Two rape cases reported in Ludhiana in last 24 hours
Ludhiana (Pb): Two minor girls were allegedly raped in separate incidents in the city, while another case of attempt to rape was reported by the police in the last 24 hours. The victims, in all the reported cases, were minor girls aged between 2 to 9 years, police said. In the first case, a 9-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a vacant plot near a religious place at Sasrali village on the outskirts of the city. As per the complaint by the victim’s father, the accused after committing the crime also abused and threatened to kill him while escaping. In the second case at Moti Nagar colony, a six-year-old girl child was allegedly raped by her neighbour, police said. Police have arrested the accused and identified him as Avinash Chaudhry. The victim’s mother came to know about the incident when she went to the roof for drying clothes and found her daughter crying there. In the third case, a 22-year-old youth allegedly made a rape attempt on a two-year-old girl at Bharti colony, police said. The victim’s mother complained to police that the accused allegedly took away the victim and attempted to outrage her modesty. (PTI)
‘Jammu migrants to march to PMO, if not paid relief by 15 Dec’
Jammu: Jammu migrants on Friday threatened to march to the national capital and hold a sit-in in front of the Prime Minister’s residence if not paid relief at par with Kashmiri migrants. “Hundreds of Jammu migrants, mostly camping in Talwara belt of Reasi district shall hold a protest march from Jammu to Delhi if not paid relief at par with Kashmiri migrants”, Prof Bhim Singh, the chief patron of Jammu (Talwara) Migrants Action Committee told reporters here today. He demanded payment of all their arrears (about 54 crores) in accordance with the judgement of the Supreme Court of India dated July 13, 2006. The protest march will start if the Jammu migrants are not provided with all their dues by December 15, he said. “They shall hold fast unto death in front of Prime Minister Modi’s residence,” he added. Singh, also a patron of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), accused the Congress, PDP and BJP leadership of playing foul with the migrants of Jammu. He alleged that the Jammu migrants had been discriminated by the ruling parties. (PTI)
Elderly couple killed in Delhi
New Delhi: An 86-year-old man and his 80-year-old wife were found murdered, apparently by robbers, at their south Delhi home, police said on Friday. Manohar Lal Madan, a retired Punjab National Bank employee, and his wife Vimla Madan were found dead at their East of Kailash residence here. “The couple might have been killed late on Thursday night. Prima facie, it seems the miscreants strangled them,” a police official said. The killers may have been robbers as the house had been ransacked. Police said the couple were in the national capital to spend Diwali with their eldest son, who was at the first floor of the house when the incident occurred. The couple’s son came down after hearing a commotion and found them dead. “It seems to be a clear case of robbery as the wardrobe has been ransacked and damaged,” Joint Commissioner of Police R.S. Krishnaiya told IANS. “It was a forced entry into the house. The couple was sleeping on the ground floor of the house. They might have been killed while resisting the robbery bid,” the official said. The family members asserted that it was a case of robbery. “It has not been clear until now how much money or valuables have been stolen by the intruders,” another police official said. (IANS)
