QAhmedabad: EC Orders Re-polling in Sanand’s Booth & More
Here is your round-up of the top stories from Ahmedabad.
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1. Gujarat: Citing Bogus Voting, EC Orders Repolling in 1 Booth of Sanand
The Election Commission has ordered repolling at a booth in Dharmaj in Anand parliamentary constituency where voting took place on May 23 with the rest of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. “The repolling has been ordered due to bogus voting in the polling booth. It had come to the notice of the returning officer,” an official from the Election Commission said.
Repolling at the polling booth will now be held on Sunday (May 12) between 7 am and 6 pm. Dharmaj is also a stronghold of Patidars.
(Source: The Indian Express)
2. Gujarat Facing Massive Water Crisis
With rising mercury levels and severe heatwave, Gujarat is facing a massive water crisis. The scarcity is particularly acute in the Saurashtra region, Kutch, North Gujarat and parts of tribal pockets in central and South Gujarat.
More than 20 districts are severely affected as towns and villages hardly get water twice a week. In more than 500 villages in 14 districts, drinking water is being supplied through tankers; the number will only rise in days to come.
Recently, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani admitted that the State is in the midst of a major water shortage but assured that drinking water will be provided to every village. Except the Narmada, all other waterbodies and dams have negligible water, he said.
(Source: The Hindu)
3. Rajkot Lifts Ban on PUBG After HC Seeks Govt’s Reply
Hours after the Gujarat High Court sought response of the state government over the extension on ban on popular online games PUBG and Momo challenge, Rajkot City police on Wednesday evening lifted the ban with immediate effect.
“Taking into account the demand from youth, and after reviewing them, the notification issued by the office here is being cancelled effective from 8 pm on May 8, 2019,” Rajkot City police commissioner Manoj Agrawal said, adding that his office had banned the mobile phone games in “wider interest of youth.”
(Source: The Indian Express)
4. Ahmedabad: Dalit Groom Rides Horse, Community Faces Boycott
All that Manubhai Parmar – a Dalit – wanted for his son Mehul's wedding was a traditional varghodo (a marriage procession with the groom riding a horse). However, the decision came at a heavy price for his whole community in the Lahor village of Mehsana district as it allegedly led to their social ostracisation by the prominent Thakor community.
Trouble started when Mehul, who got married on May 7 in a mass marriage function, carried out a procession through the village of 1,600 residents of which 200 are Dalits while the rest are Thakors.
(Source: DNA Ahmedabad)
5. Ramol Gang-Rape: Child’s DNA Matches Accused’s
Ramol police on Wednesday declared that Ankit Parekh, one of three accused arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a 19-year-old in Ramol area of the city last year, was the father of her stillborn child.
This confirmation, which came from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Gandhinagar, proves that Ankit was involved in the rape of the college-student.
(Source: Ahmedabad Mirror)
6. Gujarat Dalit Teen Murdered in Public
A 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was to get married in two weeks, was stabbed to death in full public view in Gujarat after she refused to sit on the alleged murderer’s motorcycle, police said Thursday.
The incident took place in Bavla town of Ahmedabad district on Wednesday evening.
The victim, Mittal Jadav, was stabbed multiple times by the accused, Ketan Vaghela, when she refused to go with him on his motorbike, the police said, quoting from the complaint lodged by her father Ramesh Jadav.
(Source: PTI)