Witness in rape and murder case abducted, thrashed
KOLKATA, Jan 21: A key witness in a rape-cum-murder case, who is also a relative of the minor victim, was abducted and then thrashed by unknown miscreants in Hanskhali of West Bengal’s Nadia district on late Saturday night.The miscreants later left the uncle of the victim at a secluded place in a severely injured condition. He is currently undergoing treatment at a local hospital.A group of miscreants barged into their residence, wrapped the uncle of the minor victim in a blanket and took him to a secluded place.Before getting admitted to the hospital, the man claimed that he was beaten up severely by the miscreants, who also threatened to kill him if he doesn’t give a false statement in the case related to the rape and murder of his niece in April 2022. (IANS)
Gujarat: Stones pelted on Ram ‘shobha yatra’
MEHSANA, Jan 21: Police fired teargas shells after stones were pelted on a “shobha yatra” (procession) of Lord Ram in Gujarat’s Mehsana district on Sunday, an official said.The incident took place in Kheralu town on the eve of the idol consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh and three teargas shells had to be fired to control the situation, Inspector General of Police Virendrasingh Yadav said.“Fifteen persons have been rounded up after a combing operation at the site. Police personnel accompanying the shobha yatra took immediate action to avert any (further) incident and brought the situation under control,” the IG said.No one seems to have been seriously injured in the stone pelting, he added. (PTI)