Ex-IAS officer's son arrested for brick attack on woman in Kanpur

A 38-year-old man, Devashish Nigam, was arrested in Kanpur’s Bithoor for brutally attacking an IIT Kanpur employee with a brick after she turned down his marriage proposal. The accused dragged the widowed victim out of a car and struck her repeatedly, causing severe head injuries. Alert locals rescued the woman, thrashed the attacker—who claimed his mother is a retired IAS officer—and handed him over to the police.