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US, UK Troops Among 3 Dead in Iraq Rocket Attack
US, UK troops among three dead in Iraq rocket attack, reports AFP news agency quoting security source.
Fresh FIR Filed in Irrigation Scam; Five Officials Booked
One more FIR, naming five Maharashtra government officials, was registered by the Nagpur unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the multi-crore irrigation scam.
Five officials of Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC), some of them now retired, were booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Sadar police station in Nagpur, an ACB statement said on late Wednesday night, reported PTI.
Three Jaish Associates Held in Kashmir's Budgam
Three militant associates of Jaish-e-Mohammad, including a minor, were held and arms and ammunition recovered from their possession in Kashmir's Budgam district, police said on Wednesday.
They were active in the area for the past few months, they said.
"(Based) on a specific input, security forces arrested Dilawar Sofi and Sameer Yousuf Ganie, who are associates affiliated with proscribed terror outfit JeM. The third associate held is a minor. All of them are residents of Chadoora, Budgam," a police spokesperson said.
Man Held for Raping Seven-Year-Old in Gujarat
A 55-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, police said on Wednesday.
The police on Monday arrested Bhikhabhai Sidi for allegedly raping the minor who was visiting a relative at Chhachhar village with her mother, an official from Talala police station said.
The incident took place on Sunday when Sidi lured the victim, took her to an isolated place and raped her before escaping, he said.
A case has been registered against the accused under sections 376 (rape) and 377 (unnatural sex) of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he added.