48 Bangladeshi infiltrators held while leaving India
Kolkata, Nov 2: At least 48 Bangladeshi infiltrators were arrested for trying to illegally cross over to the neighbouring country through the Basirhat border pockets in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, a senior police officer said Sunday. They were leaving India following the announcement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal, according to a BSF officer. While 33 Bangladeshis were apprehended by BSF on Sunday and handed over to Swaroop Nagar police station, 15 others were nabbed on Saturday night, the officer said. The arrested individuals used to work as maids and labourers in parts of West Bengal and other states and were trying to reach their country “fearing detention or deportation in the wake of the SIR announcement,” a BSF officer said. (PTI)
3 govt school teachers booked for assaulting Dalit boy
Shimla, Nov 2: Three teachers of a government school in Shimla, including the headmaster, have been booked for repeatedly assaulting an eight-year-old Dalit boy and placing a scorpion in his pants, police said on Sunday. In a police complaint, the father of the boy – a Class 1 student of Government Primary School at Khaddapani area in Rohru sub-division of Shimla district – accused headmaster Devendra and teachers Babu Ram and Kritika Thakur of frequently physically assaulting his son for almost a year. The complainant said that continuous beating caused the child’s ear to bleed and damaged his eardrum. He also said the teachers took his son to the school’s toilet, where they placed a scorpion in his pants. According to the father, the teachers intimidated the boy telling him that if he complained at home, they would have him arrested. He said that on October 30, the headmaster allegedly threatened to expel the child from the school. He said the complainant’s family would face severe consequence if the matter was made public and threatened them saying, “We will burn you.” The boy’s father was also warned not to lodge a police complaint. (PTI)
