Senior police officials said that the acid attack was a result of dispute between the girl’s family and the neighbours.

HAPUR: A minor rape victim was attacked with acid in Hapur district on Sunday.

The victim and her family alleged that a relative of the accused was pressurizing them for a compromise and when they refused, she was attacked with acid.

They alleged that the accused threw acid on the girl’s feet and fled saying that the next time, it would be her face.

The victim has been admitted to a hospital for treatment.

Babugarh police station in-charge Uttam Singh Rathore said the minor was allegedly raped in June 2019.

Police had arrested a man, identified as Dilshad, in the case.

Senior police officials said that the acid attack was a result of dispute between the girl’s family and the neighbours.

The police said that the matter is being investigated.

As soon as the House took up Question Hour, members raised slogans against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

NEW DELHI: Some opposition members in Lok Sabha on Monday raised slogans against the amended citizenship law during Question Hour.

As soon as the House took up Question Hour, members raised slogans against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

“Say no to CAA”, “save our democracy” and “save our Constitution” were some of the slogans raised by them along with a few opposition MPs shouting “Goli maarna bandh karo; desh ko todna bandh karo“.

Speaker Om Birla said the House was taking up the important issue of skill development of the youth, hence members should participate in it and go back to their seats.

He also reminded that floor leaders had assured him that the Question Hour will be allowed to be conducted smoothly and members are free to raise issues during Zero Hour which follows the Question Hour.

However, members kept raising slogans.

The FIR lodged in Galshaheed police station names 20 people and mentions 600 unidentified people who have been accused of shouting objectionable slogans.

MORADABAD: Police have registered an FIR against a group of protesters, mostly women, who have began an “indefinite” sit-in against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Eidgah Ground in Moradabad.

The FIR lodged in Ghalshaheed police station names 20 people and mentions 600 unidentified people who have been accused of shouting objectionable slogans.

Of the unnamed people, 400 are men while 200 are women.

A large number of police personnel have been deployed at the ground.

Moradabad District Magistrate Rakesh Singh said Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed and action will be taken on any “anti-social elements indulging in violence”.

“No permission was sought from the administration for the demonstration, so it is illegal but we are watching,” he said.

Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) prohibits assembly of four or more people in an area.

It is, however, being claimed that the Eidgah where they began their protest since Wednesday is a “private” place and the CrPC section does not apply to them.

The protesters claimed that the CAA and proposed National Register of Citizens were unconstitutional and their implementation will create communal tensions.

A woman activist, who did not want to be named, said the BJP government was trying to divert the attention from the public as it has not performed well.

Criticising the amended citizenship law, another activist said religion should not be the basis of allowing migrants into the country.

We are demanding for a withdrawal of the Act, she said.

Another woman said, “Many people from the Muslim community in Moradabad are top-class artisans in metalcraft and contribute towards high foreign currency earnings for the country. It would be difficult for many of them to prove they have jobs as they do not possess documents.”

Circle Officer (Civil Lines) Anil Samania said Khan was brought here late Friday evening and was produced before the remand magistrate who remanded him to judicial custody.

ALIGARH: Child specialist Kafeel Khan who was accused of making an inflammatory speech at AMU was remanded to judicial custody and later transferred to Mathura jail, officials said on Saturday.

Circle Officer (Civil Lines) Anil Samania said Khan was brought here late Friday evening and was produced before the remand magistrate who remanded him to judicial custody.

He was sent to the Aligarh jail, but within an hour, he was transferred to Mathura jail, the official said.

He was accused of making an inflammatory speech at the university during anti-CAA protests on December 14.

Welfare Minister Sidhu said the government of India on Friday issued the guidelines that all passengers coming from China after January 15 will be screened and tested.

CHANDIGARH: A total of 1,804 passengers have been screened for novel coronavirus at Amritsar and Mohali airports as well as border check posts of Atari and Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab, Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said.

He said no symptomatic or suspected case of coronavirus has been reported out of these passengers.

Sidhu said the government of India on Friday issued the guidelines that all passengers coming from China after January 15 will be screened and tested.

He said all the passengers coming from China to Punjab after January 15 are being contacted and samples are being taken. Twenty-three samples will be sent for testing at the National Institute of Virology in Pune.

He said 33 passengers with travel history to China had reported in the state, out of which two samples of suspected patients have been tested negative and eight passengers have completed 14 days observation period and the remaining 23 passengers are under regular observation of the Department of Health