Nido Taniam death: Judicial custody for three accused

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: The three accused detained in the death of Arunachal student Nido Taniam were sent to 14-day judicial custody on Tuesday. The accused were sent to judicial custody even as Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde assure of action against the guilty. Even Delhi High Court had directed the Central, state governments and Delhi police to file a report in the case. 19-year-old Nido Taniam was declared dead a day after allegedly being beaten mercilessly after an altercation with shopkeepers in Lajpat Nagar `who passed a comment on his hairstyle which made him angry. He is the son of Congress MLA from Arunachal Nido Pavitra and had come to meet his sister in Delhi. The three arrested men are Farman (22), Sunder (27) and Pawan(27), police said.