1. TV Journalist Attacked Inside Local Train
A senior TV journalist was allegedly attacked by around eight passengers inside a Mumbai local train on the Western railway line, a railway police official said.
Shudhir Shukla, who works for a Hindi news channel, sustained injuries in the attack that took place between Mira Road and Andheri railway stations, the official said.
"A group of passengers standing on the foot-board of the local train, tried to stop Shukla from boarding the Andheri-bound train at Mira Road, saying that there was no space inside," a senior Government Railway Police (GRP) official said.
"However, Shukla managed to get inside the train, following which an argument broke out between him and those passengers," the official said.
(Source: PTI)
2. Jalandhar Woman Castrates Husband For Infidelity
A man was castrated by his wife who suspected that he had an extramarital affair with a college student. The man was asleep when his wife first hit him on head with an iron rod and then castrated him with a knife.
The man was hospitalised in a serious condition and the woman has been arrested. “Accused Sukhwinder Kaur (35) has claimed that her husband Azaad Singh (40) had an illicit relationship and she came to know about it. She was in a fit of rage when she assaulted him early on Tuesday morning when he was asleep,” ACP central Satinder Chadha said.
The woman was suspicious about her husband’s relationship with a 22-year-old college student, who was also related to the family. On seeing phone chats, she decided to teach him a lesson. She stumbled upon his phone chats with the college student a few days ago. The woman had an altercation with her husband over his affair and wanted to teach him a lesson, the cops said.
(Source: Times of India)
3. Class 7 Student Who Threatened Teacher, Her Daughter With Rape, Suspended
A Class 7 student has been suspended after he allegedly threatened a teacher and her daughter with rape, a prominent private school in Gurugram said in a statement on Tuesday.
In the same school, a Class 8 student allegedly asked a teacher out for a candlelight dinner and sex. It was not known if any action had been taken against this student.
Both the incidents took place last week, the school said in the statement.
“A thorough investigation was carried out and stern action was taken, including suspension along with mandated counselling. The school has a zero-tolerance policy towards such acts,” the statement said.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
4. Punjab Woman Says She Was Gangraped on Delhi-Ranchi Train
A 19-year-old resident of Punjab has told Jharkhand Police she was gangraped by two men in an empty bogie of a Delhi-Ranchi train two weeks ago, an official said.
Two days after the rape, the woman allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison but was rescued and rushed to Ranchi’s Guru Nanak Hospital, where her condition is said to be stable.
She told police about the rape when they went to the hospital to record her statement on Friday.
The resident of Fazilka town in Punjab said she was gangraped by two men on Anand Vihar (New Delhi)-Ranchi Swarna Jayanti Express on February 6 between Muri junction and Ranchi.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
5. Minor Raped by Juvenile in UP’s Ballia
A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a juvenile neighbour in a village in Rasda area here, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place yesterday when the girl was playing outside her home and the 14-year-old boy allegedly took her to secluded place and raped her, they said.
An FIR has been registered in this connection by victim's father and the accused teenager has been detained, police added.
(Source: PTI)
6. Kasganj: Man Shoots Girl For Rejecting Him, Then Shoots Self
Hours after a 23-year-old man shot a woman, 22, in the head for allegedly refusing to marry him in Islamnagar area under Amapur police jurisdiction of Kasganj district, the gunman shot himself on late Tuesday night.
The accused man was admitted to the same government hospital in Aligarh where the woman is currently undergoing treatment.
Pehelwan Singh, station house officer (SHO) of Amapur, said, “Around 9:30 pm, the gunman, Sakeer, shot himself in the stomach with the same country-made pistol that he had used to shoot the woman, Afsana, in the morning.”
(Source: Times of India)
7. Woman Dies After Surgery in Gurugram Hospital, Son Billed Rs 17 Lakh
The son of a 67-year-old woman has filed a police complaint against a city-based private hospital, alleging negligence in a surgery performed on her for which a final bill of Rs 17 lakh was raised. The woman died 18 days after the surgery, this January.
Though police have accepted the complaint, a decision on whether a case is to be registered will be taken only after the health department conducts an inquiry and gives its report.
Savitri Devi, originally from Alwar in Rajasthan, was admitted to Columbia Asia on January 8. Her son claimed she had stones in her gall bladder and needed a surgery for their removal. The next morning, she was operated upon. The hospital, however, said it had conducted no such surgery.
(Source: The Times of India)
8. Intra-Caste Rajput Couple in Bihar on The Run
At an undisclosed location in Purnia district of North-East Bihar, 350 km from capital Patna, Kumar Aman Ashish, 21, and Prerna Kumari, 20, are hiding. They are a couple in love, who are on the run. Prerna’s family is hunting them for daring to love, elope and marry; her father has registered a case of kidnapping against the young groom. They change their location every three to four days for “fear of reprisal.”
There is a twist to the love tale too. This is not an inter-religious or inter-caste marriage. Neither has Ashish kidnapped Prerna. Both, Ashish and Prerna belong to the forward Rajput caste. And both are adults. The hitch? Prerna’s parents wanted their daughter to marry a boy of their choice.
Ashish joins the long list of men against whom a case of abduction has been made out under the IPC.
(Source: The Hindu)
9. Molestation Charge on IRS Officer in Bihar
An Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer posted in Patna was arrested on Wednesday allegedly for ‘molesting’ a minor girl from Sikkim at a coaching institute mentored by him.
The girl was attending classes for her medical entrance exam and residing in a hostel along with other students in Patna.
“The officer was arrested after an FIR was filed at the Digha police station. The complainant stated that she was molested by the officer in the hostel room on the night of 17 February,” Shibli Nomani, Deputy SP (Law and Order), said.
(Source: The Hindu)
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