Senior colleague held for Noida TV journo's death

Noida | Monday | 17th December, 2018

Summary:

Rahul had earlier told police he was in the washroom when Radhika allegedly fell to her death from the balcony. NOIDA: A senior colleague of Radhika Kaushik , the 25-year-old news anchor who allegedly fell to death from her 4th-floor balcony on Friday, was arrested on Sunday after police found inconsistencies in his statements.Rahul Awasthi, Kaushik's senior in the organisation, was with her on Friday when she died. But guards at the housing society have seen both of them drinking on the balcony 10 minutes before Radhika was found dead under the balcony," circle officer Swetabh Pandey said. "The accused told us he had never gone to the balcony. Her family has accused him of murdering her.Guards at Antriksh Forest Apartments, where Kaushik lived, have told police they had seen her and Awasthi on the balcony moments before she was found dead.On Sunday, Kaushik was arrested when he kept giving conflicting versions of the sequence of events..