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remains of abducted child found Meerut, March 3 The mob also threw a stove on the police personnel and beat up a sub-inspector, who reached the spot. However, seeing the mob’s fury, the police force beat a hasty retreat. Heavy police force has been deployed in the village to defuse the tension. Later, the police arrested six persons, including the mother of the main accused who is absconding. According to some villagers, Lovemass (7), son of Sunil Chauchan of village Atora, went missing last Saturday while playing near a temple in the village. The matter was reported to the police and a panchayat was also held to discuss the matter. During the panchayat proceedings, Irshad admitted that he had abducted Lovemass, son of his friend Sunil Chauchan. He also gave his word to the panchayat that he would safely bring the boy in two hours. But when Irshad did not restore the child to his parents, his family members reported the case to the police, but the police did not take cognisance of it. On Tuesday evening, the villagers and some family members found the belongings of the child near the ‘kolhu’ of Irshad. The boy’s skull and skeleton were also seized from the furnace. With the recovery of the child’s remains, fear stalked the village. Some villagers headed towards the house of the accused and attacked his wife and other family members. The police party was also beaten up when it tried to rescue them from the mob. Frenzied youths tried to attack a religious place, but some senior citizens managed to prevent them from doing so. |
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BJP set to field all six sitting MPs in Capital New Delhi, March 3 The seventh seat, Sadar, fell vacant when Mr. Madan Lal Khurana, former Delhi BJP chief, resigned to take over the gubernatorial post in Rajasthan. The BJP had won all the seven seats in the NCT of Delhi in the previous Lok Sabha elections. All the six — Vijay Kumar Malhotra (South), Jagmohan (New Delhi), Sahib Singh Verma (Outer Delhi), Lal Behari Tiwari (East Delhi), Vijay Goel ( Chandni Chowk) and Meira Kanwaria (Karol Bagh resereved) — have become extremely active in their respective constituencies ever since the Lok Sabha was dissolved. Delhi BJP sources also indicated that the Sadar seat may be allotted to a nominee of the former MP from there, Mr. Madan Lal Khurana, who still holds considerable sway in the Punjabi dominated area. A formal announcement is expected later this week. |
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Recreating Holika Dahan in Phallen Faridabad, March 3 The village is known as Phallen and located just 16 km from Hodal, a border town of the district in the Mathura district of UP. According to Mr D C Chaudhary, a resident of Hodal, who hails from this village, thousands of devotees and outsiders converge on this spot to witness Holika Dahan, carried out in the same manner in which it was stated to have taken place originally. He said the residents of this and some nearby villages who play host to the people coming from outside, have already started preparations as the main function was to be solemnised on March 6, the day of Holika Dahan. Moolchand Tanwar, a resident of the village, said that one Sushil, known as the ‘Panda’, would be the centre of attraction as he would be playing the role of Bhakt Prahlad, the saint. According to mythology, Bhakt Prahlad did not die despite being made to sit in the fire along with Holika, by Heerankashyap, a theomaniacal ruler. It is reported that the Panda, who has been doing this ritual for the past many years, do not get harmed or burnt even after passing through the fire. Before beginning the ritual, the Panda sits in a cave-like place in the village to perform the puja for a month. During this period, he does not take food and survives on water and fruit only. Mr Chaudhary said the whole village turns into a religious place. A number of ‘mandalies’ sing bhajans and chant mantras throughout the day. Many people know the occasion as Holika Dahan Mela. It is learnt that the event is covered not only by the local media but also by the organisations like the BBC. The Panda crosses the fire, whose flames are seen from over a kilometre. He then takes bath in a special tub known as Prahlad Kund for about an hour. According to some of the eyewitnesses, the panda takes about three minutes to go through the fire and comes out safely, to the disbelief of many. The locals believe that this village was the spot where the real Bhakt Prahlad had gone through Dahan (fire) thousands of years ago. |
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‘Kavi Goshthi’ adds flavour to Holi celebration New Delhi, March 3 The chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board, Ms Mridula Sinha, was the chief guest on the occasion. Mrs Simmi Jain, Chairman, Delhi Social Welfare Advisory Board, inaugurated the function by lighting the ceremonial lamp. Recitation of poems by children left the audience spell bound. Moreover, a number of girls, who had come to Sampurna during their time of distress to seek guidance and relief, related their experiences in the form of poems, which was appreciated by the audience. A number of physically challenged children received wheel-chairs from Mrs Simmi Jain, who exhorted them to fully participate in all activities to improve their talent. While applauding the self-defence course held recently, she wanted that all the physically challenged girls should receive similar training so as to enable them to face the ordeals in life with confidence and courage. |
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Property tax New Delhi, March 3 Giving reply to a question of opposition member of the Standing Committee, the Municipal Commissioner clarified that the corporation would publish a booklet to be made available at important points for any information on property tax. Citizens can deposit tax after consulting the booklet. The MCD, in its web cite (), will explain everything about the booklet. He said once the method was implemented, advertisements would appear in different newspapers in which the rate and category of the area would be cleared. People will not have to go to a private architect. For the convenience of citizens, the MCD will hire architects in different districts. The residents can take the advice of architects free of charge. It’s the corporation who will pay them. The senior citizens and women are still entitled to a rebate of 30 per cent of the total value of their property. The corporation will also constitute a hardship committee. If the residents have any problem, they can take up their problems with the committee. At present, the corporation has 30,000 cases of property tax. If these cases are worked out, the corporation will earn Rs 15,000 crore. Boycotting the discussion on property tax, BJP councillor Vijender Gupta said that the hardship committee was nothing but a ploy to fool Delhiites. Seventy per cent of the residents of the Capital would have to deposit more tax than they had deposited earlier. Ten per cent people have been given benefit of Rs 200 crore. He threatened if the anomalies in the Municipal valuation committee were not amended, the BJP would launch an agitation against the ruling Congress in the corporation and the Delhi Government. |
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Industry scene Gurgaon, March 3 The government has already made notification under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, an advanced step in the procedure followed for the acquisition of land. About 200 industrial units would be uprooted if the land in these villages is acquired. The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and the Gurgaon Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) have hailed the move of the government. Several organisations, including the PHDCCI, the GCCI and the Gurgaon Industrial
Association (GIA) had been agitating on the issue for several months. According to the GCCI, the committee is headed by the Commissioner and Secretary, Government of Haryana, Industry Department, Mr
S.C. Chowdhary. The committee is to give its report by March 13. The terms of reference of inquiry by the committee include the objections by those who have already obtained Change of Land Use (CLU), units functioning with or without CLU, continuity of land proposed for acquisition which is essential for integrated planning, existing industries which have earmarked land for expansion and wherever possible not to disrupt the existing industrial units. However, the terms of reference are categorical that the users not conforming to the industrial use which are not permissible in the industrial zone like dairies, would be deprived of the possible relief. In fact, the latest in the series of address to the government from the industry on the issue was by the GCCI during its 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held a couple of days ago. In the resolution, the GCCI pointed out that hundreds of units—small, medium and large scale having investments of crores of rupees—are in a functional position in these areas, making products for the domestic and international users. A majority of the units had been functioning for the past two decades. It also pointed out that a majority of the units located in the impugned areas had obtained required permissions/registrations and licences, such as conversion of land use, factory licence, SSI or IEM, sales tax registration, electricity telephone connections. |
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NGO to observe three landmark Sikh events New Delhi, March 3 The Gurmat Samagam was convened by Sikh Missionary Harpal Singh. Also, this year’s Nanakshahi calendar was released by the organisation and its first copy was presented by Harinder Pal Singh, member SGPC, to J. Gurcharan Singh Gatka Master, member DSGMC and senior vice-president, Shromani Akali Dal, Delhi. DSGMC member Gurbachan Singh Sabharwal also addressed the Sangat about his views on how to celebrate these centenaries. Seeing the enthusiasm of the Sangat and the organisation, SGPC member Harinder Pal Singh extended his full cooperation to the organisation in celebrating these centenaries. He also promised to arrange the religious books published by SGPC for the organisation to set up libraries in different Gurdwaras and to promote the reading habit in the community as it is the only possible means to know about the heritage and traditions of the Sikh culture. He congratulated the organisers for publishing a beautiful colour Nanakshahi calendar as it is not only the duty of SGPC and DSGMC alone, but also of the other organisations as well. The spokesmen of Servants of Humanity, Tehal Singh and P. S. Walia said in length about the programmes during these celebrations. A programme of Gurmat seminar in April on the occasion of Guru Angad Dev Ji’s 500th Parkash Purab was announced to be held in which Sikh intellectuals of country and abroad would be invited to discuss about the role of the Sikh community in the 21st century. |
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LJP demands Haryana DGP’s resignation Sonepat, March 3 Talking to mediapersons here before commencing party’s ‘Dalit Chetna Yatra’, Capt Malik, who has also been announced as party’s candidate from this constituency, feared large-scale poll riggings if the DGP continued on his post during the election. Coming down heavily on Chautala government for showing total disregard to established conventions, Capt Malik apprehended that the Haryana police would make every try for the win of Krishna Malik and “for this the police can go to any extent.” Urging the Election Commission to intervene and direct the Chief Minister to seek the resignation of the DGP, Capt Malik threatened that if the commission did not initiate any action in the matter, the party would be forced to gherao the commission. Terming the BJP and INLD as the chips of the same flock, Capt Malik pointed out that both the parties worked together for four years and both were equally responsible for neglecting the welfare of the people of the state. “Even now also they are one. Their separation is just to fool the people during elections and they will again shake hands after the polls,” he remarked. The Dalit Chetna Yatra was aimed to expose the state government’s indifferent attitude towards the safety of the Dalits in the state as was evident from different incidents of atrocities on Dalits in the state, he said and added that the yatra would conclude in a protest rally at Delhi today and it would be addressed by party president Ram Dilac Daewan and other central leaders of the party and Shiv Sena as the yatra was being organised jointly by the LJP and Dalit Sena units of the state. Later, a delegation of LJP and Dalit Sena will hand over a memorandum to the president of India demanding immediate dismissal of Chautala government as it had failed to protect the life of the Dalits. |
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Interweaving issues of gender and sexuality needed to fight AIDS stereotypes: Study New Delhi, March 3 The project, supported by Asian Development Bank, has come up with a training design that emphasises on interweaving the issue of gender and power relations, sexuality and self-awareness. The study carried out among 800 respondents in Trilokpuri, Sangam Vihar, Chattarpur and Yamuna Pustha revealed that there exist several gender stereotypes. Such gender norms create “a culture of silence and shame” that surrounds sexuality and an unequal balance of power between men and women. Women hardly engage in talks related to sexual health and men fearing the loss of masculinity never discuss such issues with their partners and friends. During interviews it was found that some girls even do not know what the term sex worker means. Interestingly boys and girls say that client of a sex worker is not at risk. The report says that it is clear that sex workers are considered at risk, not the client, who happens to be men. The gender perception is very much visible in all the responses. “The perception about AIDS and AIDS victims is a victim centric one i.e., to avoid AIDS it is better to avoid victims, which is inhuman and leads to discrimination at the outset,” says Dr Ranjana Kumari, Director, Centre for Social Research. “The labeling of sex workers as a potential threat would do more harm, it would make them untouchable in the society, thereby making them more marginalised and stigmatised.” During interviews many said that “bad women are the carriers of AIDS”, at the same time client of sex workers are not considered as carriers. Such perceptions need to be changed. Even though in actuality everybody who is involved in risk behavior is prone to AIDS, be it client, housewife, drug addict or sex worker, certain misconceptions still exist among adolescents. The adolescents have developed a mindset, which is victim centric, says the report. One of the reasons for this could be schools not imparting knowledge about sex and AIDS. “There is a strong need to inculcate values of caring, sharing and softness in boys too. The gender stereotypes as they operate today play havoc in the lives of men and women. And both directly as well as indirectly lead to the spread of the virus,” adds Dr Ranjana Kumari. While AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease and informants have pointed out that through indulging in unsafe sex they can contract the disease, but only 42.1 per cent boys and 46.3 per cent girls pointed out that AIDS could spread through Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD). Most informants have no knowledge about Sexually Transmitted Disease. The report says that the worst threat lies here, but in India we call it as ‘Gupt rog’, which means diseases, that are not to be discussed with anybody. The fear of loss of masculinity acts as a hindrance for people to discuss issues of sex openly. This fear compounded with myths is being cashed on by the quacks. There are thousands of quacks in every locality and pose as sexologist and are visited by middle-aged and young men to seek help to increase their sex power and for treatment of STDs. These quacks also have little information on HIV/AIDS. Investigator met an informant who had the history of STD and for its treatment visited a quack that told him that his problem was related to the fact that he indulged in masturbation. The report stresses that often one ends up going for treatment to people who are misinformed, incapable of providing treatment and may, instead of helping to curb the Problem, lead to its spread. It emphasises the need for communicating issues of sex and sexuality through the right channels so that this open discussion clearly outlines the myths and facts associated with the disease. About the treatment of AIDS, 36.8 per cent of the boys and 30.6 per cent girls said that AIDS could be treated, while the reality is that there is no treatment for AIDS. Prevention is the only cure, preventing oneself from it requires that one have information about it. The report emphasises that the educational messages about prevention need to recognise the unequal power balance between men and women and focus on sensitivity to neutralize the thinking that cutting ties with the patient is not an answer to HIV/AIDS or that caring for an HIV/AIDS patient could lead to infection. |
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SOS Children’s Village celebrates 30 years of service New Delhi, March 3 Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest, Mr Surendra Kumar, MLA, praised the work of the organisation in helping the needy sections of our society. He was welcomed by the children, mothers, the national director and the president of SOS Children’s villages of India. The Delhi legislator said that he was happy to be associated with organisation and was ready to help it in every possible way. The Delhi Chief Minister, Mrs Sheila Dikshit, was unable to attend the function due to her illness. However, she sent a message expressing her love for the children and hoped that she would be able to visit them soon. Mr J. N. Kaul, the president of SOS CVI, was happy that the SOS had crossed yet another milestone this year. He said that SOS Children’s Villages of India were planning to expand their operations to other parts of India. New children villages, including one at Bhopal for special children would be opened by the end of this year. The organization hoped to extend its service to other states including Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and to the Kashmir Valley. “Our emphasis will be on reaching out to many more children through initiatives including education and nutrition services and strengthening of motherhood,” said Mr Kaul. Mr Pradeep Singh, national director, SOS CVI, said that the organisation wanted to spread the message that “all children are our children and are the responsibility of the whole society”. The chief guest visited the family houses followed by the ceremonial lighting of the lamp and invocation. Ms Kiran Walia, Chairman, Delhi Women’s Welfare Council, Mr Narayan Singh, MLC, and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion. |
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Two dowry death cases Ghaziabad, March 3 The mother of the deceased, Sumitra Devi, a resident of Panchwati colony on Link Road, lodged a complaint that her daughter, Kavita, (24), was killed after being harassed by her-inlaws. Since Kavita was married last May, her husband, father in-law, mother in-law and sister in-law had been harassing her house hold item such as fridge, washing machine etc. Sumitra Devi claimed that even as she was able to fulfill their initial demands, they put up another demand for Rs.1.50 lakh in cash. Her harassment became intense when Kavita expressed her inability to meet this demand. She was ill-treated and beaten
up. Finally, Kavita was burnt to death by her in-laws on the night of February 27. Kavita was rushed to Delhi’s GTB Hospital in a badly charred condition, where she succumbed to her injuries. Sumitra Devi said that the news of her daughter’s death was given to her by their neighbours. She filed a dowry death case yesterday. In another incident, the wife of an SDO, working in Delhi Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd, under link road police station area of Sahibabad, died under mysterious circumstances. Mr Ganga Ram, son of Mr Arun Singh, is a resident of Chander Nagar colony under Link road police station area along with his family. He is employed with the Delhi Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. Ganga Ram had reportedly purchased a house for Rs.36 lakh. However, the couple was reportedly not having harmonious relations, said a neighbour. The body of his wife,
identified as Kusum, was sent for the postmortem examination. The police are investigating into the cause of the death of Kusum.
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found in a sack The body of a new-born child was found inside a sack in Dasna pond. It appears to be an unwanted child, whose mother had thrown the baby in the tank soon after birth, the police said. The decomposed body was discovered by some village youths, who had gone for fishing in the pond behind Kaziwali Masjid. The sack containing the body got stuck in their fishing rod.
No Wages For Staff Greater Noida: Holi for these unlucky employees will not be as colourful as they had hoped. Some 20 employees working as seasonal staff have not received their salaries for past two months. These temporary employees were appointed by the district administration to tide over staff shortage. These employees are put on revenue collection work and their wages are paid by the District Collector. The devil lies in the scrapping of the Gautam Budh Nagar district by the Samajwadi Party government. The employees have been visiting the Collectorate in Ghaziabad regularly in the hope of personally apprising the District Collector of their difficulties. However, the district Collectorate officials have a different story to tell. They said the budget of the Gautam Budh Nagar district has not been transferred to the Ghaziabad Collectorate. Hence, it was not possible to disburse wages to these employees. |
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Notorious criminal held from Jhilmil Colony New Delhi, March 3 During interrogation, the accused confessed that he was an active criminal, and his close associate, identified as Ashok, was killed in an encounter with the UP Police.
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held for taking bribe The Anti-Corruption Branch arrested one Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Delhi Police posted in the East district while taking a bribe of Rs 500 from a complainant. The complainant, identified as Raju, had informed the Anti-Corruption Branch sleuths before hand about the bribe demand of the policeman.
Loadshedding announced The North Delhi Power Limited has announced loadshedding in the Narela, Pitampura and Civil Lines area on March 4 from 10 AM to 6.30 PM due to maintenance work.
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poisoning: Commissioner The Municipal Commissioner, Mr Rakesh Mehta, today clarified that students of MCD schools at Jaunapur and Kadipur villages had not suffered from food poisoning. The medical report confirmed that there was nothing in the mid-day meal distributed to the children. The same mid-day meal was distributed among 5,000 students that day and only around 228 students had problems. A group of people outside the schools had spread rumour of food poisoning, said Roshal Lal Ahuja. |
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BKU to field candidate from Sonepat Sonepat, March 3 According to a report, the BKU has decided to organise district level rallies at Karnal (March 20) and Kharkhauda in Sonepat district (March 21) to garner support for him.
Sadhu dead A 70-year-old unidentified Sadhu was found dead on the platform No. 2 of the railway station here last evening. According to a report, the Government Railway Police (GRP) has sent the body for the postmortem examination. Reportedly, the Sadhu died of a heart attack. It has, however, been revealed that the Sadhu belonged to Gharaunda town in Karnal district. He was waiting for a passenger train (303 UP) for going towards
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Body found hanging The body of a man, identified as Risal Singh (55), was found hanging from a tree in Asawarpur village, about 15 km from here yesterday. According to a report, the police believe it to be a case of suicide and have sent the body for the postmortem examination. |
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NCR BRIEFS Ghaziabad, March 3 All the vehicles had been lifted from the national Capital and surrounding areas recently. The four thieves were booked under the various sections of IPC. According to Circle Officer, Mr Dinesh Yadav, the Link Road police arrested the accused and seized the vehicles near Amit Plaza during a routine checking. Later, the police also seized two Esteem cars (No.UP 14 4260 and UP 53 C-4253), two Zen cars, one Santro and two Maruti 800 cars from different places on the basis of information provided by them. The vehicle thieves were identified as Mohinder, son of Makhan of Meerut, Gaggan, son of Chander Prakash of Dehra Dun, Amjad Suggal of Saharanpur, and Yogesh, son of Chote Lal of Shahdra, Delhi, Mr Yadav said.
Students injured by sword wielding miscreants Sonepat: Two students of Hindu Institute of Technology, Sonepat, received knife injuries when they were attacked by a group of armed youths in a private mess on the Atlas road near Prem Nagar here last night. According to a report, the injured students were identified as Anil (22) and Ompal (23). They were rushed to the local civil hospital for treatment and were stated to be out of danger. Both the students had gone to the mess for taking their food. The alleged assailants were armed with knives and swords and attacked the students after some altercations with them. The police have registered a case and further investigations were in progress. However, no arrest has been made in this connection. According to another report, irate students of the Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) went on rampage and pelted stones at a Haryana Roadways bus here yesterday protesting against the non-stoppage of the bus near the railway flyover. Even though there was no casualty, some windowpanes of the bus were smashed. Some of the students involved in the incident were handed over to the police by the passengers. The bus was on its way from Rohtak to Sonepat. When the driver failed to stop the bus, they became furious and pelted stones on the bus and smashed its windowpanes.
Schoolgirl missing A class IX student of the Jain school, identified as Manisha, was allegedly kidnapped by a youth, said to be her relative, at Gohana town, about 35 km from here yesterday. According to a report, the alleged culprit was identified as Manish, a student of Class X in another school of the town. When Manisha failed to return from her school, her parents informed the police who registered the case. Further investigations were in progress. |
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DELHI DIGEST New Delhi, March 3 The petitioner, Mr M P Chauhan, in his petition has said that renaming was an ‘insult’ to the great warrior queen Lakshmibai, who was one of the pioneers of the First War of Independence in 1857. He said that M L Khurana, ex-metropolitan member, was no match to the personality of Rani Lakshmibai and added that the proposal to rename the road was only a ‘’dirty game of politics’’. Saying that the steps to rename the road had hurt the public sentiments, the petition sought quashing of the MCD Standing Committee resolution in violation of the provisions of the corporation, convention and good law, and the larger public interest. While the road had been named as Rani Jhansi Road since pre-Independence days, the authorities were trying to portray that the road had not been officially named so far, it was claimed. A road ‘naming’ function was to be held on February 11 though it was called off.
Protest march by DUTA The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) today burnt the effigy of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Deepak Nayyar, for his alleged arbitrary and autocratic functioning. A large number of teachers gathered at the DUTA office and carried out a protest march to the office of the VC. The teachers said that they were The teachers said that they would not accept the privatisation and commercialisation of the higher education as it would directly affect lakhs of poor students. |
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Inter-state robbers, who would pose as cops, nabbed New Delhi, March 3 With their arrest, the police have claimed to have solved at least 18 cases of Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh and recovered four sophisticated country-made weapons, 10 live cartridges and two knives from their possession. The accused had committed crimes in Mansarover Park, Shahdara, Gandhi Nagar, Bhajan Pura and Welcome of Delhi, Kotwali, Babri, Budhana, Khatoli and Shamli of Uttar Pradesh. Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-East) Praveer Ranjan said that the gang members who used to adopt this unique modus operandi to commit crimes were arrested for the first time. The North-East district has launched a massive operation following a spate of such incidents and studied the modus operandi of the gang as they robbed cash, jewellery and even mobile phones, particularly in the evenings from the victims. In some cases, the accused also threatened the inmates with dire consequences if they informed police and in one case they had committed robbery-cum- rape-cum-kidnapping. On March 2, the police received a secret information that the gang members would assemble near the Jail Boundary, Harsh Vihar. Following that when the police team reached there, the gang members started running and one of them identified as Rais started firing at the police personnel. But the police team apprehended eight of them who were later identified as Naushad (30), Rais (25), Ash Mohammad alias Ashu (22), residents of Muzaffar Nagar, Salman alias Zahid (24), resident of Meerut, Noora (23), resident of Muzaffar Nagar, Akram (23), Sakeel alias Pahelwan (24), residents of Muzaffar Nagar and Mohammad Hasim (27), resident of Nangloi. During interrogation, the accused confessed to their crimes and said they used to carry weapons and rods during the commission of crime. They said that after entering the targeted house they used to stay from 30-mintues to one hour to commit crimes and threatened the victims with dire consequences. Mr Ranjan said that the police are still working on the case and are confident to nab other accused. |
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Sadhu rapes woman pining for male child Rewari, March 3 The woman, who was taken from here to Hisar on February 22, under mysterious circumstances, was recovered by the police from the sadhu’s possession. The woman was medically examined at the local civil hospital. Later, she was restored to her father Prabu Dayal Yadav, resident of Dharan Ki Dhani village, about 15 km from here. A case of rape, abduction, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation under sections 376, 366, 342, 506 of the IPC was registered against the accused sadhu Bhimgiri. The sadhu was produced before the Duty Magistrate here who remanded him in judicial custody. According to sources, Prabhu Dayal Yadav married his daughter (Babli) to one Mahender Singh Yadav of Zenabad village about eight years ago. After the marriage, Babli gave birth to a baby girl. But later, it is stated, she developed some sort of gynaecological deficiency, which eventually spurred her husband to avail of the services of sadhu Bhimgiri to redeem their cherished longing for a male child. Consequently, the woman became a regular patient of sadhu Bhimgiri, who held consultative parleys at a specified place here weekly. These parleys had been going on for the past several months. On February 22, the sadhu allegedly eloped with the woman and clandestinely brought her to his Hisar hideout, where she was repeatedly raped. When Prabhu Dayal Yadav got information about his daughter’s sudden disappearance, he lodged a report in this regard at the police post at Dahina near Zenabad village. In the meantime, her missing daughter somehow managed to inform him telephonically about her woeful plight. Subsequently, Parbhu Dayal Yadav, along with other elders of the village (Dharan Ki Dhani), met Mr Hanif Qureshi, SP, here on February 27, and urged him to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the wicked sadhu. The District Police Chief entrusted the case to the CIA Police Inspector, who swung into action leading to the recovery of the woman as well as the arrest of the accused sadhu
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