Census enumerators thrashed in Delhi
February 16th, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Two teachers, who were conducting census survey, were allegedly beaten up by residents in a east Delhi locality Wednesday, police said.According to police, the incident took place around 2 p.m. in West Karawal Nagar in Khazoori Khas.
“The victims - Arvind Kumar, 45, and Sunil Kumar, 47, both teachers at Municipal Corporation of Delhi schools - were thrashed by two locals while conducting census. One assailant was identified as Rishipal (30),” said a police officer.
“When Arvind asked Rishipal about the address of a woman named Satyawati Devi, he was abused by Rishipal. When he resisted, Rishipal beat up Arvind,” added the officer.
Satyawati Devi is mother of Rishipal, he said.
The officer said that Sunil Kumar, who was also conducting census survey nearby, came to help Arvind and was stoned by Rishipal and another resident.
“Arvind made a call at Police Control Room. We reached the spot and found both were bleeding profusely. They were taken to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital for treatment,” added the officer.
Both the assailants were arrested, he said.
- Man electrocuted in east Delhi - Mar 01, 2011
- Two detained for molesting Russian women in Goa - Apr 04, 2012
- Speeding truck crushes biker - Oct 18, 2011
- Elderly woman stabbed to death in Delhi - Aug 08, 2010
- Man killed while resisting robbery in Delhi - May 16, 2012
- From plains to Patalkot, census reaches out to interiors - Feb 23, 2011
- Dealers in stolen vehicles arrested in Delhi - Jan 20, 2011
- Robbers kill 75-year-old woman in Meerut - Jan 18, 2011
- MCD teachers racket busted, seven arrested - Feb 29, 2012
- Four Delhi Police personnel injured in accident - Apr 08, 2012
- Man killed in attempted robbery - Feb 24, 2011
- Woman sent to jail for stabbing Bihar legislator - Jan 06, 2011
- Property dealer shot dead in Ghaziabad - Dec 24, 2011
- Five killed, 34 injured in Delhi school stampede (Third Lead) - Sep 10, 2009
- Three held for murdering 14-year-old boy - Jan 01, 2011
Tags: arvind kumar, assailant, assailants, census enumerators, census survey, east delhi, guru tegh, locality, locals, municipal corporation of delhi, New Delhi, police officer, sunil