Giving details, a senior police official said that Jaspal Singh (40) had an argument with his wife Rupinder (38) over household chores which escalated and Singh in a fit of rage murdered his wife and 14-year-old son, Harmeet, with an axe. Following the grisly act, Singh tried to end his life by consuming pesticide.

Singh was admitted to a local hospital in critical condition while the bodies of his wife and son have been kept in a mortuary for post-mortem examination, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sudha Palawat told news agency PTI.

Forensic experts have collected samples from the crime spot and a case of murder has been registered against the accused, the DSP said.

Businessman kills wife, hacks daughter’s body into 10 pieces

In a similar incident, in June this year, a 53-year-old businessman was arrested in Dadar and Nagar Haveli for allegedly murdering his wife and 15-year-old old. According to the police, the accused, identified as Yogesh Mehta, a resident of Dokmardi area in Silvassa, later chopped his teenage daughter’s corpse into 10 pieces with a hammer and a knife and disposed off the body parts.

Mehta used to stay with his wife Reshma and two daughters, aged 18 and 15, the police said, adding that the couple got into a heated argument and later in a fit of rage, Mehta killed his wife and youngest daughter.

Police said the accused confessed to the murders and during interrogation revealed that he killed his wife after a heated argument. Police said that Mehta’s younger daughter witnessed her mother’s killing following which he killed her too.

Giving details, an official said that Mehta locked his elder daughter, who is mentally challenged, in a room, hacked his younger daughter’s body into 10 pieces and disposed of the parts in a canal at Waghchhipa.

(With PTI inputs)

Giving details, Bonli Circle officer said the victim’s father had lodged a complaint against her school teacher Ramratan Meena, after his daughter, a Class 12 student at a government-run school, went missing on August 8. In his complaint, the girl’s father had accused the teacher of abducting her.

After the recovery of the body on Thursday, the relatives of the girl and local villagers staged a protest placing the dead body in the school playground, the police said.

The victim’s family and other villagers demanded compensation, removal of the entire school staff, investigation by senior police officers and immediate arrest of the accused, they said, adding that the
post-mortem of the dead body could not be conducted due to the protest.

The accused teacher Ramratan Meena has been detained and is being interrogated, the CO said, adding that he has been suspended by the school.

All the male staff of the school have also been removed, the CO said.

Attacking the government over the incident, Rajendra Rathore, Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly, said the crime against women has increased in the state under Congress rule.

“The safety of women has become the biggest question today under Congress rule. Another girl was raped and murdered in Sawai Madhopur. This incident of throwing the dead body into the well is shameful to humanity. This incident is also a question mark on the law and order of the state,” he said.

Slamming the government’s launch of the ‘Indira Gandhi Smartphone’ scheme for women on Thursday, Rathore said girls and women in the state need justice instead of smartphones.

The opposition has already been slamming the state government over the past week after the alleged gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on August 2. Police have arrested four people, including the main accused, and detained a minor in connection with the case.

(With PTI inputs)

Indira Gandhi Free Smartphone Yojana 2023: How To Register

• Step 1: Visit the official website of the Indira Gandhi Free Smartphone Yojana 2023 on rajasthan.gov.in
• Step 2: You will have to locate ‘Indira Gandhi Free Smartphone Yojana 2023’ on the homepage and select the option.
• Step 3: After clicking on the ‘Indira Gandhi Free Smartphone Yojana 2023’, you will be directed to a new page it will prompt you to enter your Aadhaar card and other details. Enter all details and then click on the ‘Submit’ button.
• Step 4: Your registration procedure for the Indira Gandhi Free Smartphone Yojana 2023 will be successfully completed after you click on the submit button. To check your application status, you can click on the ‘registration status’ and then enter your Aadhaar card number.

Free Smartphone Yojana For Rajasthan Women: Eligibility Criteria

• The woman should be a resident of Rajasthan.
• The application has to be associated with a Chiranjeevi family
• The applicant’s yearly family income should not exceed Rs 2.5 lakhs.
• The family members of the applicant should not hold a government job.

Documents required

• Aadhaar Card
• Jan Aadhar card
• Passport Size Photo
• Ration Card
• Income Certificate

In April this year, Gehlot said the government will give smartphones in a phased manner from Raksha Bandhan (August 30). He said that the purpose of providing smartphones to the women is to empower them.

In June, Gehlot said that there are many types of phones with different specifications and one buys a phone with choice only. “Mobile phone is such a thing. If you go to buy it in the market then you will get the one of your choice…how much GB you need, which brand you want. We are trying to talk to the companies that they should set up counters like the inflation relief camps and give choices to people,” the Rajasthan chief minister said. He said that the government is considering to transfer a fixed amount to bank accounts of women beneficiaries against the purchase of a phone.

According to the police, based on a complaint by Arvind, a case was registered at the Phoolbagh police station under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 366 (inducing women for marriage), 494 (second marriage without divorce), 500 (defamation) and 506 (criminal Intimidation), besides provisions of the IT Act, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bhiwadi, Sujit Shankar told news agency PTI.

Arvind, Anju’s husband in India, said they are not divorced yet and hence cannot marry her Pakistani boyfriend, whom she befriended and fell in love with on Facebook in 2019.

Last month, according to a PTI report, senior police officers in Pakistan’s Upper Dir district revealed that Anju got married to her friend Nasrullah at a court there and proper a Nikah was performed after the she converted to Islam and changed her name to Fatima.

Kumar has also urged the Indian government to investigate Anju’s passport and visa to check if she used fake documents and signatures to travel to Pakistan.

Anju (34) was born in Kailor village in Uttar Pradesh and lived in Alwar district of Rajasthan. She and Pakistani national Nasrulla (29) became friends on Facebook in 2019.

Married or not?

Last month, reports emerged that Anju had converted to Islam, taken the name Fatima, and married Nasrullah. However, later that day, Anju—who is already married and mother to two young children, released a video on social media sites, trashing rumors of her alleged marriage to Nasrullah.

In the video, Anju, with Nasrullah sitting beside her on a couch, is heard claiming that reports of her marriage to her Facebook friends are rumors and she is merely here (in Pakistan) to visit Nasrullah and his family and also for sightseeing.

In the video, Anju had said that the news of her marriage with Nasrullah is false.
Now there is news that #Anju has converted to Islam and marr!ed Nasrullah.#AnjuinPakistan #AnjuNasrullah pic.twitter.com/OsKUkhzhBj

— Bharat Ojha (@Bharatojha03) July 25, 2023

‘It’s so beautiful and peaceful’

In a recent video, Anju and her alleged Pakistani husband were seen roaming in the picturesque valleys of Upper Dir district in Pakistan’s mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The video filmed by a Pakistani vlogger, Noman Khan, shows the purported couple wandering in the scenic region amid the backdrop of lush valleys and silvery streams. Later in the video, Anju is heard lauding the beauty of the region and its people.

A Pakistan-based twitter handle named Fazal Hadi Hassan shared the video with the caption: “#Anju ‘s thoughts about the area where she on her visit. #AnjuinPakistan while visiting tourist spots in #Dir #KhyberPakhtunkhwa #Pakistan .On other end, Seema Haider story, background and the message that went to #Pakistanis & #indian people. #IndoPak love stories, eastern values, culture and religious perspective is big. #AnjuNasrullahLoveStory #simahaidar #Sima #India.”

#Anju 's thoughts about the area where she on her visit.#AnjuinPakistan while visiting tourist spots in #Dir #KhyberPakhtunkhwa #Pakistan .
On other end, Seema Haider story, background and the message that went to #Pakistanis & #indian people.#IndoPak love stories, eastern… pic.twitter.com/kzA9HRNj1a

— Fazal Hadi Hassan (@fhhassan) July 25, 2023

Anju’s story shares eerie similarities with that of Seema Haider, a Pakistani mother of four who recently entered illegally into India via Nepal along with her four kids to marry Sachin Meena, a 22-year-old Uttar Pradesh resident she befriended and fell in love with while playing popular online shooter PUBG.

(With PTI inputs)

Recently, the cross-border love stories of Sachin-Seema Haider and Anju-Nasrullah have created a lot of buzz on social media. Another cross-border marriage story has come to the fore of an Indian man and a Pakistani woman.

A bride from Pakistan’s Karachi and a groom from Rajasthan’s Jodhpur tied the knot online after the woman failed to obtain an Indian visa on time. The special online Nikah took place on Wednesday in Jodhpur. All the rituals of Nikah were performed virtually and a Qazi solemnised the marriage and the bride present in Karachi said: “Qabool Hai”.

Arbaaz, the younger son of contractor Mohammad Afzal, who lives in Jodhpur, got married to a Pakistani woman, Ameena. The marriage was scheduled to take place in Karachi but due to visa-related issues, the nikah was done online.

In this unique wedding, Arbaaz and Ameena’s family members performed online rituals. Both families were connected through video conference.

Two big LED screens along with laptops were also installed at the venue.
The groom’s father, Mohammad Afzal, said that the bride from Pakistan will soon visit Jodhpur. “The girls there and their families also want to get married in Jodhpur. We also have relatives there. Now, we will prepare for visa. It is convenient for ordinary families like us to go for an online marriage as the expenses are also less. If we apply visa with Nikahnama (marriage certificate) of India then it will be easily available,” he said.

Bhargav Mishra’s body was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his paying guest room in the Mahaveer Nagar area here around 8.30 pm on Friday, they added.

This is the eighteenth case of suspected suicide so far this year by coaching students preparing for competitive examinations here.

A resident of Champaran district in Bihar, Mishra came here in March this year. He was a student of Class 12 preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) at a coaching institute here.

The boy allegedly hanged himself to death in his room in Mahaveer Nagar-III here sometime around Friday noon, DSP Harshraj Singh said on Saturday morning.

The incident came to light when Mishra, who was last seen around 11 am on Friday, did not answer the repeated phone calls from his parents, following which the paying guest caretaker went to his room and found the door bolted from inside, Singh said.

When Mishra did not respond to his several calls, the caretaker reported the matter to the police who reached the spot around 8 .30 pm and broke the room open only to find the boy hanging from the ceiling fan, he added.

The reason behind the alleged suicide is yet to be ascertained, the DSP said, adding that no suicide note was recovered from his room.

Police are trying to gather more details about him and obtain his performance sheet from the coaching institute to assess his scoring status and regularity in the class, Singh said.

The body has been kept in the mortuary of New Medical College Hospital for the post-mortem which will be conducted once the teenager’s family members arrive here, the DSP added.

On the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, a 17-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly committed suicide by wrapping his face with a plastic bag in Rajasthan’s Kota, police said.

The body of the victim, Manjot Chabra, a resident of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh, was found in his hostel room in the Vigyan Nagar area on Thursday morning.

However, Chabra’s parents alleged their son was murdered and have lodged a case against six people, including a classmate of the boy and the hostel owner.

Last year, at least 15 cases of suicide by coaching students were reported in this coaching hub.

Over 2 lakh students living in over 25,000 paying guest rooms and 3,500 hostels are currently taking coaching for entrance exams in various coaching institutes here.

(Only the headline has been reworked by India.com. Copy comes from a syndicated feed)

The crime was committed early this morning, hours after the teen left home to graze goats with her mother. The victim was allegedly separated from her mother and when she didn’t return, her family and villagers spread out to look for her and searched all night until they found her remains in a brick kiln at a field near her home in the early hours of Thursday.

Police Suspect Gang-rape

Local police found bones, a silver anklet and shoes in the still-burning remains. Police suspect that the girl was gang-raped before she was killed. Police have taken three local men, who were caught at the spot, to the custody and are being questioned.

Soon after the incident was reported, hundreds of villagers gathered at the spot and staged demonstration, demanding justice for the victim and quick arrest of the accused. The villagers alleged that the police responded belatedly to their complaint about the girl going missing yesterday and asked for her ID and a birth certificate.

BJP Slams Congress For Crimes in State

Politics in the state escalated soon after the incident was reported and BJP leaders, including a former minister, arrived at the spot and joined in the protests.

The BJP slammed the ruling party in the state and questioned the effectiveness of their administration in ensuring public safety. The BJP also expressed deep concerns over the prevailing law and order situation that allowed such a heinous crime to occur.

Taking to Twitter, BJP youth leader Vikram Goud said, “Tragic! In Rajsthan a minor girl was brutally raped & thrown in a coal furnace. Locals recovered her burnt body. Women’s safety in Rajsthan under Congress rule has become a joke.”

Notably, the BJP has been targeting the state’s ruling Congress and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over recent crimes against women in the state.

Increasing Crimes in Rajasthan

It should be noted that a girl was shot, splashed with acid and thrown into a well in Kaurali on July 14 this year and her family alleged that the police didn’t react to their complaint.

In a similar manner, three days later, a girl was allegedly gang-raped on the university campus in Jodhpur. On July 19, four members of a family, including a baby, were killed and their bodies were set on fire in Jodhpur.

A horrifying video of the incident which has gone viral on social media platforms shows the attackers raining down blows on the helpless woman and even throw her in the mud. Luckily, police intervened in in time and saved the woman from being lynched by the rabid mob.

https://twitter.com/shilpirajput0/status/1686254689065848832

A female police officer can be seen coming to the victim’s rescue and halts the brutal assault which would led to the victim’s death if the cops had not intervened in time. Later in the clip, the female officer is seen escorting the woman to safety.

As per an India Today report, locals found BJP references, mural of a lotus flower and a board with derogatory words on the woman’s house inviting the anger of other members of her community in the area.

Irate locals, mostly men, stormed the house and dragged the woman—who is reportedly mentally challenged—out on the street and assaulted. The mob dragged the mentally handicapped woman by hair and and paraded through a crowded market while the nasty assault continued, the report said.

As per local media reports, upon hearing the mob approaching, the woman hid inside a room in her house, however, the attackers broke the door down and dragged her out while repeatedly slapping and kicking her.

The sadistic beating continued even as cops from Malpura police station arrived at the spot, however, a courageous female constable, Dholi Bai, jumped in the middle of the assault and managed to rescue the victim. Constable Dholi Bai, with assistance from her colleagues, escorted the victim to the police station where she was administered first aid and later shifted to a hospital for treatment.

Later, it was discovered that the victim was mentally challenged, according to the India Today report.

Police said they have a registered a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in this connection and after nearly two weeks of investigation, seven suspects has been arrested so far.

The tomatoes loaded on the truck are worth around Rs 21 lakh. The truck, owned by Mehat Transport of Kolar, departed on July 27 but has yet to reach its destination.

Following the incident, the mandi owner in Kolar has registered a complaint in connection with the disappearance of the truck. The owner has not been able to contact the driver since the truck went missing, the police said.

Police suspected the driver and the cleaner of stealing both the vehicle and the tomatoes. Currently, the investigation is underway.

In another incident resembling this case, a group of unidentified individuals reportedly stole tomatoes worth Rs 1.5 lakh from a farm in Karnataka’s Hassan district in July. The aggrieved farmer lodged a complaint with the police, narrating that upon arriving at his farm, he was shocked to discover that his entire produce had vanished.

The farmer stated that the thieves had apparently entered the farm premises carrying approximately 50-60 bags, which they swiftly filled with tomatoes amounting to the value of 1.5 lakhs before making a hasty escape.

Meanwhile, Tomato prices continue to rise in Tamil Nadu as the wholesale price of the red fruit touched Rs 200 per kilogram in the state capital. While the wholesale market was selling tomatoes at Rs 200 per kilogram, in certain retail shops, tomatoes were sold at Rs 185 per kilogram. Traders also said that the price is likely to rise to Rs 250 per kg in a week’s time.

Other Cities See Tomato Price Hike

Delhi-NCR saw a major hike in tomato prices, which used to cost Rs 20-30 per kg, shot up to Rs 110-160 per kg. In response to the skyrocketing price of tomatoes, fast-food restaurant franchise Subway has taken tomatoes off its menu. To address the challenges posed by the escalating prices and disruptions in the tomato supply chain due to quality concerns, Subway outlets have taken the decision to temporarily suspend the use of tomatoes in their sandwiches and salads.

A notable example of this initiative was observed at a Subway store located in a Delhi airport terminal. The store prominently displayed a sign, politely informing the customers about the “Temporary Unavailability of TOMATOES”.

The sign further clarified that the current unavailability stems from the difficulty in sourcing sufficient tomatoes that adhere to their stringent quality control standards.

Rukmeena’s husband Ram Prasad has claimed that the pair died in a fire triggered by a short circuit. Ram Prasad has been apprehended by the police, news agency PTI reported.

As per the report, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Amrita Duahn said the woman’s relatives have been informed and the post-mortem will be done once they reach Jodhpur.

Sikkim native Ram Prasad married Rukmeena, who belonged to Nepal, three years ago. A Naik in the Indian Army, Ram Prasad moved to Jodhpur with his family about two years ago and had been living in the military quarters.

“At 5 am on Sunday, we received information that two people had burnt to death in the Army quarters. We rushed to the spot and found the woman and her daughter lying on the bed in a completely charred condition,” Duhan told PTI.

Ram Prasad was also present in the house and had burn marks on his hands, she said.

Quoting sources, the report said that Ram Prasad has claimed that he tried to save his wife and their daughter but failed and ran out of the house for help.

Duhan said a case is being registered against Ram Prasad under Section 302 (murder) of Indian Penal Code at Ratanada police station.

“We are not in a position to arrive at any conclusion until the post-mortem is conducted,” Duhan said and added that a forensics team was called to the spot.

Army man shoots dead brother

Meanwhile, in a related incident, earlier this week, an Army soldier allegedly shot dead his younger brother in Rajasthan’s Jaipur over a dispute. According to the police, the incident took place in Jaipur’s Bindayaka area on Wednesday night when Dhir Singh (43) had an argument with his younger brother Heera Singh (40).

The argument soon escalated and Dhir Singh allegedly shot his younger brother with his licensed 12-bore rifle, Station House Officer (SHO) Bhupendra Singh told  PTI. The officer said the bullet struck Heera Singh in the shoulder and the victim eventually bled to death due to profuse bleeding from the bullet wound.

The body was handed over to the relatives after the post-mortem, the police said, adding that Dhir Singh has been arrested and a case registered against him under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The accused, a soldier in the Indian Army, had come here on leave only a month ago, the SHO said, adding that he has been taken into custody and is being interrogated.

A 12-bore licensed rifle and two shells have been recovered from the accused, the SHO said.

(With PTI inputs)

The argument soon escalated and Dhir Singh allegedly shot his younger brother with his licensed 12-bore rifle, Station House Officer (SHO) Bhupendra Singh told news agency PTI. The officer said the bullet struck Heera Singh in the shoulder and the victim eventually bled to death due to profuse bleeding from the bullet wound.

The body was handed over to the relatives after the post-mortem, the police said, adding that Dhir Singh has been arrested and a case registered against him under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The accused, a soldier in the Indian Army, had come here on leave only a month ago, the SHO said, adding that he has been taken into custody and is being interrogated.

A 12-bore licensed rifle and two shells have been recovered from the accused, the SHO said.

CRPF constable sets wife on fire

Meanwhile, in a related incident, a CRPF constable set his wife on fire in Haryana’s Gurugram. The woman was later hospitalised at Delhi AIIMS where she succumbed to her injuries on Monday (July 24).

According to the police, Sita, a resident of Hanumangarh in district Bhiwani, died on Sunday night at the hospital, while her husband, Dharmveer, a CRPF constable, who was also badly burnt in the incident is still under treatment.

An FIR with charges of murder has been registered against the constable at Sector 65 police station, police said, according to news agency PTI.

Giving details, police said Sita stayed with her husband and a 7-year-old daughter in a government quarter at CRPF camp, Kadarpur.

“On July 17, after a heated argument between the couple, the constable allegedly set her ablaze after dousing her with some inflammable substance. They were both burnt badly in the incident,” an official said.

They were first rushed to a private hospital in Gurugram, and were later referred to Delhi, AIIMS. Sita died during treatment on Sunday late night while her husband was still being treated, police said.

On Monday, Karmchand, Sita’s brother filed a complaint in which he accused his brother-in-law for his sister’s murder.

“On July 17, there was a dispute between them and Dharamveer lost his temper on some issue and set my sister on fire by pouring inflammable substances on her. After this the neighbours gathered who doused the fire and admitted Sita to a hospital but she died on Sunday night,” the complainant said.

“As per the complaint, an FIR has been registered. The accused is under treatment. Further action will be taken as per the law,” said Vinod Kumar, SHO of Sector 65 Police Station.

There is one such instance where a government employee, on being questioned about his absence replied in a rather unexpected and audacious manner. This happened in Rajasthan when commercial assistant Ajit Singh at Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited was served a notice by his boss asking about his absence on July 14, the day when the Chief Engineer of the Kota zone, GS Bairwa conducted a surprise inspection at the Accounts office of the electricity department.

During the inspection, it was found that not only was Ajit Singh not present at his seat in the audit branch but his signature was also missing from the attendance register.

As a result, Bairwa issued a notice to Ajit, demanding an explanation for his absence to which Ajit replied “You never come on time, so neither do I.” The photograph of the notice, along with Singh’s audacious reply, is going viral on social media.

HERE IS THE REPLY

Ajit Singh serves in the Electricity Department through the Ex-servicemen Quota and has been stationed in Kota for the past four years.

The three accused, who thrashed the victim’s boyfriend before taking turns to rape her, were arrested hours after the incident, they said.

A senior police official said the accused were canvassing for a student leader seeking a ticket from the RSS’ student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for student union elections.

The ABVP, however, said it has no links with the accused.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot spoke to Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra about the incident in Jodhpur, his home town, and instructed him to ensure strict punishment to the accused, according to officials.

Gehlot said the promptness with which police arrested the accused is commendable. He added that his government would ensure justice for the victim by securing the harshest punishment for the culprits.

The girl eloped with her boyfriend from Ajmer on Saturday. They took a bus and reached Jodhpur around 10:30 pm. Later, they went to a guest house to get a room but left after the caretaker, Suresh Jat, misbehaved with the girl, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Amrita Duhan.

The two then went to Paota Chauraha, where the three accused — Samandar Singh Bhati, Dharmpal Singh and Bhattam Singh (aged 20-22) — approached them, she said.

The accused befriended the girl and her boyfriend, and offered them food and cold drinks, the DCP said.

When the girl and her boyfriend told the accused about themselves, the three assured them of help. Around 4 am, the accused took them to the hockey ground at the old campus of Jai Narayan Vyas University (JNVU) on the pretext of taking them to the railway station, Duhan said.

After reaching the ground, they thrashed the boy and held him hostage, while taking turns to rape the girl, she said.

As morning walkers started reaching the campus, the accused fled the spot. The girl’s boyfriend sought help from the morning walkers, who informed the police, she added.

Police swung into action and launched a hunt for the accused. A dog squad and a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team were also at the spot.

Hours after the incident, the accused were traced to a house in Ganeshpura near Ratanada in Jodhpur. They tried to flee but were injured after they fell. While two of them fractured their legs while trying to flee, the third sustained an injury in the hand, Duhan said.

“We arrested all of them after treatment,” she added.

Samandar Singh is a first-year student at JNVU, Dharm Pal Singh is a post-graduation student at JNVU and Bhattam Singh is pursuing B.Ed from Ajmer, the officer said.

Police said they have also arrested the guest house caretaker for allegedly misbehaving with the girl.

Hours before the incident, Rajasthan Chief Secretary Usha Sharma and Director General of Police Umesh Mishra held a meeting to review the law and order situation in the state.

An FIR mentioning both the incidents (misbehaviour at the guest house and gang rape at the hockey ground) has been registered with the local police station under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, IPC and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

ABVP national secretary Hushiyar Meena said the accused have no links with the student group. “The ABVP demands the strictest punishment for the accused. The law-and-order situation of Rajasthan is deteriorating day by day and the safety of university campuses is being neglected by the Congress government,” he claimed.

Chief Minister Gehlot said there were reports of the involvement of people associated with the BJP and their organisations in rape incidents in Jodhpur and in Datia of Madhya Pradesh.

“Due to such incidents, the character and face of the BJP have been exposed,” he said.

Gehlot said BJP president JP Nadda maintained silence and did not even condemn these incidents which showed the seriousness of the party on women’s safety.

“No matter how influential the accused is, the state government will secure the harshest punishment to the culprits to get justice for the innocent daughter,” he tweeted.

In Jaipur, Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) president Abhishek Choudhary said the student group will give a representation to the governor against the ABVP on Monday.

“This incident is a blot on humanity. The strictest action should be taken against the accused. We will hand over a representation to the governor against the polluted ideology of ABVP,” he said.

Congress leader and Social Welfare Board chairperson Archana Sharma said in Jaipur that the police promptly arrested the accused, which shows the state government’s commitment to women’s safety.

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According to the police, the 20-year-old woman filed a complaint with the Mahila Thana in Alwar district against her husband, Junaid, who according to the complaint duped her by introducing himself under a Hindu name when they first met on Instagram.

इंस्टाग्राम के जरिए हुई मुलाकात, जुनैद ने रोहित नाम बताकर की दोस्ती, पैसे भी ऐंठे…अलवर में लव जिहाद का मामला, लड़की ने लड़के के खिलाफ की शिकायत #LoveJihad #Alwar #Rajasthan #FakeIdentity | @Nidhijourno @thakur_shivangi pic.twitter.com/WW6GfhY8AP

— Zee News (@ZeeNews) July 15, 2023

Station House Officer (SHO) Thana Tarachand said the woman alleged that the man had befriended her on social media after introducing himself as Rohit. The couple fell in love, soon got married after a brief romance, and started living together.

In her complaint, the young woman claimed that she recently found out that the husband wasn’t named Rohit, but a Muslim man called Junaid, a resident of Alwar’s Kakrali village. She claimed that the man has now married a Muslim woman in his village.

In a video statement, the victim alleged that the man had raped her and also took Rs 8 lakh from her.

#अलवर महिला थाने में #ककराली निवासी #जुनेद खान के ख़िलाफ़ #हिंदू बनकर शादी कर देह शोषण करने व लाखों रुपए ठगने का मामला हुआ दर्ज #alwarrajasthan #LoveJihad #TopNews #LatestNews #viral #अलवर #AshokGehlot #alwarnews #trending #PoliticalNews #Todaysnews #Alwar#voiceofPratigya pic.twitter.com/EWnqpE8EKF

— Voice Of Pratigya (@VoiceofPratigya) July 15, 2023

The SHO said that based on the woman’s complaint, an FIR was registered under relevant sections and the matter was being investigated.

(With PTI inputs)

He was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment by a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court who pronounced the judgment on Friday. The special court also imposed a total fine of Rs 63,000 on the convict.

The convict, who was 16 years and 7 months of age at the time of the crime, was detained and chargesheet was filed before the Juvenile Justice Board. The case was later transferred to the POCSO court for trial in August last year.

After the trial, the POCSO court-II of Jaipur convicted him and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for life under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The court also sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) under the POCSO Act, three years RI under Section 363 (kidnapping) of the IPC, 10 years RI under Section 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) of the IPC and 10 years RI under IPC Section 377 (unnatural sex).

The punishment will be concurrent.

Odisha man sentenced for life for raping 15-year-old girl

In a similar case, a special court in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, Saturday, sentenced a 31-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl eight years ago. The victim was 15 when she was abducted and raped by the convict.

District Special POCSO Court Judge Sumita Jena also imposed a fine of Rs 7,000 on the convict, Special Public Prosecutor Abhinna Kumar Pattnaik told news agency PTI. The court also directed Mayurbhanj District Legal Services Authority to pay Rs 2 lakh to the survivor as compensation.

According to the prosecution, the girl, who was 15 years old then, was kidnapped by the convict from Sunagaria Sahi in Baripada town police station area on March 5, 2015 and raped multiple times.

The survivor’s mother lodged an FIR with the police. A case under POCSO Act was registered, the accused was arrested and the girl underwent a medical examination.

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Family members of the deceased claimed Vaibhav Sharma, a resident of Anantpura Talab, died on Wednesday night when an oxygen mask over his face allegedly caught fire after Direct Current (DC) Cardioversion shock treatment and stuck to his neck in ICU, news agency PTI reported. The incident occurred at around 10 pm on Wednesday night.

However, the authorities at New Medical College Hospital, Kota refuted the family’s allegations of negligence even as they confirmed that the oxygen mask caught fire. They said the deceased was a TB patient with GI perforation in critical condition.

He was given CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) an hour earlier before DC shock was administered to revive him, they said.

The family said Vaibhav’s condition started deteriorating around 3 pm, and was admitted to the ICU. He was given oxygen support around 10 pm but when his condition did not improve, he was given DC cardioversion shock.

The victim’s brother Gourav Sharma claimed Vaibhav’s condition was fine after the electric shock treatment and that the medical staff had retired to their room when the oxygen mask suddenly caught fire. Gourav alleged that the medical staff fled and that he had to douse the fire due to which he sustained burn injuries. Meanwhile, Vaibhav sustained burn injuries all over his face and neck as the mask stuck to his face, Gourav said.

NMCH superintendent Dr RP Meena, however, said the patient had already succumbed to death and DC shock was administered after an hour of CPR to revive him.

The deceased patient was already suffering from TB with infection in both the lungs and was admitted in critical condition, he said.

Terming fire in oxygen mask after DC shock to be a “rarest of rare” occurrence, the hospital superintendent said the reason behind fire was yet to be ascertained.

Principal of the medical college Dr Sangeeta Saxena said a 4-member committee comprising senior professors of surgery and forensic was formed to probe the incident. Biomedical engineers were also called to look into the incident, she said, adding that a report would be submitted within 24 hours.

Saxena, however, claimed the patient had already died due to his prolonged illness.

Police have lodged a case under section 174 of CrPC to investigate the actual reason of death, DSP Harshraj said.

The kin of the deceased along with some Congress and BJP leaders staged a dharna demanding compensation to the family.

(With PTI inputs)

According to officials, around a dozen men stormed a Rajasthan Roadways bus near Amoli toll plaza in Bharatpur and shot dead a murder accused who was escorted by the police for a court hearing, PTI reported, adding that another murder accused present inside the bus sustained injuries in the attack.

Giving details, a senior police officer said the gunmen arrived in a car and two motorcycles, barged into the roadways bus near Amoli toll plaza under Halena police station of Bharatpur, and hurled chilly powder at the police personnel inside before opening fire on the two murder accused, identified as Kuldeep Jagheena and Vijaypal.

“The duo was rushed to a hospital for treatment where Kuldeep Jagheena was declared brought dead, while Vijaypal is in a critical condition,” the officer told news agency PTI.

He said that senior officers, including Superintendent of Police (SP) Mridul Kachchawa, rushed to the scene after the attack and took stock of the situation, adding that further details are awaited.

The deceased was arrested last year in connection with a murder of Kripal Jagheena—an emerging politician in the area.

Kripal Jagheena was shot dead by armed assailants last year and Kuldeep was accused of organizing the assassination, Times of India (TOI) reported.

Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra said that police have launched searches and the area is being combed to locate and nab the suspects, the TOI report said. He said the police were taken aback by the surprise assault and attempted to give chase to the attackers, however, they managed to flee the scene.

(With PTI inputs)

“The driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned,” Assistant Sub Inspector of Sankra police station (Jaisalmer) Kailash Chand said.

He said many of the injured students were rushed to a hospital in Jaipur while some were admitted to a local medical facility.

Chand further said that the parents of some other children took them to private hospitals.

The ASI said the students were in the age group of 10-15 years. The bus driver was also injured in the accident, he added.

Jodhpur Collector Himanshu Gupta said 11 schoolchildren were brought to Jodhpur for treatment from Jaisalmer and all were stated to be out of danger, but a staffer, identified as Vikram Singh, succumbed to injuries.

The incident took place in the morning in Tikha Barda village, they said.

Mangilal Gurjar, a class 5 student and resident of Tikha Barda village, suffered critical injuries after stray dogs attacked him, said Shyam Sunder, Duty Officer at Bundi Sadar police station.

The dogs encircled the boy and attacked him while he was passing through an isolated stretch between his house and the agriculture field around 500 metres away, the police officer said.

Police said there was no one around when the incident took place.

The boy screamed for help and ran around to save himself but the stray dogs critically wounded him by the time his uncle and other villagers reached the spot.

They took him to district hospital where doctors referred him to Kota. The boy succumbed to injuries on the way to Kota, police said.

The body was handed over to the family members after post-mortem later in the day. A case was registered under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) that deals with unnatural death. The matter is being investigated, Duty Officer Sunder said.

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Bhadur Singh’s body was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room in the Mahaveer Nagar area here on Saturday morning, they added.

A resident of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh, Singh came here over two months ago. He was a student of Class 11 preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) at a coaching institute here.

The boy allegedly hanged himself to death in his hostel room on Friday night, Mahaveer Nagar Circle Inspector Paramjeet Patel said.

On Saturday morning, one of Singh’s friends spotted his body hanging from the ceiling fan and informed the caretaker. On being informed, the police reached the hostel and recovered the body after breaking into the room which was locked from the inside, Patel said.

Singh was reportedly absent from his coaching classes for the last 3-4 days, he added.

Police are trying to gather more details about him and obtain his performance sheet from the coaching institute to assess his scoring status and regularity in the class, Patel said.

The reason behind the alleged suicide is yet to be ascertained, the CI said, adding that no suicide note was recovered from his room.

The body has been kept in a mortuary and a post-mortem will be conducted once his family members arrive, he added.

The latest incident is suspected the fifteenth suicide case by a coaching student in Kota this year so far.

Last year, at least 15 coaching students died by suicide. More than 2.25 lakh students are estimated to be taking classes in various coaching centres in the city this academic session to crack entrance exams of medical and engineering colleges.

The repeated suicides by students in the coaching hub despite multiple measures by government and non-government agencies have started ringing an alarm bell for all the stakeholders and parents.

Stressful preparation for the entrance examination, high expectations from parents and unwanted distractions have been reported as the common reasons behind suicides by coaching students here, said Kunhari Circle Officer DSP Shankar Lal, who is also part of the students’ help desk.

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