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Uttar Pradesh: Minor Hindu girl gang-raped by Rizwan, Wasim and his brother, blackmailed with private videos to offer namaz and convert to Islam

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Uttar Pradesh: Minor Hindu girl gang-raped by Rizwan, Wasim and his brother, blackmailed with private videos to offer namaz and convert to Islam

A shocking case of gang rape of a minor Hindu girl has come to light from Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh. The accused have been identified as Rizwan, Wasim, and his brother Roshu. After committing the heinous crime, the accused attempted to kidnap the girl from her house. They brutally assaulted the victim’s family for opposing them. They were also pressuring the minor victim to do religious conversion by threatening to leak her obscene videos. Through video calls, they also gave her information about activities practised by Muslims, including teaching her how to wear the Hijab and offer Namaz. 

On Sunday (1st September), Police arrested Rizwan, the main accused in this case while raids are underway to nab the absconding accused Wasim and his brother Roshu.

The incident took place in the Kotwali area of Baghpat city. The 15-year-old girl is currently studying in 8th Class. Her father filed a complaint with the Police on Saturday (31st August). 

In the complaint, he stated that at around 7 pm on Saturday, his minor daughter went missing. When they started searching for her, they located the minor in the nearby house of a man named Wasim. Inside one of the rooms of this house, they caught Rizwan in a compromising position. After the confrontation, he brought his daughter back home. 

The victim informed her relatives that Wasim took her to his house on the pretext of giving her washed clothes, where Rizwan and Wasim gang-raped her.

The complaint further states that after some time, Rizwan, Wasim, and his brother Roshu reached the victim’s house and they were carrying sticks with them. They barged into the victim’s house and started abusing them. They threatened to kidnap the minor girl again. When the victim’s family opposed them, they hurled abuses and manhandled them. 

As per reports, Rizwan was pressurizing the minor victim to convert to Islam and had been threatening her that he would make her obscene video viral. The victim stated that Rizwan used to give her information about the activities of the Muslim religion on video calls. He used to teach her how to tie hijab and say salam.

According to the victim’s father, his wife had seen their daughter offering Namaz several times at home. They scolded her multiple times, but it did not make a difference. 

In the complaint, he added that his daughter often talked about religious conversion at home. According to them, Rizwan had been instigating the minor for a long time to do religious conversion. He called Rizwan a conspirator of ‘Love Jihad’ and accused him of raping his daughter several times. 

According to the complainant, through the victim, Rizwan also siphoned off Rs 48,000 and a gold ring. Additionally, he also wanted to take the victim away with him. After filing the complaint, the victim’s family demanded strict action against the accused. 

The Police have named Rizwan, Roshu, and his brother Wasim in the FIR. They have been charged under sections 137 (2), 333, 352, 115 (2), and 64 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) along with the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act and POCSO Act. OpIndia has accessed the complaint copy. 

On Sunday (September 1), the police arrested Rizwan. According to DSP Baghpat, raids are being conducted to search for the absconding accused.

Honour killing in Uttar Pradesh: Naeem beheads 17-year-old daughter for having an affair, dismembers her body in multiple pieces; arrested

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Honour killing in Uttar Pradesh: Naeem beheads 17-year-old daughter for having an affair, dismembers her body in multiple pieces; arrested

A painful incident of honour killing has come to light from the Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh where a person named Naeem brutally murdered his 17-year-old daughter Khushboo in the name of honour. He first severed her head and then cut the body into several pieces after he reportedly became aware of her love affair. Naeem repeatedly tried to convince Khushboo to snap ties with her boyfriend but she didn’t comply. The crime was committed on 2nd September.

The police, who arrived there at the information of the villagers, arrested the accused Naeem. They collected the body parts and sent them for postmortem. They also recovered the murder weapon from the spot. The matter pertains to the Laxmanpur Matehi village of the Motipur police station area. The victim was in a romantic relationship with a boy of the same village. She had already eloped with him twice. Naeem had also filed a case against his daughter’s lover in Motipur and Nanpara police stations. The authorities had even sent the youth to jail during the investigation.

On the fateful morning, Naeem spotted his daughter in conversation with her boyfriend, due to which he lost his temper and killed her outside their residence. He continued to sit beside his daughter’s corpse after ending her life. Senior police officials also visited the location due to the sensitive situation. Statements of the deceased’s mother were also recorded. She was at her maternal home during the crime.

According to the police, the issue is being thoroughly investigated and appropriate action will be taken moving forward. Circle Officer Hira Lal Kanaujia provided additional details on the issue and stated that the girl had run away with her boyfriend numerous times. The boy belonged to the Mangta community. A First Information Report was also filed against him in two police stations. Naeem has three more daughters and he claimed that the love affair was making a negative impact on his other children. He said they had to face humiliation in the village due to which he was forced to take the extreme step.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Pavitra Mohan Tripathi mentioned, “A case has been registered against Naeem. The father said that his daughter had run away from home twice and he suspected that she might do it again. Due to this apprehension, he killed his daughter.”

Haryana: 12th class student killed in Faridabad mistaken for a cow smuggler, chased and shot dead; five arrested

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Haryana: 12th class student killed in Faridabad mistaken for a cow smuggler, chased and shot dead; five arrested

In a shocking incident in Haryana, a Class 12 student was chased and shot dead by miscreants on suspicion of cow smuggling. The deceased student has been identified as 19-year-old Aryan Mishra. He was reportedly mistaken for a cattle smuggler and killed by the accused.

The incident transpired on the night of 23rd August. Five accused, Anil Kaushik, Varun, Krishna, Saurabh and Aadesh have already been arrested by the Faridabad Police Crime Branch Sector-30 team. The authorities brought them before the court on 31st August and then sent them to jail. Anil Kaushik runs his own organisation called “Live for Nation.”

During interrogation, the perpetrators revealed that they shot the victim with an illegal weapon and threw it in a canal passing through Bawana in Delhi. Afterwards, the police took them to the scene but they were unable to locate it. However, the firearm was found on 1st September in Anil Kaushik’s house during a search along with a toy pistol. A car used in the incident has also been recovered. The matter is currently under probe.

Aryan Mishra was killed by the culprits as they believed him to be a cow smuggler. He had driven to a mall in Badkhal with his landlord and friends to eat Maggi at around 9:30 pm. The accused attempted to stop them at Patel Chowk upon their return at about 11:30 pm. The young boy’s acquaintance, who was driving raced the vehicle out of fear after which they were chased by the offenders for around thirty kilometres. Aryan Mishra was shot a little ahead of the Gadpuri toll on the Delhi-Agra Highway and passed away during treatment in a private hospital on 24th August.

The accused unveiled that on the fateful night, an informer told them that some cattle smugglers were doing reconnaissance in the city using Duster and Fortuner four-wheelers. Additionally, the smugglers were bringing containers and grabbing cattle from anywhere they could find the animals. They were searching for the smugglers in their Swift when they spotted a Duster car at Patel Chowk. They asked the driver to stop but he accelerated the speed and they started firing bullets at the vehicle, leading to Mishra’s death.

The cops also questioned the other side and revealed that an offender named Shanky, booked under various sections, including an attempt to murder, was with Aryan Mishra in the car. His brother Harshit was behind the wheel while his mother and another woman were in the back seat. Police have been looking for him and when the gau rakshaks signalled them to halt, he assumed they were a crime branch team in a personal Swift car and asked his brother to drive fast. They reached the highway and the accused fired a volley of gunshots at them.

Shanky suspected that he would die in an encounter today and they pulled over after a bullet hit Aryan Mishra’s neck. The gau rakshaks reached the vehicle and shot him in the chest, just as the window opened but fled after seeing females inside the car. Aryan Mishra’s family and friends had initially suggested personal enmity as the cause of his murder. The officials from the crime branch later arrived at their house for interrogation. It was then established that the youths were innocent. When the police team checked the CCTV footage of the route followed by the attackers, they got the number of the Swift car through which they found about Anil Kaushik and uncovered the truth.

UP govt withholds salaries of 2.44 lakh government employees for failing to disclose their assets, details

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UP govt withholds salaries of 2.44 lakh government employees for failing to disclose their assets, details

Uttar Pradesh government employees have received a major wake-up call as the Yogi government has stopped paying the salaries of the state’s 2.44 lakh government employees. Recently, all employees were asked to provide details about their assets by August 31st. The government has taken this step of withholding salaries against the employees who have failed to provide details as required.

As per the reports, recently, the Chief Secretary of the state had instructed all government employees to provide their property details by August 31st. The orders were issued by the Chief Secretary on August 17th.

The information was sought by the government about both moveable and immovable properties of the employees via the Manav Sampada website. Despite this, just 71% of employees provided details about their movable and immovable property on the Manav Sampada website. Following this, the said action was taken.

The majority of those who have not provided details about their property are workers of the education and health departments. Apart from that, the majority of revenue department personnel have also not provided specifics about their property. The Chief Secretary has now issued instructions to suspend the salaries of those who have not provided their personal information.

The Samajwadi Party has responded to the government’s decision and SP’s media cell commented on the matter saying, “In the rule of Yogi even employees’ salaries are being stopped.”

Notably, only 6,02,075 of the state government’s 8,46,640 employees have provided information about their movable and immovable assets. Employees from the textile, military welfare, energy, sports, agricultural, and women’s welfare departments are leading in offering details about their holdings. However, maximum employees in the education department and the revenue department are yet to share their asset details.

Quran burning activist’s X account withheld in India and Pakistan: All you need to know about Salwan Momika

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Quran burning activist’s X account withheld in India and Pakistan: All you need to know about Salwan Momika

The social media account (X) of Salwan Momika, an Iraqi Christian known for publicly burning copies of the Quran has been withheld in India and Pakistan. The X account revealed that the individual’s account had been withheld in the two countries in response to legal demands.

It is perhaps one of those rare occasions when X has revealed the withholding of an account in both India and Pakistan. However, not much is known about why his account was banned. Momika’s contentious history though offers a cue into why X may have deplatformed him in both India and Pakistan.

X mentions Salwan Momika’s account has been withheld in India and Pakistan

Salwan Momika is believed to be a 38-year-old Iraqi immigrant who arrived in Sweden in April 2018 and was granted refugee status in April 2021. As per the reports, he is a former Iraqi military leader who was part of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a pro-Iran outfit.

On social media, he presents himself as an atheist, enlightened politician, thinker, and novelist. However, he came into the limelight after he set fire to a Quran in front of Stockholm’s main mosque on June 28th, 2023, the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha.

He also placed slices of ham on the Quran and stamped on it with his foot, repeatedly yelling “Allahu Akbar” in a sneer. This demonstration prompted condemnations from worldwide, including Turkey, which had withheld Sweden’s NATO membership. However, Sweden became a NATO member in March 2024. 

Notably, the demonstration by Momika was executed only after the Swedish authorities permitted him to carry out this act, and a judge granted him the privilege based on Sweden’s free speech principles. 

Momika, in the aftermath of the protests in Stockholm, kicked and stomped on a copy of the Muslim holy book outside Iraq’s embassy. He did not burn it. He stated that he was protesting against Islam and for free speech. His actions have angered many Muslims and spurred protests in various nations since then. 

Later in October 2023, amid the war between the State of Israel and Hamas, activist Salwan Momika expressed his solidarity with the Jewish nation by stepping on the Quran and waving the Israeli flag. The incident took place again in Stockholm on 21st October. Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee living in Sweden, was also seen kissing the Israeli flag and trampling a copy of the Quran with his foot.

A video of the incident had gone viral on social media.

Recently, in April 2024 several rumors were hyped claiming that Momika was found dead in Norway. However, the controversial protester had revealed that he was alive and was imprisoned in Norway after being considered a threat to “national security” due to his strong stance against Islamic traditions.

“The newspapers and news sites that published the news of my death in Norway are false and their goal is to intimidate everyone who doubts or criticizes Islam. Therefore, I say, that your rumours and false media will not scare us. I am alive and will not surrender despite the injustice I was subjected to by the Norwegian authorities,” he was quoted as saying in a separate post now unavailable given ‘legal demands’.

“When I arrived, they arrested me immediately and stripped me of my phones. They prevented me from communicating with anyone, and then they took me to court, where the court charged me with the following: “You are detained because you pose a threat to Norwegian national security.” The foolish old judge seemed fond of Islam, so I told him that neither your imprisonment nor your courts will frighten me,” Momika further wrote after being arrested in Norway.

Salman Momika

According to Momika, he was hauled out of court and placed in a “secret prison” that was neither monitored by human rights organizations nor covered by the media. Later, he stated the event reminded him of Saddam Hussein’s “oppressive dictatorial regime.” He also said Norway is “ruled by fools and idiots who are in love with Islam,” which he will discuss in his upcoming book.

In a recent update to the case, it has come to the fore that Momika would face trial in Stockholm.

‘How will we go to the hospital’: Lives of 25 Hindu families in Bangladesh come to a standstill after Sohail builds house in the middle of road

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‘How will we go to the hospital’: Lives of 25 Hindu families in Bangladesh come to a standstill after Sohail builds house in the middle of road

Amid the ongoing Islamist onslaught on Hindus in Bangladesh, it came to light that 25 Hindu families were left trapped after a local thug named Sohail Hazra built a house overnight in the middle of the road.

The incident occurred in Bandal village in Kotalipara upazila in the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh. According to a report by Jamuna TV, the kuccha road in the Hindu locality has existed for over 50 years.

But the lives of the residents have now come to a standstill. While speaking about the matter, a woman named Jyotsna Karmakar lamented, “We are unable to step out of our homes because he built the house on the road.”

“We have a land there. He ploughed it overnight and built the house,” a Hindu man narrated.

An elderly woman was heard saying, “We did not even have a fight. We know nothing when he pulled it off. The road has been there since the time of the Britishers. We saw it as children.”

After the Hindu families objected to the blockade, the influential local goon Sohail Hazra threatened them with physical harm. The Hindu community in Bandal village is now living in a state of fear.

“The situation is so grim now that we cannot take anyone to the hospital in case of an emergency. We will have to carry the patient on our shoulders,” a Hindu man emphasised.

“This is the condition of the road. He (Sohail) and I both have our land here. This does not belong to him alone,” he added.

Another local stated, “We do not have an alternate road available for commute. If the road is not freed of the encroachment, then, we will have to stay under house arrest.”

He informed that Sohail Hazra and his men intimidated him with sharp weapons upon being caught red-handed building the illegal house.

One woman lamented how Sohail destroyed their area and created problems for the community.

Sohail Hazra justifies action, Hindus get consolation prize

The accused, on the other hand, has cried foul over the matter and alleged that he is the owner of the land on which the house has been built.

Following complaints to the local administration by the stranded Hindu families, the authorities reached the spot and tried to strike a settlement between both parties.

As a consolation prize, a narrow passage was provided for the movement of the locals.

The land encroachment and the temporary house, built by Sohail Hazra overnight, continue to remain intact.

Ahmedabad: Gay men lured through dating apps, looted, assaulted and threatened in multiple incidents

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Ahmedabad: Gay men lured through dating apps, looted, assaulted and threatened in multiple incidents

Using matrimonial sites or dating websites to cheat innocent individuals is very common. But in a disturbing trend that has emerged in the Ahmedabad district of Gujarat, gay men are being targeted by criminals who pose as gays with malicious intentions to loot and blackmail them.

An exclusive report by Ahmedabad Mirror revealed a case in which a young gay individual fell victim to such a trap. On August 21st, a 32-year-old living in the Satellite area of the city reported to the Satellite Police station saying that he was robbed by a man who posed to belong to the LGBTQ+ community. Usually when such incidents happen gay victims choose to keep shut given the social pressures, but in this case, the victim bravely decided to report the case.

The victim in this case used the Grindr app, a special dating app for LGBTQ+ people. Through this app, he met a man who posed to be a gay individual. “About a fortnight ago, while browsing Grindr, an app specifically for the LGBTQ+ community, I met a guy who also claimed to be gay. We chatted, and he seemed nice and caring. About a week ago, he invited me to his house, which was in my neighborhood. I went there, but to my shock, there were four other young men present,” the victim said while talking to Ahmedabad Mirror.

The victim said that the accused men stripped him and began beating him after which they demanded Rs 1 lakh. They also threatened the victim to expose his sexual orientation in society if he failed to give Rs 1 lakh.

“I didn’t have that much money. They eventually settled for Rs 20,000. They took my ATM card, held me captive while still undressed, withdrew the money from a nearby ATM, and then let me go. They had taken pictures of me and threatened to make them viral if I reported the incident. What if my family finds out about my sexual orientation?” the victim said.

Past similar incidents from Ahmedabad

Notably, this is not the first time such an incident has occurred in Ahmedabad. As per activist Ayushi Shah who assists cybercrime victims, dominant men in society target submissive men and threaten them to be exposed in society. “Here, the dominant male exploits the submissive one, and if such elements are not exposed, it will become another trend of cybercrime that can reach dangerous proportions,” she was quoted as saying.

Earlier, in the year 2022, the Ahmedabad Police had arrested three accused men who had trapped and robbed a gay individual using a gay dating app. The incident also happened through the Grindr app. As per the police, the accused men had then confessed that they had trapped and robbed 15-20 more gay individuals using the same app.

Also, in the year 2019, the Ahmedabad Police arrested 5 persons for robbing a Gay individual for Rs 50,000 using a dating app. “The accused have confessed to have robbed many victims using the same modus operandi. The victims would book gay services using the Grindr App. No victim would go to lodge a complaint out of fear and social stigma,” the police then were quoted as saying.

The Grindr app then taking cognizance had declared a “zero-tolerance policy” against racism, transphobia, and other forms of discrimination and sought to reduce abusive behavior online. However, things hardly seem to have changed.

Million users stand at potential risk

Gay sexuality is no longer a crime in India, but the fear of being ostracized or ridiculed by society drives many members of the South Asian LGBT community to conceal their sexual status, making them easy targets for the unscrupulous.

Since launching in 2009, Grindr claims to have grown into the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. Millions of users today are associated with the app, facing the fear of becoming the next potential victim. Such incidents need detailed police probes assuring justice.

Bhil community in Rajasthan rallies in support of Supreme Court ruling on sub-classification and creamy layer exclusion in SC-ST quotas

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Bhil community in Rajasthan rallies in support of Supreme Court ruling on sub-classification and creamy layer exclusion in SC-ST quotas

On Monday (3rd September), the Bhil community took out a rally in support of the creamy layer exclusion and the sub-classification of Scheduled Tribe (ST) reservation in Rajasthan. The community members reached the Mini Secretariat and sought that the benefits of classification be offered to the community’s underprivileged members immediately. After the sloganeering, the Rajasthan Samagra Bhil Varg Aarakshan Manch, District Branch Jhalawar, presented a memorandum to Collector Ajay Singh Rathore.

The Bhil community members started the rally from Radha Raman Mangalik Bhawan carrying saffron flags in their hands and reached the Mini Secretariat to hand a memorandum to the Collector. During the rally, heavy police force was deployed to uphold law and order in the area.

District President Jamnalal Bhil stated that on the 1st of August this year, the Constitutional Bench of 7 judges of the court made recommendations to the Government of India and the state governments to establish quotas within quotas to provide the advantage of reservation to castes that are under-represented or missed in SC/ST reservation. He said that the Bhil community respects and endorses these recommendations made by the Supreme Court adding that this will benefit the deprived communities of the ST reservation, such as Bhil, Garsia, and Saharia.

Meanwhile, Arvind Bhil of Bhil Samaj Samiti stated that the quota for the Bhil community in the ST reservation should be set separately based on their population in Rajasthan ensuring that the downtrodden people can take advantage of reservation and get into government jobs, improve their living standard and join the country’s mainstream.

Notably, on the 1st of August, a 7-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court ruled by a 6:1 majority that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes is admissible in order to give distinct quotas for more backwards within the SC/ST categories. CJI DY Chandrachud stated that the ruling contains six views. While six out of seven judges agreed that sub-classification is permissible, Justice Bela Trivedi dissented. Justice Trivedi opined that such sub-classification is not permissible.

The seven-judge Constitution bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M Trivedi, Pankaj Mithal, Manoj Misra, and Satish Chandra Sharma overturned the 2005 decision in EV Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh, which ruled that sub-classification of SC/STs violates Article 341 of the Constitution, which grants the President the authority to prepare the list of SC/STs.

In his decision, CJI DY Chandrachud cited historical evidence to support his contention that scheduled castes are not a homogeneous entity. He opined that sub-classification does not violate the principle of equality established by Article 14 of the Constitution. Additionally, sub-classification does not violate Article 341(2) of the Constitution. Nothing in Articles 15 and 16 stops the State from subclassifying a Caste. The CJI had emphasised that the basis of subclassification must be supported by quantitative and demonstrable evidence from States.

Notably, right after the Supreme Court ruling, misinformation about it started spreading across social media. A Bharat Bandh was also called by the National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR) and other such bodies against the SC ruling. The protests were also reported to be backed by Congress, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) among others. According to the protestors, the SC ruling undermines the earlier verdict of a nine-judge bench in the landmark Indira Sawhney case, which had set up the framework of reservations. However, the Supreme Court was of the view that the sub-classification of SC and ST castes would benefit the more backward caste groups within SCs and STs.

Selling unclaimed bodies, extortion from students, kickbacks from medicine suppliers: CBI arrests former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and 3 others over financial irregularities

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Selling unclaimed bodies, extortion from students, kickbacks from medicine suppliers: CBI arrests former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and 3 others over financial irregularities

On Monday (2nd September) evening, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, over financial irregularities in the running of the facility.

As per reports, there were irregularities in the procurement of medicines at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during the tenure of Ghosh as its principal. A CBI official, familiar with the development, had confirmed that there was plenty of evidence against the accused.

The central agency initially took Ghosh to Nizam Palace and arrested him under charges of corruption and cheating. CBI had previously raided his house in connection to financial irregularities at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

The ex-principal of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was earlier subjected to a polygraph test along with the prime accused Sanjay Roy and four doctors.

Besides Sandip Ghosh, the investigative body had also arrested his security guard Afsar Ali Khan (44) and hospital vendors Suman Hazara (46) and Biplav Singha (52).

Allegations against Sandip Ghosh

In August this year, the ex-deputy superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Dr Akhtar Ali moved the Calcutta High Court demanding a probe by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the financial misconduct at the facility.

Ali had accused Ghosh of trafficking biomedical waste, illegally selling unclaimed dead bodies and passing tenders in exchange for commission from medicine suppliers.

He also informed the court that the former principal was involved charge ₹5 to ₹ 8 lakhs from students in return for passing them in exams. The case pertaining to financial irregularities was being handled by the State-appointed SIT prior to its transfer to CBI.

Meerut: Minor Hindu Dalit girl gangraped by Muslim men, abandoned in critical condition, village Pradhan Aslam booked for coercing victim family not to report crime

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Meerut: Minor Hindu Dalit girl gangraped by Muslim men, abandoned in critical condition, village Pradhan Aslam booked for coercing victim family not to report crime

A heinous case of gang rape of a Dalit teenager has come to light from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut. The Police have named three persons and four unknowns in the FIR. They have been booked under the POCSO Act after it was confirmed that the Dalit victim was gang-raped. This heinous case of gang rape of a Dalit teenager studying in Class 11th has sparked tensions in the area as all the accused hail from the Muslim community. Several Hindu organisations have staged a protest demanding strict action against the accused.  

According to reports, the victim hails from the Dalit community and is currently studying in class 11th. Seven youths kidnapped her when she went out for defecation. They then took her to the jungle of Loiya village where they took turns to rape her. It is said that the accused committed the heinous act for 48 hours until the victim’s health deteriorated, after which they fled from there, leaving the victim in a critical state. 

On 29th August, minor victim had gone out for defecation from where the accused kidnapped her. For 2 days and nights, they kept her hostage in the jungle where they gang-raped her for hours until her health worsened. Afterward, they fled from there, leaving the victim in a distraught state. When her family came to know about it, they reached the jungle on Friday evening and brought their daughter home. Subsequently, she narrated the brutality committed by the accused. 

Following the incident, members of the Hindu organization staged a protest on Saturday demanding strict action against the accused and Justice for the victim. 

SSP Dr. Vipin Tada had ordered strict action against the accused. 

On Sunday (1st September), the Police recorded the statement of the Dalit victim who was kidnapped and gang-raped by seven accused. She lives in a village that comes under the jurisdiction of the Falavada Police Station. 

Sharing her ordeal, the victim stated that the accused Samir, Raja, and Sameer along with four accomplices kidnapped her. They took her to the forest of Loiya in the Daurala police station area and gang raped her continuously for 48 hours near a tubewell in the field. As per the information received, one accused Samir is a resident of the Mahalka area, while Raja and Sameer are residents of Nangla Hareru.  

On Saturday (31st August), a case was registered at the Mawana Police Station based on the complaint of the victim’s family. The Police have booked Samir son of Salim, Raja son of Salim, another accused named Sameer, and four unknown persons. They have been charged with relevant sections of kidnapping, gang rape, and POCSO Act. 

Rural SP Rakesh Mishra said that they recorded the statements of the victim under Section 161 after the completion of the victim’s medical examination. He added that her statements under section 164 will be recorded in the court on Monday. 

The Police arrested the main accused Samir late evening on Sunday. Three police teams are conducting raids to arrest the absconding accused.

SHO Falavada Rajesh Kamboj said that the police have arrested the main accused of gang rape, Samir. He added that raids are being conducted to nab the other accused in this case who will be arrested soon.

Meanwhile, several BJP leaders also visited the victim’s house to assure support to the aggrieved family. 

Police also book village Pradhan Aslam for helping the accused

Based on the complaint of the victim’s family, the Falawada police have also registered a case against Aslam, the Village Pradhan. In their complaint, the victim’s family stated that on 31st August, Pradhan Aslam told them that he made every effort to recover their kidnapped daughter so they should not file a report in this matter. According to them, Pradhan Aslam is in cahoots with the accused and has been trying to save them. The complaint added that he had threatened to kill them in the police station.

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