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Delhi teen shot dead as pistol goes off while filming TikTok video

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indiatoday

A murder case and a case under the Arms Act have been registered at Barakhamba Police Station after the incident. The 19-year-old victim's friends have also been arrested.

Delhi teen shot dead as pistol goes off while filming TikTok video

HIGHLIGHTS

• Salman along with his friends Sohail and Amir went out for a drive to India Gate on Saturday

• Sohail reportedly shot 19-year-old Salman on the cheek while shooting a TikTok video

• Sohail was arrested as he fired the bullet, while Amir was arrested for disposing the weapon

A 19-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by his friend as they posed with a pistol to make a video on mobile app TikTok, police said Sunday.

Last night, Salman Zakir along with his friends Sohail and Amir went out for a drive to India Gate.

While returning, Sohail sitting next to Salman, who was driving the car, pulled out a countrymade pistol. He aimed it at Salman while trying to make the video but the pistol went off shooting him on his left cheek, police said.

Amir was in the rear seat of the car, a Creta, when the incident happened near Ranjit Singh Flyover, adjacent to Barakhamba Road in central Delhi, police said.

After the incident, the two friends panicked and drove to Sohail's relatives' place in Daryaganj, where he changed his blood-stained clothes.

Then along with the relative they took Salman to nearby LNJP Hospital, where doctors declared him dead, police said.

They left the hospital soon after admitting Salman. Around 11.15 pm, the hospital authorities informed the police, officials said.

A murder case and a case under Arms Act have been registered at Barakhamba Police Station and Amir, Sohail and another man, Sharif, have been arrested, they said.

Sohail was arrested as he fired the bullet, while Amir was arrested for disposing the weapon. Sharif, who was not present at the spot when the incident happened, was arrested for disposing the blood-stained clothes, the officer said.

Salman's body has been kept at the hospital and post-mortem will be done on Monday.

Police said they are investigating whether the bullet was fired accidentally or with an intent to kill.

A relative of Salman said, "Two of his friends came last night and asked him to go to Indian Gate along with them following which Salman took his car and left."

"We received the information about the incident from police and reached the hospital," he said.

Salman, who was an undergrad student, was the youngest member of his family and has an elder brother and a sister. They live in New Jafrabad area.

His father has a business of jackets and jeans in the area and he used to help him, the relative said.

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Railway Board decides to stop supply of 'Rail Neer' water at its headquarters

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economictimes

NEW DELHI: In a cost-cutting measure, the Railway Board has decided to stop the supply of Rail Neer bottled water at its Rail Bhavan headquarters and asked officials to either bring water from home or drink the water of the recently-installed RO plants.

In a circular issued on May 16, the board has said that since in accordance with the demands of the officials as well as the staff associations, three RO plants have been installed in the Rail Bhavan premises in January, Rail Neer water will not be supplied there.

It has also said that the required quality tests of the RO water have been conducted and it was found to be at par with the Rail Neer water.

Rail Neer (mineral water) is a product of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) under the Ministry of Railways.

"Based on the above status, the competent authority has decided that the supply of bottled drinking water at Rail Bhavan would be stopped with immediate effect," the circular said.

However, Rail Neer water would be served during meetings and conferences at the Rail Bhavan, it added.

Sources said this was one of the many measures undertaken by the ministry to cut costs. In fact, an internal note has also been sent to the department heads, asking them to stop the supply of outside food.

Every official, according to his or her rank, has a fixed amount that they can spend on refreshments and sources say that the board is of the view that this privilege is being misused. Now, the officials have been asked to cut down these expenses, the sources said.

According to unofficial estimates, around 1,000 Rail Neer bottles are supplied to the Rail Bhavan every day.

Many staffers say that since the officers drink Rail Neer water, the drinking water tanks at the Rail Bhavan are not cleaned regularly. If everyone starts drinking the RO water, its maintenance will be routinely carried out, they say.

"Rail Neer water is supplied to the officers, while the others use the RO, and the quality of water is often not good. Once everyone starts drinking that water, care will be taken to ensure that it is cleaned regularly," Shiv Gopal Mishra of the All India Railwaymen's Union said.

The Railway Board circular, however, says that if the water of the RO plants is found to be sub-standard, then immediate supply of bottled water will be arranged.

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