City court awarded death penalty to a man who was convicted of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl on April 20, 2017.

The same is awaiting confirmation by the high court.

The accused Anil Balagar (35) has been convicted for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl at his residence.

Judge M Lathakumari awarded death penalty to Anil for killing the child and 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping her, apart from slapping a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.

It has been reported that, “The girl was playing outside her grandfather’s home, which is opposite Balagar’s house. She went missing at 6.15pm and attempts to find her went in vain. Around 8pm, Balagar informed people that he had to leave for his native place,” public prosecutor Channa Venkataramanappa said. He said the convict’s mobile was switched off soon after he left and that the family didn’t find the girl, and lodged a missing complaint. “Three days later, foul smell emanating from Balagar’s house caught the attention of neighbours. On breaking it open, police found the girl’s body,” he said, adding that the judgment has no connection with the recent ordinance passed by the Centre that allows death penalty for those who rape minors.

11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 38-year-old pastor at Vallampadu village, which comes under Revanur police station in Andhra Pradesh.
Police has arrested the accused and produced him in the Koilakuntla court.
According to the police, the incident happened on April 23. However, the case was registered on April 26 after the family of the victim approached the police.
The minor girl was in trauma and did’nt tell her family about the assault initially but after her physical condition got worse, the family got to know that the child was raped.
Police has booked the 38-year-old pastor under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 along with the Section 376 of IPC.

(PTI)

In China, a man wielding a knife has killed nine middle school children and injured at least 10 in Shaanxi province.
According to media reports, the 28-year-old suspect, who was a graduate of the same middle school, has been detained.
His actions were reportedly motivated by a grudge after he confessed of being bullied during his time there.

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The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the trial in the rape and murder of a young girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir as it asked the accused to respond to the plea for the transfer of trial to Chandigarh.

Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Indu Malhotra stayed the trial which was listed for Saturday in Kathua, saying it would hold a hearing on the plea for transfer of trial on May 7.

Earlier, the Jammu and Kashmir government had opposed the transfer of the trial saying that it had a different penal code and transfer of trial would pose inconvenience to the witnesses.

Meanwhile, the Centre on Friday told the top court that it would extend whatever assistance was required from it.

The Centre is a respondent in a related petition seeking transfer of investigation from the Jammu and Kashmir Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation, a plea opposed by the rape-cum-murder victim’s father.

In April 20 parents were sent to jail by the court and this month 6 parents were sent to jail.
In a massive crackdown against underage driving, the Hyderabad traffic police has arrested 26 parents in the last two months for allowing their children to drive on the road, leading to major accidents.

“In April 20 parents were sent to jail by the court and this month 6 parents were counseling all, so a total of 26 parents were sent to jail in last two months,” Anil Kumar, Additional Commissioner of Traffic Police of Hyderabad told news agency ANI.

The Hyderabad Traffic Police has developed a program, including counselling sessions and registering of First Information Reports (FIR), to make both the children and parents aware of the consequences of allowing minors to drive.

The strict action comes after a reported increase in incidents of minors getting involved in accidents.

Earlier this week, a woman driver ran over a cobbler sleeping on the footpath at Kushaiguda area of Hyderabad.

The driver, an engineering student, and her three friends, including the daughter of an Inspector with the Hyderabad Police, were returning home after partying at a bar in AS Rao Nagar.

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Though the woman behind the wheel, identified as Ishanya Pathireddy (20) and her three friends in the car were allegedly drunk at the time of the incident, the cops denied it saying that she had tested negative and that only two of the girls had consumed alcohol.

The car was registered in the name of Ishanya’s mother Vijayapathi Reddy and has a pending traffic challan issued four months ago.

Eyewitnesses claimed that the vehicle came to a halt after crushing Tilekar Ashok (48) and injuring his elder son Mahesh.

Bike Borne Indore Model sexually harassed

An Indore based model suffered an accident after men sexually harassed her. The model posted the picture to show her bruises. A model from Indore has recently narrated a disgraceful incident of sexual harassment she faced in broad daylight on Mon 23rd Apr, 2018.

The model, in a series of tweets, talked about how 2 men tried to pull her skirt when she was riding a 2 wheeler on a busy road, and told her “dikhao iske niche kya hai” (Show what’s underneath).

The girl tried to get hold of the duo, but in the process lost control of her scooty, and met with an accident. She posted a picture of her bruised leg on social media platforms.

“This happened recently. 2 guys tried to pull my skirt while I was on my activa and said, “dikhao Iske niche Kya hai?” I tried to stop them and lost control and met with an accident.” she said in her first tweet with a request of anonymity.

What makes this incident more shocking is that it happened in a busy area, but no one cared to intervene.

“It happened on one of the busiest roads of indore, and nobody tried to stop them. They ran away, and I couldn’t even see their number. I’ve never felt so helpless. I’m not the kind of girl who will just sit & watch. Those fiends ran away, and I couldn’t do anything.” she averred.

“My friends took me to a nearby cafe and I tried my level best to let this incident go. Not because I’m weak, but for those 30 minutes, I wasn’t ready to deal with it. I was numb. I was speechless.” read her tweet.

To make things more humiliating for the model, one man blamed the girl for wearing a skirt.

“What I want to wear is my fucking choice. Those guys don’t have any right to harass me because wearing a skirt doesn’t give you a right to behave like that. An uncle who came to help me after my fall said, “it’s because you’re wearing a skirt!” I’ve never been so offended.” the infuriated model stated.

Expressing concern at what could have happened if it was a deserted road, she further tweeted, “I decided to go live on my instagram and talk about it. Just imagine if I wasn’t on such a busy road. Or just imagine if I was on a lonely street. Would those guys have stopped at trying to pull my skirt?”

She also urged other victims of sexual harassment to speak up about their ordeals as she feels silence would only help the culprits.

“So many girls go through this. Most of them decide not to talk about it. Why? It’s embarrassing, yes. But not talking about it is empowering those guys who think they can do anything and can get away with it.” her another tweet read.

The young model also said that she later went to the same location to trace down the 2 men, but she found the area lacked any CCTV camera. The model said she would file a police complaint against the men.

This horrifying incident came to light at a time when the nation is outraged by the numerous cases of rapes & crime against women, minor girls & even toddlers.

A key aide of Dawood Ibrahim has been arrested by the anti-extortion cell of the Thane Police in Maharashtra. He has been identified as Tarik Pravin and is 51 years old.
He was arrested in connection with a two-decade-old murder case in Mumbra. He was arrested in south Mumbai. The police say that he handled Dawood’s real-estate business in Mumbai for several years. He was also in constant touch with Dawood. The police say that he was wanted in the 1998 Mumbra murder case. We got to know about his location through our informers following which we immediately went to the spot and picked him up, the police said. This is not the first time that Pravin has been arrested. He was picked earlier by the Mumbai and Lucknow police, but his involvement in the murder case was not known at that point in time.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the state government will spare no efforts in ensuring that the rape accused are tried expeditiously.

“I want to assure this august house that my government will spare no efforts in ensuring that they are tried expeditiously. Safety and security of women, children and other vulnerable groups remains the top priority of my government,” eh told the Assembly.

According to a white paper tabled in Assembly on Wednesday, Odisha witnessed a surge in rape cases in 2017 as 2,221 cases were registered in 2017 against 2,144 cases in 2016.

The Chief Minister said the law and order situation in the state has by and large remained peaceful and the overall crime situation is also well under control, he added.

No major Left Wing Extremism activity has been noticed in the affected districts while the recruitment to the Maoist organizations has declined and their mass support base been rendered weak, said Patnaik.

He said the intelligence-based operations have yielded significant results in 2018 with neutralization of five hardcore cadres and 12 arrests.

To prevent cybercrime, in addition to the Cyber Police Station at Cuttack, three more Cyber Police Stations at Berhampur, Sambalpur and Rourkela have been established, Patnaik said.

The Chief Minister also said that Odisha government has decided to set up State Vigilance Academy in Bhubaneswar for upgrading the professional knowledge and skills of the vigilance officers.

Odisha Vigilance, during 2017 and till March 31 this year, has registered total 603 criminal cases. It has initiated 765 inquiries against the public servants in which 279 persons have been arrested while 44 public servants have been dismissed from government services, said the Chief Minister.

(Ians)

Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has condemned the killing of a local political activist of Pulwama, Ghulam Nabi Patel who was killed this afternoon at Rajpora chowk in Kashmir by unknown assailants.
The Chief Minister has expressed sympathies with the bereaved family and prayed for peace to the departed soul.
She tweeted, “Heartfelt condolences to the family of senior Congress leader, G.N. Patel who was killed by militants today in Rajpora. Such cowardly acts achieve nothing but leave one more family devastated.”

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A political activist was killed while his two police guards were injured in a suspected militant attack at Rajpora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday.
An official said that gunmen fired at the vehicle of Ghulam Nabi Patel at Rajpora chowk, leaving him and his two PSOs – Imtiyaz Ahmad Zargar and Bilal Ahmad Lone – injured.
Patil a resident of Dangerpora Shadimarg, later succumbed to injuries on the way to a hospital.
Reports had earlier suggested that Patel was associated with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). But a party source said that he was no longer associated with them.
In separate statements, both the Congress and PDP have condemned the killing of Patel, but neither of the two parties have owned the slain activist.
A police spokesman, in a statement, said that the militants fired upon a vehicle at Rajpura chowk in which Ghulam Nabi Patel resident of Dangerpora Shadimarg and two policemen got injured.
Ghulam Nabi Patel succumbed to his injuries in the fatal attack, he said.
The two PSOs who sustained bullet injuries were shifted to hospital and their medical bulletin is awaited.
In this regard, a case has been registered and investigations taken up, said the spokesman.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has condemned the killing.
In a statement, a spokesman said the CM condemned the killing of a “local Congress activist of Pulwama, Ghulam Nabi Patel who was killed this afternoon at Rajpora chowk by unknown assailants.”
The Chief Minister has expressed sympathies with the bereaved family and prayed for peace to the departed soul, he said.

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