Girl dies after being forced to consume pesticide
KOCHI, Nov 7: A 14-year-old girl, who was allegedly beaten up by her father and forced to consume pesticide for continuing her relationship with a boy reportedly of another religion, died at a private hospital here here on Tuesday. The father had been arrested following the assault and is presently in judicial custody, he said.The father was initially booked for the offences of attempted murder and voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons and means under the IPC and murder charges are likely to be added to that, police said.The incident occurred on October 29 when the girl disregarded her father’s direction not to get in touch with the 16-year-old boy and obtained a phone to call him. (PTI)
Rat ‘arrested’ in MP for ‘guzzling down’ booze at police station
BHOPAL, Nov 7: Do rats drink alcohol? Well, it seems so, at least in Madhya Pradesh, where a rodent has been ‘arrested’ for emptying liquor bottles at a police station, and will now be produced before the court as proof!This bizzare incident was reported from a police station in Chhindwara district, where the cops had seized illegal liquor packed in plastic bottles and put them in a store room. However, when time came to produce the seized liquor in the court, the police found that at least 60 bottles were empty. The clueless cops concluded that the large quantity of alcohol was gupled down by rodents! As per the police, the building is too old where rats are often seen moving around, even destroying records.Police claimed to have ‘arrested’ one of the ‘accused’ rats, which will now be produced before the court as proof.However, the police are yet to confirm as to how many rats were involved in the liquor party! The case in which the liquor bottles were seized is still pending before the court.(IANS)