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Abhishek Anand

Abhishek Anand is a Principal Correspondent with Hindustan Times. He is stationed Noida and covers real estate, politics, crime, IT & BPO sectors.

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Police summon G Noida kids shelter home owner for probe

The police have summoned the owner of a shelter home for children in Gautam Budh Nagar, two days after some inmates rescued alleged forcible conversion.

Children rescued from an allegedly illegal shelter home in Greater Noida likened their stay to a ‘jail term’, and said that they were beaten and forcibly converted to Christianity

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Updated on Jan 09, 2016 09:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand

‘Forced to eat cockroach-infested food’: Children rescued from shelter

Rescued children describe stay at Noida shelter home as jail term, say they were suspended from ceiling, beaten and made to starve.

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Updated on Jan 08, 2016 02:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Greater Noida

Shelter forcibly converted children to Christianity, raided by police

Forcibly converted to Christianity, hung by the wrists from a ceiling fan, starved for days and beaten mercilessly — this is what a boy said he had to endure at an illegal shelter.

Authorities allegedly uncovered a forcible conversion centre in Greater Noida and Meerut. The children rescued from the shelter home told counsellors that many of them were 'bought' from their parents.

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Updated on Jan 08, 2016 01:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Greater Noida

Chargesheet filed against 15, two more arrested in Bisada lynching case

The Dadri police on Wednesday chargesheeted 15 people and arrested two more persons in the Bisada beef lynching case. The 15 people, including two juveniles, are accused of lynching Mohammad Ikhlaq, 55, and critically injuring his son Danish over rumours that they ate and stored beef on the night of September 28.

The men arrested on Wednesday were Punit Sisodia, and Bheem Singh. Both are in their early 20s and are small-time farmers.(Burhaan Kinu /HT File Photo)

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Updated on Dec 24, 2015 09:38 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Greater Noida

Cops say probing case of murder not cow slaughter, await report on meat

The charge sheet in the Bisada case finds no mention of beef over which Mohammad Ikhlaq was killed and his son was injured. The police said they had not received the report of the flesh recovered from Ikhlaq’s fridge and were only investigating only as a case of murder.

A relative holds a photograph of slain Indian villager Mohammad Akhlaq at his home in the village of Bisada, some 35 kilometres (22 miles) north-east of New Delhi.(AFP Photo)

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Updated on Dec 24, 2015 09:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Greater Noida

15 people, including 2 juveniles, named in Dadri lynching chargesheet

Fifteen people, including two juveniles, were named in a chargesheet on Wednesday over the lynching of a Muslim man following rumours of cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri.

A mob had lynched 55-year-old Mohammad Ikhlaq and seriously injured his son Danish on September 28 in the Uttar Pradesh village over rumours that they had slaughtered a cow.(Burhaan Kinu/HT File)

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Updated on Dec 24, 2015 12:24 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, New Delhi

Dadri lynching: Five more arrested from Bisada village

The arrests were made on the basis of deposition made by slain Ikhlaq’s daughter Shaista before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Gautam Budh Nagar on November 26.

The arrests were made on the basis of deposition made by slain Ikhlaq’s daughter Shaista r(Reuters)

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Updated on Dec 21, 2015 05:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand

Travel firms in NCR plan to sell diesel cabs, buy CNG cars

Cab drivers and travel firms in the national capital region (NCR) are planning to sell their diesel cars and buy CNG ones after the Supreme Court on Wednesday banned all diesel-run taxis in the area to clean up the Capital’s toxic air.

Drivers who have come to the national capital region from other states in search of business with ride-hailing services like Ola and Uber are worried as many of them have procured loans to buy diesel cabs.(Sunil Saxena/HT photo)

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Updated on Dec 21, 2015 12:59 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand and Isha Sahni, Noida/gurgaon

Anxiety high among BPO staff, say docs in Noida

The data from several of the city hospitals indicate that more than 50% of the patients suffering from depression and anxiety are employed with the IT sector or BPOs.

Doctors said late-night shifts, work pressure and decreased social activity could be the reason for this.(HT/ Photo for representation)

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Updated on Dec 04, 2015 12:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Noida

Noida girl pushed to death: Mother says she was being harassed for long

Mother of the 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly molested and pushed to her death from a building by the son of their landlord on Wednesday night, said she wants strict action against the accused.

The girl’s mother said her daughter would have been still alive, had she complained to the police about the sexual advances of the accused earlier.(Representative photo)

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Updated on Nov 28, 2015 10:44 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Noida

16-yr-old girl molested, pushed to death by minor in Noida

A minor girl was allegedly molested and thrown off the third floor of a building at Ghari Chaukhandi village in Noida’s Phase 3.

A case under sections of murder, molestation, and protection of children from sexual offences (POCSO) Act has been registered.(Representative photo)

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Updated on Nov 27, 2015 11:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Noida

Western UP rival gangs hold jail meet, police suspect an alliance

The police are suspecting an alliance between gangsters from western UP, who work for Anil Dujana and Balaram Thakur, and the accomplices of Munna Bajrangi, a gangster from eastern UP who is currently in Tihar jail.

The police said the gangsters went to the jail as visitors and suspect that the meeting was an attempt to deliver messages to their accomplices who are behind bars.(Photo for representation)

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Updated on Nov 20, 2015 01:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Noida

In Noida, police don’t take up cases against builders

Unlike Gurgaon, where homebuyers can approach the police against fraudulent developers and real estate brokers, in Noida, they are forced to move court first even to get their complaints registered.

In the last six months, the Noida police has filed only 20 cases against developers.(HT file photo)

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Published on Oct 30, 2015 12:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Noida

Be dabang, the motto of Gzb, Noida’s sole woman auto driver

A 30-year-old woman has become the only woman autorickshaw driver in Noida and Ghaziabad, a profession that is still considered a man’s domain

The 30-year-old says she uses her earnings to pay the school fees of her children and is fearless on the roads.(Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 29, 2015 01:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Noida

Woman’s body seized from pyre at crematorium in Greater Noida

The city police on Thursday doused the fire of a pyre to recover the body of a married woman who was allegedly killed by her in-laws.

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Updated on Oct 22, 2015 02:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Greater Noida

After girl’s suicide, Noida cops launch ‘Operation Romeo’

In the wake of the suicide by a Class 12 girl, allegedly after she was repeatedly harassed, the city police has launched ‘Operation Romeo’ near schools and colleges to curb such incidents.

Schoolgirls protest outside the Senior Superintendent of Police’s office in Noida on Tuesday.(Burhaan Kinu/HT photo)

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Updated on Oct 21, 2015 02:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Noida

Resident’s account hacked from Paris, Rs 63,000 spent on goods

A Noida resident’s account was allegedly hacked and goods worth Rs 63,000 were purchased from Paris, France. The incident took place on September 17, but the victim did not get any alert from the bank immediately.

The incident took place on September 17, but the victim, Amit Dham, did not get any alert from the bank immediately. He got to know about the transaction only 10 days later when he checked his account balance.(Photo for representation)

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Published on Oct 18, 2015 01:25 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand

Amity University student shot dead at his flat in Noida

A marine-science student of Amity University was shot dead at his rented flat in Sector 100 of Noida on Saturday evening, police said. The deceased was identified as Sandesh, a student from from Andhra Pradesh.

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Updated on Oct 17, 2015 08:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Noida

Noida: Woman engineering student stabbed in college washroom

A woman engineering student was allegedly stabbed by an unidentified person in the washroom of her college in Sector 62 of Noida, police said on Friday.

The incident occurred on Thursday night when Priyanka Sharma, 23, went to the washroom of the common mess in the college.

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Updated on Oct 17, 2015 01:46 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Noida

‘We will be working to promote tourism on the F1 circuit in Noida’

Union minister for tourism and culture and MP from Gautam Budh Nagar Mahesh Sharma said there is a need to rework the infrastructure of Noida and Greater Noida. In an interview with HT, he said a lack of initiative and willpower on the part of the state government is holding up the proposed airport at Jewar.

Minister of state (independent charge) for culture, tourism and civil aviation Mahesh Sharma says all agencies will have to work together for the development of Noida and Greater Noida.(Burhaan Kinu/HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 14, 2015 01:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand

Returning of awards will not serve the purpose: Mahesh Sharma

Questioning the writers who have returned the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award in the backdrop of murder of a Kannada writer and communal violence, Union culture minister Mahesh Sharma said ‘it will never serve the purpose’.

Sharma asked the writers to understand the incidents before taking any decision and not blame the Centre for every communal conflict.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 13, 2015 03:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Noida

Muslim ‘gau sewak’ family tends to Dankaur’s cow shelter

In the midst of the issue of cow slaughter creating a communal divide, multiple generations of a Muslim family are working as ‘gau sewaks’ (cow caretakers) in Dankaur, some 20 km from Bisada village.

Sexagenarian Habib Painter has been working in the gaushala ever since he was a child.(Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 10, 2015 12:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Greater Noida

Bisada primary school waits for kids to return

Teachers say out of the school’s 129 students, at least 100 have not turned up since the lynching incident

Dadri, Greater Noida, India - October 09, 2015: Nisha, a Muslim student at a primary school of Bisada village, in Dadri, Greater Noida, India, on Friday, October 09, 2015.(Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times) *Beef*

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Updated on Oct 10, 2015 12:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Greater Noida

Bisada temple and mosque’s speakers remain silent to keep the peace

Eleven days after the lynching of a 55-year-old man over allegations of cow slaughter, the loudspeakers of Bisada village’s mosque and temple continued to remain silent on Friday. The villagers mutually switched off the loudspeakers for the sake of communal harmony.

The Bisada village temple. An announcement from the temple’s loudspeakers was the catalyst for a mob to beat a local man, Ikhlaq, to death over rumours he had eaten beef.(HT Photo)

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Published on Oct 10, 2015 12:11 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Bisada

Bisada villagers ask media, politicians to stay away

The headmen of Bisada and nearby villages took part in a peace meeting where they said that the villages just life to return to normal

DM NP Singh, SSP Kiran S and others were part of the peace committee with headmen of Bisada and other villages in Dadri, Greater Noida on Wednesday.(Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 08, 2015 01:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand

My son is accused of killing my friend: Bisada resident

The man, who did not want to be identified, recalled his long association with 55-year-old Ikhlaq, including the exchange of sweets during Hindu celebrations and the sharing of mutton dishes cooked by Ikhlaq’s mother for Muslim festivals.

Security personnel deployed at Bisada village where Mohammad Ikhlaq was lynched by a mob after rumours that he ate beef.(PTI)

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Updated on Oct 07, 2015 11:09 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Bisada

‘Won’t survive long’, says mother of two accused in Dadri lynching

Her daughter, Savitri, who was married in a nearby village, had come to help her carry out daily chores. Shriom was arrested on Monday night while Hariom is still at large.

Lila (75) and Savitri, mother and sister respectively of Hariom, one of the accused in Mohmammad Ikhlaq's killing in Dadri.(Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Oct 06, 2015 12:59 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Bisada

Fresh carcasses threaten peace in Dadri, Bisada still tense

The first carcass said to be of a cow calf was found in a drain at Chithera village late on Sunday night.

Almost all entry points towards Bisada villlage have been barricaded and security have been deployed at all major entries, in Dadri.(Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 06, 2015 07:55 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Greater Noida

After Ikhlaq’s lynching, meat is off the menu in Bisada

Restaurant owners said they were taking no chances as they were afraid of being persecuted for serving any kind of meat, including chicken and fish, as sectarian tensions simmered in Bisada where local BJP leaders have been stirring up passions with incendiary speeches.

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Updated on Oct 05, 2015 08:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Bisada

Two key accused in Bisada lynching held, 8 arrested so far

Shivam Rana and Vishal Rana, both aged 18, were hiding in farm land in the area when they were arrested, said Dadri’s deputy superintendent of police Anurag Singh.

A police team patrols outside the house of Mohmmad Ikhlaq, who was killed by a mob over an allegation of eating beef.(Burhaan Kinu /HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 03, 2015 04:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand, Bisada

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Abhishek Anand

Abhishek Anand is a Principal Correspondent with Hindustan Times. He is stationed Noida and covers real estate, politics, crime, IT & BPO sectors.

The police have summoned the owner of a shelter home for children in Gautam Budh Nagar, two days after some inmates rescued alleged forcible conversion.

Rescued children describe stay at Noida shelter home as jail term, say they were suspended from ceiling, beaten and made to starve.

Forcibly converted to Christianity, hung by the wrists from a ceiling fan, starved for days and beaten mercilessly — this is what a boy said he had to endure at an illegal shelter.

The charge sheet in the Bisada case finds no mention of beef over which Mohammad Ikhlaq was killed and his son was injured. The police said they had not received the report of the flesh recovered from Ikhlaq’s fridge and were only investigating only as a case of murder.

Fifteen people, including two juveniles, were named in a chargesheet on Wednesday over the lynching of a Muslim man following rumours of cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri.

The arrests were made on the basis of deposition made by slain Ikhlaq’s daughter Shaista before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Gautam Budh Nagar on November 26.

Cab drivers and travel firms in the national capital region (NCR) are planning to sell their diesel cars and buy CNG ones after the Supreme Court on Wednesday banned all diesel-run taxis in the area to clean up the Capital’s toxic air.

The data from several of the city hospitals indicate that more than 50% of the patients suffering from depression and anxiety are employed with the IT sector or BPOs.

Mother of the 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly molested and pushed to her death from a building by the son of their landlord on Wednesday night, said she wants strict action against the accused.

A minor girl was allegedly molested and thrown off the third floor of a building at Ghari Chaukhandi village in Noida’s Phase 3.

The police are suspecting an alliance between gangsters from western UP, who work for Anil Dujana and Balaram Thakur, and the accomplices of Munna Bajrangi, a gangster from eastern UP who is currently in Tihar jail.

Unlike Gurgaon, where homebuyers can approach the police against fraudulent developers and real estate brokers, in Noida, they are forced to move court first even to get their complaints registered.

A 30-year-old woman has become the only woman autorickshaw driver in Noida and Ghaziabad, a profession that is still considered a man’s domain

The city police on Thursday doused the fire of a pyre to recover the body of a married woman who was allegedly killed by her in-laws.

In the wake of the suicide by a Class 12 girl, allegedly after she was repeatedly harassed, the city police has launched ‘Operation Romeo’ near schools and colleges to curb such incidents.

A Noida resident’s account was allegedly hacked and goods worth Rs 63,000 were purchased from Paris, France. The incident took place on September 17, but the victim did not get any alert from the bank immediately.

A marine-science student of Amity University was shot dead at his rented flat in Sector 100 of Noida on Saturday evening, police said. The deceased was identified as Sandesh, a student from from Andhra Pradesh.

A woman engineering student was allegedly stabbed by an unidentified person in the washroom of her college in Sector 62 of Noida, police said on Friday.

Questioning the writers who have returned the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award in the backdrop of murder of a Kannada writer and communal violence, Union culture minister Mahesh Sharma said ‘it will never serve the purpose’.

In the midst of the issue of cow slaughter creating a communal divide, multiple generations of a Muslim family are working as ‘gau sewaks’ (cow caretakers) in Dankaur, some 20 km from Bisada village.

Teachers say out of the school’s 129 students, at least 100 have not turned up since the lynching incident

Eleven days after the lynching of a 55-year-old man over allegations of cow slaughter, the loudspeakers of Bisada village’s mosque and temple continued to remain silent on Friday. The villagers mutually switched off the loudspeakers for the sake of communal harmony.

The headmen of Bisada and nearby villages took part in a peace meeting where they said that the villages just life to return to normal

The man, who did not want to be identified, recalled his long association with 55-year-old Ikhlaq, including the exchange of sweets during Hindu celebrations and the sharing of mutton dishes cooked by Ikhlaq’s mother for Muslim festivals.

Her daughter, Savitri, who was married in a nearby village, had come to help her carry out daily chores. Shriom was arrested on Monday night while Hariom is still at large.

The first carcass said to be of a cow calf was found in a drain at Chithera village late on Sunday night.

Restaurant owners said they were taking no chances as they were afraid of being persecuted for serving any kind of meat, including chicken and fish, as sectarian tensions simmered in Bisada where local BJP leaders have been stirring up passions with incendiary speeches.

Shivam Rana and Vishal Rana, both aged 18, were hiding in farm land in the area when they were arrested, said Dadri’s deputy superintendent of police Anurag Singh.

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