Bhopal Student On CCTV, A “Prophet” Text Message, And A Suicide

Bhopal:

Investigators have discovered no hyperlink between the demise of Bhopal engineering pupil Nishank Rathore – whose physique was discovered on rail tracks final Sunday – and a message about “insult to Prophet” that he’d despatched to his father simply minutes earlier. He jumped in entrance of a prepare because of melancholy as he was neck-deep in loans taken from instant-loan cellular apps in addition to different sources, officers informed NDTV.

There have been fears that it might be one more homicide over assist to since-suspended BJP chief Nupur Sharma, whose feedback about Prophet Mohammed and Islam sparked a violent chain of occasions. However that is been dominated out. Cyber forensics performed a key function in unravelling the case. 

A visitors digital camera confirmed Rathore, 21, on a scooter about half an hour earlier than his father acquired three back-to-back messages from him. The final message at 5.44 pm, in Hindi, talked about how sure right-wingers justified homicide with the chorus “there is only one punishment for affront to the Prophet — head severed from the physique”. He had posted the same message on his Instagram account too. His physique was discovered at 6.10 pm. 

A particular investigation staff (SIT) was fashioned, although Residence Minister Narottam Mishra mentioned the proof pointed in direction of suicide.  

The inquiry has now discovered that Rathore had taken loans from some folks and a minimum of 18 on-line platforms or apps. “On June 23, a day earlier than the suicide, he had borrowed Rs 50,000 from his sister to pay his faculty charge, however didn’t really pay it,” an SIT official mentioned. His telephone had apps for cryptocurrency buying and selling too, sources informed NDTV.

Nobody had used Rathore’s telephone — discovered close to the physique — after his demise, the probe discovered. The gadget was protected by fingerprint-password and was final unlocked at 6.02 pm, simply earlier than he died. 

The autopsy report mentioned he died of accidents because of being run over by prepare, the Grand Trunk Categorical. 

Rathore was from Seoni-Malwa in Hoshangabad district and was finding out at a non-public faculty in Bhopal.