Sirsa, December 22
Students of Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal Vidyapeeth organised a peace march today, while “Back 2 Back Boys Group” took out a candle march at Ellenabad in the district demanding justice for the Delhi gang rape victim.

Principals, teachers and students of various constituent colleges of the vidyapeeth demanded death penalty for the rapists.

“It is shameful for the nation that girls are not safe in a metropolitan city like Delhi,” said Shamim Sharma, MD of the vidyapeeth.

She said everyday people heard incidents of rape and sexual harassment of girls, including little ones, grown-ups or elderly women.

Kurukshetra: Students and faculty members of Shri Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology took out a procession and demanded strongest possible action against the perpetrators of the heinous crime.

Rewari: Activists of the All India Mahila Sanskritik Sangthan today took out a procession and demanded death penalty for the accused, speedy justice, ban on obscenity and nudity and total elimination of political patronage to criminals.

Kaithal: To check crime against women, SP Kuldip Singh Yadav has directed the SHOs in the district to personally visit educational institutions and ask the principals to put up complaint box. He has also issued directions for setting up of women help desks in all police stations and to start patrolling in civil dress accompanied by female staff outside women institutions to keep a watch on movement of anti-social elements.

Ambala: DCP (Urban) Ashok Kumar has asked girl students to be bold and inform the matter to their teachers and parents if they were harassed. The DCP has also asked the bus operators to keep the lights inside the vehicle on during night and remove tinted glasses and curtains from the buses.

Despite police issuing warnings, a number of buses of various colleges and schools were found with tinted glasses and curtains. The police failed to take action against them this morning.

Rewari, December 22
A migrant woman of the Chhatarpur area of Madhya Pradesh, who cooked food for the workers of a factory at Karnawas village, 7 km from here, was allegedly gangraped by two persons identified as Billoo, a labour contractor, and Dhani Ram, an employee of the factory belonging to the Tikamgarh area of Madhya Pradesh, at Karnawas on Thursday night.

The woman met SSP Bharti Arora and informed her about the assault. The SSP issued a directive following which the police registered a case of gang rape against the two. A medical examination of the victim was also conducted. — OC

Hisar, December 22
The police has arrested two poachers from Landhri village in Hisar after they killed a black buck and cooked its meat.

Officials of the Wildlife Department raided the house of the poachers after receiving a tip-off and found them cooking meat of the animal last night.

Shakti Singh, Divisional Forest Officer (Wild Life) informed The Tribune that a farmer Satyawan and his worker Ram Chander had killed a black buck by shooting it with the former’s gun.

The police arrested them and recovered the gun used in the crime and the skin of the animal.

Veterinary surgeons Sanjay Arora, Ashok Chaudhry and Deepak Kaushik conducted the postmortem of the buck and extracted pieces of bullets from the body of the hunted animal.

Shakti Singh said the two accused were today produced before the Environment Court in Kurukshetra, where they were sent to judicial custody for 14 days.

Black buck is a rare species of deer, which is facing the threat of extinction.

Sonepat, December 22
Sugarcane growers of the area today blocked the weighing process at local Cooperative Sugar Mill for nearly three hours here. It led to lining up of hundreds of cane loaded vehicles.

The cane growers were demanding increase in the procurement prices of the sugarcane. Kartar Singh of Badwasni and Ishwar of Juan said compared to the rising prices of farm inputs, procurement prices of Rs 232 to 250 per quintal were not remunerative.