogesh Dongre, Vilan Tawre and Deepak Karkade, who were allegedly consuming alcohol with him on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, the official said.The accused allegedly beat Shinde to death following a quarrel and dumped his body near the creek.The police have arrested Dongre and Tawre and are on the lookout for the third accused, who absconded after the murder. (PTI)
IIT-M Prof suspended over student’s death
CHENNAI, Nov 28: A professor at the IIT Madras has been suspended allegedly over the recent death of a student on the campus, the institute’s spokesperson said on Tuesday.Following the death of the mechanical engineering doctoral student from West Bengal by suicide in his room at the institute, the administration formed a high-level panel to enquire into the incident.“Prof Ashish Sen has been suspended based on the direction of the Board of Governors. The Institute is following all due procedures,” the spokesperson said.Hailing the action against Prof Sen, the student body – Voice of Students of IIT-M – in a post on X congratulated the IIT-M administration for such a strong and courageous action against one of their peers.“This is a victory to many students who came together for the protests following Sachin’s suicide,” the post said. (PTI)