A 19-year-old girl committed self immolation after a youth tried to rape her in Alwar district of Rajasthan. This is he second such incident in the state this week. The victim poured kerosene and set herself afire in her house in Alwar's Laxmangarh town on Thursday. She was admitted to a local hospital and referred to Jaipur's SMS government hospital, where she died on Friday, said the police.
Four persons, including son of a state minister, have been booked for allegedly eve-teasing girls in Rajasthan's Alwar district, police said on Thursday.
"This time Dinesh had gone to Ahmedabad to get his statement recorded in the case and it was unfortunate that he had been arrested without prior intimation to us", Kataria said.
The police is investigating the role of other relatives of a 21-year-old girl who was allegedly murdered here by her parents as they were against her marriage with a youth from a different caste.
However, Yadav clarified later that his comment was meant to be a joke.
The agitated villagers allegedly thrashed the two men, injuring both of them seriously by the time the police arrived, Judal said.
'The BJP has failed to protect cows.' Why doesn't the government say it is a government for cows, mandir and the Ganga?' 'Why don't they declare the cow as a national animal?
Two men hailing from Kashmir were detained in Alwar, as they apparently resembled the sketches of the suspects in the Delhi high court blast case.
A contempt plea alleged that incidents of mob lynching and vigilantism were taking place despite the apex court verdict in this regard.
A National Security Guard commando, who claimed to have been part of the strike team during the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, was arrested in New Delhi along with an accomplice for allegedly indulging in drug trade and 26 kilograms of a banned hypnotic drug with street value of Rs 1 crore seized, police said on Friday.
A seven-year-old girl was raped by two men in Khuteta Kala village in Rajasthan's Alwar district, following which enraged family members of the victim badly beat up the accused, the police said on Monday. Jagdish and Pappu had allegedly raped the child in a house in an isolated area on Friday night when the girl had gone to a nearby bus stand in search of her father.
Government data shows getting justice is a long-drawn-out process for rape victims.
The arrests were made in connection with the death of one Soharrubudin Sheikh, who was allegedly killed in a gun battle on November 26, 2005 during a joint operation by Gujarat's Anti-Terrorist Squad and Rajasthan Police.
The incident occurred on Tuesday on the Hissar-Jaipur shuttle.
The party, however, said there was a degree awarded to one Narendra Kumar Mahavir Prasad Modi, a resident of Alwar, and not to Narendra Damodardas Modi.
The counsel claimed that the ground-level situation in these states was worrisome as the cow vigilante groups were resorting to violence there.
What is perhaps more worrisome is that while the conviction rate in rape cases has increased marginally in recent years, the chargesheeting rate has gone down -- which means cases are not going to court.
The Gujarat CID, the agency probing the case, also filed an application seeking the court's nod to conduct narco-analysis tests on the officers.
In Jaipur, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said that it was "alright" that some people caught those who were illegally transporting animals but added that "no one has the right to take the law in their own hands".
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Our relations are very old. If she thinks whatever I had said has hurt her, I express my regret for that. I will also write a letter to her, Yadav said.
A selfie clicked by the member of Rajasthan State Commission for Women with a rape victim courted controversy prompting the chairperson of the commission to seek a written explanation.
His suspension would be effective from April 24, the date he was arrested by the Gujarat police.
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A selfie clicked by a member of the Rajasthan State Commission for Women with a rape victim has created a major controversy prompting the chairperson of the commission to seek a written explanation.
'It's not only holy reverence that drives them to such vigilantism -- there is adventure too.' 'Some of the younger gau rakshaks enjoy the thrill of the chase: Stopping vehicles, wielding weapons, badgering passengers and then gloating.'
In a controversial move, rape convict Bitti Mohanty has been sent to Jaipur by Kerala police, despite the Kerala high court staying his transfer till December 10.
The court granted the last opportunity to the defaulting states and UTs, warning if they did not file their reports within a week, then their home secretaries will have to appear in person before court.
The killer has been arrested.
The National Investigation Agency has found some important clues in the Bodh Gaya blasts, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on Wednesday.
The houses of a sitting and a former MLA, both Dalits, were set afire by a violent mob.
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After stepping out of the cab near South East Delhi's C R Park area, she informed the police about the incident at around 10 pm, the police said.
Stones were pelted and two vehicles were burnt by miscreants who were allegedly trying to rig the process. Shahnawaz Akhtar reports.
The member, Somya Gurjar, handed over her resignation to Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
At places in the border districts of Barmer and Jaisalmer, people walked miles through the desert to cast their votes.
The school management also removed all the security staffs.
'Across the country -- in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Manipur, Delhi, Bihar, West Bengal -- men were lynched on suspicion of being thieves by ordinary people armed with rods and sticks.' 'But none of these lynchings made big news.' 'None of these lynchings were cow/beef-related.' 'The perpetrators were unknown people, not so-called gau rakshaks.' 'So why were these instances of mob violence considered less newsworthy than cow-related lynchings?' asks Jyoti Punwani.
It was a 50-year-old man arrested on Wednesday who had entered into an altercation with Junaid and his brothers over seat sharing.
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