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Ashni Dhaor

Ashni Dhaor is a principal correspondent with Hindustan Times since 2021. She covers crime, education and human-interest stories in Noida and Greater Noida. With over nine years of experience as a journalist across print, digital and broadcast newsrooms, she specialises in writing long-form feature stories tackling a diverse range of topics.

Articles by Ashni Dhaor

Noida: Music teacher held for sexually harassing 10-year-old girl

The suspect, identified as Anurag Samuel, a resident of Turkman Gate, Delhi, used to give music lessons to the girl at her residence

The suspect was produced before the local court and sent to judicial custody on Thursday. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jul 05, 2024 06:14 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

No activity since 2022 at Baba Bhole’s Ashram in Noida

After it came to fore that an ashram of Baba is located in Noida, local officers were told to inspect the spot and report to senior officers if he frequented there or not

The building, which is spread over 1000 yards, has large iron gates guarding it, and a small alley beside it leads to living quarters, where the caretakers or volunteers, commonly known as ‘sevakars’, reside. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jul 05, 2024 06:08 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Greater Noida

Hathras stampede: Deaths, injuries overwhelm health centre

Hathras stampede: Senior medical officer Dr Sandeep Pal said the staff were unprepared for this scale of the disaster

People gather outside a hospital where the victims of a stampede have been shifted in Hathras district of the Uttar Pradesh. (REUTERS)

India News

Updated on Jul 04, 2024 02:52 PM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

How Hathras locals came together in the face of tragedy

Police have lodged an FIR against the organizers of the congregation, accusing them of hiding evidence and flouting conditions

The Uttar Pradesh government has announced a judicial probe into the Hathras tragedy. (AP photo)

Other Cities

Updated on Jul 04, 2024 02:53 PM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

Hathras stampede: Rise of Bhole Baba, miracles and all

65-year-old religious preacher, known as Bhole Baba, caused India's biggest stampede in Hathras. 121 dead, 100+ injured, and the Baba remains on the run.

*NO SYNDICATION* Hathras, Uttar Pradesh - July 2, 2024: Suraj Pal aka Narayan Sakar alias Bhole Baba, a religious preacher. 107 people, mostly women, died in a stampede during Satsang held by Suraj Pal in Rati Bharpur village of Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh, India, on Tuesday, July 02, 2024. Credit: HT Photo

India News

Updated on Jul 04, 2024 01:27 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Peeyush Khandelwal, Haidar Naqvi, Hathras/kanpur

Gunshot scare at Noida high-rise: Car windshield cracked, pellet found

The resident, Deepika Garg, reported on the police emergency number Dial 112 that her car, which was parked in the surface parking lot of the society, was damaged by a gunshot

Noida

Published on Jul 02, 2024 10:52 PM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

First FIR of forgery and cheating lodged under new criminal laws in Noida

The case was registered against a gang involved in securing bail for prisoners from the district court using forged documents

Noida

Updated on Jul 02, 2024 06:42 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

Surajpur wall collapse: Kids were visiting grandparents to enjoy summer vacation

Saghir and his family were residing at another pucca house in the same locality while he built the two-storeyed house where the incident occurred

On Friday evening, the kids, all cousins, were playing together at the house which has been under-construction for last six months, and the family members were out on the street, talking, just when the wall collapsed. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 30, 2024 11:23 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

Noida:Car runs over toddler in residential locality, FIR lodged

Three teams have been formed to nab the suspect, and police are also checking CCTV footage to aid in the investigation

The incident, that occurred at around 10pm, was captured in a nearby CCTV camera, and a video clip purportedly of the same incident was shared on social media. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 30, 2024 05:54 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

Greater Noida: Hit by share market losses, 2 brothers rob businessmen; arrested

During questioning, the two main suspects claimed that they had lost around ₹3.30 lakh in the share market in the last two months, making them unable to pay their EMIs

The suspects were traced with the help of their bike, besides their faces had been captured on the CCTV cameras of the colony. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 29, 2024 07:08 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

Two held for defrauding bank of ₹ 24.40 lakh during pandemic

The manager had complained in 2021 that a bank account’s balance showed ₹15,000 but it had been used for a transaction of ₹24.40 lakh

By activating internet banking and ATM and cardless cash withdrawal facilities on them, they would withdraw cash from the ATM. However, once the ATM cash tray opened, the suspects used a tweezer to hold the middle notes of the cash bundle, leaving the top and bottom notes. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 29, 2024 07:04 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

Noida: Gang that targeted unguarded houses busted; 44 phones, 4 laptops seized

The suspects revealed that they targeted houses where people slept with their doors open at night, or left the rooms open to sleep on the rooftop

Noida

Updated on Jun 29, 2024 06:54 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

Seven held for fraudulently selling land in Jewar, defrauding buyer of ₹15 lakh

Police have confiscated ₹1.07 lakh of the defrauded money and are looking for an eighth suspect believed to be missing with rest of the money

The suspects had come together to divide the <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>15 lakh that they had already defrauded from the owner, but following intelligence inputs, police nabbed them. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 28, 2024 06:12 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Greater Noida

IT firm owner, officials booked for negligence after three die in STP tank on office premises

The FIR has been registered against Coforge company owner, officials, and management under Section 304A (death due to negligence) of the Indian Penal Code, on the basis of a written complaint from the family of the deceased at Ecotech-1 police station

Investigation is underway into the cause of the death of the three people, said police, adding that they are yet to ascertain how three people fell into the tank at the same time and drowned. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 26, 2024 07:52 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Greater Noida

Three drown to death in MNC firm’s sewage treatment tank in Greater Noida

The sewage treatment plant is located in the basement of the company where a 20 foot deep septic tank is located

Noida

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:44 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Greater Noida

Coimbatore-based businesswoman held by Noida Police over ₹10,000 cr GST fraud

During probe, Prabhu’s name came to light nearly three months ago and recently a ₹25,000 reward was announced for information leading to her arrest

Noida

Updated on Jun 24, 2024 06:12 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

Noida: Over 80 evacuated as fire breaks out at garment factory

Due to the wind speed, the fire spread to all floors of the building, and once it reached the top floor, it spread to next-door pharmaceutical factory.

Thick black smoke billowing out of the building was visible from nearby areas, prompting several residents to share videos of the same on the social media websites. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 16, 2024 02:32 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

Noida: ‘Thak thak’ gang involved in over 200 thefts busted, four arrested

The gang allegedly stole valuables from parked cars by breaking window panes with a slingshot and has committed over 200 thefts

Police arrested two of the suspects -- Gautam and Thakur --on Saturday morning near the Sector 45 roundabout, and recovered four laptops, four mobile phones, 21 mobile and laptop chargers, three laptop keyboards and a laptop base body from them. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 16, 2024 06:02 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

Noida: Driver of bus that killed momo seller, arrested

The driver told the police that he had dozed off. Police arrrested him near the Sector 113 temple on Friday evening with the help of manual surveillance and intelligence inputs

The incident had occurred around 7pm on Tuesday when a private bus, heading from Sector 115 towards Sector 118, crashed into the boundary wall of Sriram Apartments in Sector 118 after running over two people working on a food cart right next to the wall. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 15, 2024 06:00 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

Noida: Two held with 2,480 banned e-cigarettes worth ₹1 cr

The e-cigarettes were to be sold to students of schools, colleges, universities, and those staying in paying-guest accommodation and hostels in Delhi-NCR

A total of 2,480 e-cigarettes of three different flavours, and four kilograms of cannabis were confiscated from the suspects while being smuggled in an e-auto rickshaw. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 15, 2024 05:42 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

800 kg marijuana worth ₹4 cr seized from Noida, 3 arrested

The drugs, hidden in a truck along with 2,000 litres of pesticide worth ₹60 lakh, were being transported from Odisha for supplying them in NCR cities

Noida

Updated on Jun 14, 2024 06:00 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

Two cyber frauds dupe businessman of ₹9 cr, arrested

Bothra complained that he was added to a WhatsApp group that purportedly offered lucrative share market trading tips, and ended up transferring ₹9.09 crore

Investigation revealed that the swindled funds were transferred to bank accounts spread across locations, including Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Assam, Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Haryana, and Rajasthan. (Representational image)

Noida

Updated on Jun 14, 2024 05:46 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

Police teams hunt for bus driver who ran over momos seller in Noida

The driver is currently on the run, and his mobile phone has been switched off. Police are in touch with the owner of the bus to trace the driver, and teams have been deployed to nab him

Noida

Updated on Jun 13, 2024 05:10 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

17 years on, three get life in jail for murdering nephew in Greater Noida

Prosecution witnesses told the court that the victim’s father passed away when he was an infant, and the uncles harboured a grudge against him, ultimately killing him to seize his share of the property

Rajesh Kumar Mishra, additional district sessions judge, on Monday relied on the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses and medical evidence and convicted the three persons. (Shutterstock/Representational Image)

Noida

Updated on Jun 12, 2024 06:38 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Greater Noida

Family from Iraq duped of USD 10,000 by two men posing as cops in Noida

The family was in the city for treating their 13-year-old daughter for bone marrow cancer at a private hospital in Sector 128, Noida, said police

On the basis of the complaint, an FIR was registered at Sector 126 police station, under sections 420 (cheating), 379 (theft) and 323 (assault) of the Indian Penal Code, against unidentified suspects on Monday, police said. (Representational Image)

Noida

Updated on Jun 12, 2024 12:34 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

1 dead, 1 critically injured as bus runs over momo stall in Noida

Police said two men, who were at a food cart, selling momos, were run over by the bus and crushed under the wheel

Noida

Published on Jun 11, 2024 09:25 PM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

Noida police busts gang duping students of money on promise of admissions at reputed varsities

The gang, which has its office in Sector 58, Noida, is believed to have duped hundreds of students to the tune of crores of rupees

The suspects revealed that after giving advertisements on social media promising admissions to reputed colleges and universities, the gang members would dupe students and take <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>6-10 lakh from each student in the name of ”admission fee”. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 11, 2024 05:42 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

No surface parking facility in Sector 62, commuters fined daily for parking on road

A recent RTI reply from Noida authority revealed that it has spent ₹35 crore to hire contractors for surface parking across the city, but it did not include Sector 62

Noida

Updated on Jun 08, 2024 05:51 PM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

Greater Noida: Victim recants, two minor boys cleared of rape by JJB

The victim turned hostile in her statement to the magistrate and said that her father, who is the complainant in the case, forced her to lie to the police to frame the two boys and the man

The two minor boys were acquitted by the JJB and released from the observational home on Tuesday. (Representational Image)

Noida

Updated on Jun 06, 2024 05:22 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

Noida Police slaps Gangsters Act against 33 in GST fraud case

Noida police invoke Gangsters Act against 33 accused in ₹10,000 crore GST fraud case, involving fake firms to claim tax credit. 45 arrested.

On June 1, 2023, police claimed to have busted a gang suspected of orchestrating a <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10,000 crore GST fraud, the operation involved registering thousands of companies under stolen or fake identities and utilising the firms to generate express-way bills and obtain input tax credit from the government. (Representational image)

Noida

Updated on Jun 04, 2024 06:30 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor

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The suspect, identified as Anurag Samuel, a resident of Turkman Gate, Delhi, used to give music lessons to the girl at her residence

After it came to fore that an ashram of Baba is located in Noida, local officers were told to inspect the spot and report to senior officers if he frequented there or not

Hathras stampede: Senior medical officer Dr Sandeep Pal said the staff were unprepared for this scale of the disaster

Police have lodged an FIR against the organizers of the congregation, accusing them of hiding evidence and flouting conditions

65-year-old religious preacher, known as Bhole Baba, caused India's biggest stampede in Hathras. 121 dead, 100+ injured, and the Baba remains on the run.

The resident, Deepika Garg, reported on the police emergency number Dial 112 that her car, which was parked in the surface parking lot of the society, was damaged by a gunshot

The case was registered against a gang involved in securing bail for prisoners from the district court using forged documents

Saghir and his family were residing at another pucca house in the same locality while he built the two-storeyed house where the incident occurred

Three teams have been formed to nab the suspect, and police are also checking CCTV footage to aid in the investigation

During questioning, the two main suspects claimed that they had lost around ₹3.30 lakh in the share market in the last two months, making them unable to pay their EMIs

The manager had complained in 2021 that a bank account’s balance showed ₹15,000 but it had been used for a transaction of ₹24.40 lakh

The suspects revealed that they targeted houses where people slept with their doors open at night, or left the rooms open to sleep on the rooftop

Police have confiscated ₹1.07 lakh of the defrauded money and are looking for an eighth suspect believed to be missing with rest of the money

The FIR has been registered against Coforge company owner, officials, and management under Section 304A (death due to negligence) of the Indian Penal Code, on the basis of a written complaint from the family of the deceased at Ecotech-1 police station

The sewage treatment plant is located in the basement of the company where a 20 foot deep septic tank is located

During probe, Prabhu’s name came to light nearly three months ago and recently a ₹25,000 reward was announced for information leading to her arrest

Due to the wind speed, the fire spread to all floors of the building, and once it reached the top floor, it spread to next-door pharmaceutical factory.

The gang allegedly stole valuables from parked cars by breaking window panes with a slingshot and has committed over 200 thefts

The driver told the police that he had dozed off. Police arrrested him near the Sector 113 temple on Friday evening with the help of manual surveillance and intelligence inputs

The e-cigarettes were to be sold to students of schools, colleges, universities, and those staying in paying-guest accommodation and hostels in Delhi-NCR

The drugs, hidden in a truck along with 2,000 litres of pesticide worth ₹60 lakh, were being transported from Odisha for supplying them in NCR cities

Bothra complained that he was added to a WhatsApp group that purportedly offered lucrative share market trading tips, and ended up transferring ₹9.09 crore

The driver is currently on the run, and his mobile phone has been switched off. Police are in touch with the owner of the bus to trace the driver, and teams have been deployed to nab him

Prosecution witnesses told the court that the victim’s father passed away when he was an infant, and the uncles harboured a grudge against him, ultimately killing him to seize his share of the property

The family was in the city for treating their 13-year-old daughter for bone marrow cancer at a private hospital in Sector 128, Noida, said police

Police said two men, who were at a food cart, selling momos, were run over by the bus and crushed under the wheel

The gang, which has its office in Sector 58, Noida, is believed to have duped hundreds of students to the tune of crores of rupees

A recent RTI reply from Noida authority revealed that it has spent ₹35 crore to hire contractors for surface parking across the city, but it did not include Sector 62

The victim turned hostile in her statement to the magistrate and said that her father, who is the complainant in the case, forced her to lie to the police to frame the two boys and the man

Noida police invoke Gangsters Act against 33 accused in ₹10,000 crore GST fraud case, involving fake firms to claim tax credit. 45 arrested.

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