Minor girl gang-raped by two cops in police station in UP
Badaun (UP):A 14-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by two constables inside a police station here in Uttar Pradesh, prompting the authorities to suspend the accused who are absconding. The girl was allegedly abducted from her house on December 31 by constables Veer Pal Singh Yadav and Avnish Yadav, police said on Friday. She was taken to Musajhag Police Station and allegedly raped there, Superintendent of Police (City) Lallan Singh said. An FIR was registered after the victim’s mother lodged a complaint against the two policemen, who are absconding. The two cops have been suspended and police were trying to trace their trace them. The victim said the two constables allegedly assaulted her in a room in the police station. “At 8 PM I informed my mother and went to the washroom. I saw a car there and two constables. They told me to come into the car and then took me away. “They took me to a room in the police station where they assaulted me…They then dropped me to my village,” the girl alleged. Terming the rape of a minor in a police station as “unfortunate”, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi said the rape crisis centre was a necessity for the district and it would be set up in the coming months. “Instead of providing justice, the state police is itself breaking laws and committing atrocities on people and stern action needs to be taken against them”, she told PTI.(PTI)
Swine Flu claims first life in Kota this year
Kota:Swine flu claimed its first victim in the city this year with the death of a 30-year-old man at a government hospital here, health officials said on Friday. Narendra Gochar died of swine flu on Thursday while undergoing treatment at Maharao Bheem Singh (MBS) hospital here, Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) of Kota R N Yadav said. Gochar, a resident of Rangbari slum area in the district, worked as a lab boy at a private Lab in Nayapura area here, he said. He was admitted to MBS hospital on December 26 and tested positive for H1N1 virus, Yadav said, adding, he had been on ventilator in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) but succumbed to death yesterday. Medical teams have been sent to the area after he tested positive for the H1N1 virus and his family members were administered Tami flu tablets and survey was carried out in his neighbouring areas, the CMHO said. Tami flu is a medicine used to treat Swine flu. Meanwhile, a 58-year-old man from Rampura area of the district is suspected to have been infected with the swine flu virus and is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital here, Yadav said. (PTI)
2 terrorists nabbed in UP; police tight-lipped over report
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh police are refusing to comment over the arrest of two dreaded terrorists in Noida by the Central agencies last month. Though UP police had not confirmed about the arrests, the reports said one of the terrorists was a Bangladeshi national while other one was from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Both the terrorists were held on December 19 and after their disclosure, a hunt for others hiding in Delhi, NCR and western UP was started. The Bangladeshi, a resident of Faridpur district has been identified as Mohammad Raktullah while the other is Abdul Aziz, a resident of Deoband police station area in Saharanpur district. Sources said the operation was executed jointly by Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal ATS teams and the Intelligence Bureau. The sources said both were nabbed near a petrol pump in Sector-19 of Noida when Raktullah was going to deliver a laptop to Abdul.More terrorists may have entered NCR as during their investigation, they have revealed several sensitive information about sleeper cells and other things.(UNI)
Girl killed for honour
Muzaffarnagar:In a suspected case of honour killing, a 19-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her father and other family members who were opposed to her relationship with a boy belonging to a different community in Baroda village of the district. The girl was allegedly murdered by her family members on New Year’s eve following a heated argument, SHO, Anand Mishra said on Friday. The teenager was later allegedly buried by the family members. Police recovered the body on Thursday and registered a case of murder against the four family members including her father Hasan, he said, adding the body has been sent for postmortem. While two of the accused identified as Hasan and Sattar have been arrested, two others were absconding. The girl was involved in a relationship with a youth belonging to different community and had decided to get married. However, the family was opposed to the relationship. Security has been tightened in the village and extra police deployed following the incident. (PTI)