Students made to lug heavy sacks of foodgrain in UP; principal suspended
Ballia (UP): The principal of a government school was on Monday suspended for allegedly making students lug heavy sacks of foodgrain onto a handcart and transport them to a state-run school here from the house of a ration shop owner. “Alok Kumar Yadav, principal of upper primary school, in Chanwari village in Gadwara block here has been suspended for allegedly maligning the image of the department by asking students to carry foodgrain to school,” Basic Siksha Adhikari Shiv Narain Singh said. The district administration had on Friday ordered a probe after a video showing primary school students lugging heavy sacks of foodgrain onto a handcart and transporting them to a government school here went viral on social media. District Magistrate Hari Pratap Shahi had ordered the inquiry after eight students of class VI were seen in the purported video hauling as many sacks of foodgrain from the house of a ration shop owner and taking them on a handcart to the upper primary school. Principal Alok Kumar Yadav had told reporters, “As the person who operates the cart was not available, the help of students was taken”. (PTI)
Five accused of murder, rape escape from jail
Mumbai: Five people arrested for crimes like murder, rape and carrying arms escaped on Sunday evening from Karjat Jail in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, some 100 kilometres from here, police said. The five were identified as Dnyaneshwar Tukaram Kolhe, Akshay Ramdas Raut, Mohan Kundlik More, Chandrakant Mahadev Raut and Gangadhar Jagtap. Dnyaneshwar was arrested under Arms Act, while Akshay, Mohan and Chandrakant are murder accused, and Gangadhar is charged with rape, an official said. “They removed an iron grill from a vent on the roof of the district sub-jail in Karjat and escaped on Sunday evening. While one guard was posted at the lock-up, three others were on duty at the jail’s periphery when the incident took place,” he said. “A case was registered under section 224 (resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension) of the IPC in the early hours of Monday. Special teams have been formed to nab them,” Inspector General (Law and Order) Milind Bharambe told PTI. (PTI)
Thief lynched by villagers
Thane: A 40-year-old thief was lynched by angry residents of a village in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Monday. His associate sustained injuries after he was also thrashed and attacked with stones by locals in Khativali village here, they said. The incident took place around 3 am on Sunday when the two men, both hailing from Panchmahal in Gujarat, were trying to run away after breaking into some houses in the village and stealing items, police inspector Raju Vanjari said. On spotting the two men, a local raised an alarm following which some other villagers also came out of their houses and chased the duo. The two thieves, in a bid to scale a wall and jump over, fell down following which the villagers hurled stones and bricks on them. The villagers then caught hold of the two men and beat them severely, the official said. The two men were later taken to a government hospital where one of them, identified as Dinesh Mavi, was declared brought dead by doctors, Vanjari said. Mavi’s associate, who was injured in the attack, was undergoing treatment at the hospital, he said. (PTI)