Woman mortgages Mangalsutra for building toilet
Sasaram (Bihar): A woman has mortgaged her ‘mangalsutra’ to construct a toilet in her house at Barahkhanna village here following which Rohtas district administration made her the brand ambassador of total sanitation programme recognising her effort. Phool Kumari took the step after she had failed to raise adequate money by working as a cook at a local primary school as her farm labourer husband’s income is meagre, the local panchayat said. She also braved the opposition of male members of her family while mortgaging her ‘mangalsutra’ to arrange the required money, they said. Rohtas District Magistrate Animesh Kumar Parashar said, “On Wednesday, I and other district administration officials would participate in the inauguration of construction work for a toilet at Kumari’s house in the presence of her husband and father-in-law.” The woman was made brand ambassador of the total sanitation programme in the district to inspire others, the District Magistrate said. “We will ensure that the toilet is constructed within 10 days,” he said. (PTI)
Gangrape victim raped again by same accused in Haryana
Chandigarh: A 21-year-old gangrape victim was again allegedly raped by five persons in Rohtak district, with two of the accused also involved in the first assault on her three years ago in Bhiwani, police said on Monday. The young woman, a Dalit, who is a student at a college in Rohtak, was gangraped by some persons in Bhiwani three years ago. Two of the accused in the Bhiwani incident, who are out on bail, again committed the same crime along with three other men in Rohtak on Wednesday, police said.After being allegedly threatened by the accused to take back the complaint in the Bhiwani incident, the victim’s family had shifted to Rohtak, the woman’s mother has told the police.Police said the victim’s family told them she had gone to college on Wednesday morning and did not return. She was later found unconscious near Sukhpura Chowk on Wednesday night with her clothes torn, after which she was rushed to Rohtak Civil Hospital. The woman’s family has alleged that she was gangraped by the men as they did not withdraw the rape case against them. Police said two accused in the rape incident in Bhiwani were arrested in 2013. However, they were out on bail. (PTI)
Over 1,000 residents evacuated after chlorine leak from tanker
Ahmedabad: More than a thousand residents of Prahladnagar locality in Kheda district were asked to vacate their houses on Monday following chlorine gas leak from a tanker belonging to the city’s civic body, officials said. “One of the three tankers parked at a water supply department’s storehouse at Prahladnagar leaked, causing breathing problem to residents of nearby locality. We ordered evacuation of around 1,200 people living in nearby residential societies as precautionary measure till the situation is brought under control,” Kheda Collector Kuldeep Arya said. “As many as 22 persons complained of breathing problem and were admitted to the government hospital. Some of them have already been discharged,” Arya said. Around six fire-brigade vehicles were called in from Nadiad, Anand and Ahmedabad to control the leak, he said. “The leaking portion of the tanker, which contained around 900 kilolitre of chlorine, was eventually sealed and chlorine that escaped in the air has subsided and settled,” Arya said. The chlorine tankers belonged to the city’s civic body and it is used as a disinfectant. (PTI)
Two workers killed in building collapse
Mathura: Two workers were killed and one injured when an under-construction building collapsed here, official said on Monday. All injured were rushed to hospital, where two persons were declared brought dead, said district officer Nitin Chandra Shukla. Efforts are on to find out if anyone is still trapped in the debris, official said. The investigation into the incident revealed that construction was on at the site in order to merge two buildings, official said adding, that the building owner had not taken the prior approval of Mathura Vrindavan Development Authority. The police, meanwhile, has registered a case against the building owner under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). (PTI)
Girl commits suicide over troubled relationship
Jalandhar: A 22-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide apparently over a troubled relationship, police said here on Monday. The body of Rupali Sharma, a final year student at DAV College, was last night found hanging from the ceiling of her hostel room near Balantan park here, they said. A suicide note was recovered from the site saying that she was upset with her lover Raghav Verma, they said. The body of the girl, who was a native of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, was later sent for postmortem, they said. Police have initiated a probe into the matter and a case will be lodged after recording the statements of her family members, they said, adding efforts are underway to find Raghav. (PTI)
