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Wayanad landslide: Kerala govt withdraws gag order on scientists after facing severe criticism, tries to clarify their intention was to ‘prevent panic’

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Curiously, the chief secretary's note suggested that the government of Kerala is interested to promote only one type of scientific study, the ones that are about 'climate change' challenges for the state.
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News Reports

X accounts of two independent journalists from Canada, who used to expose the Khalistani nexus, get withheld in India and then restored

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X accounts of two independent journalists, 'OnTheNewsBeat' and 'BezirganMocha', who used to expose Khalistanis, got withheld in India
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News Reports

Kerala govt issues gag order banning scientists from visiting landslide-hit areas in Wayanad and sharing their studies and opinions on the disaster

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The Communist govt in Kerala has issued a bizarre order to all science and technology institutions in Kerala preventing them from visiting the disaster sites or sharing their opinion about the incident.
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News Reports

Children filed FIR against parents for restricting use of phone, TV and living with aunt since 2021, Madhya Pradesh HC stays proceedings in trial...

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Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh HC put a stay on proceedings of the trial court in a case filed by children against their parents for restricting usage of mobile phones and TV
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News Reports

Interrogation required, allegations serious: Delhi court rejects former trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar’s anticipatory bail plea

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Khedkar told the court that she was being targeted for filing a sexual harassment complaint against an officer.
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News Reports

‘Entire Police Chowki suspended, DCP, ADCP, ASP removed’: UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Gomti Nagar harassment case, says women’s safety is top priority

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Entire team at a police station has been suspended over the incident of harassment of women on waterlogged street in Lucknow.
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News Reports

Delhi coaching centre deaths: SUV driver arrested for ‘splashing floodwater inside basement’ released on bail, police drops culpable homicide charges

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Manuj Kathuria, the SUV driver detained in connection with the deaths of three IAS aspirants within the basement of a coaching center in Old Rajender Nagar in Delhi was released on bail on Thursday
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News Reports

‘This is unjust’: Italian boxer Angela Carini cries her heart out after abandoning fight at Paris Olympics against ‘biological male’ Imane Khelif of Algeria...

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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who was disqualified after failing gender test last year, defeats biological woman Angela Carini of Italy in just 46 seconds in Paris Olympics
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Editor's picks

Mocking Abhinandan, supporting Pakistani terrorism in Kashmir: Netizens dig up hateful posts of Pakistani duo Young Stunners, protest against their upcoming event in India

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The two Pakistani artists are going to perform in Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai from 13th to 25th December.
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News Reports

‘He doesn’t seem ashamed, power has gotten to his head’: Supreme Court slams Kejriwal’s close aide Bibhav Kumar’s conduct in Swati Maliwal case

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While hearing the plea of Bibhav Kumar challenging Delhi HC denying him bail in Swati Maliwal assault case, SC slammed him over his conduct
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Cloudburst leads to at least 10 deaths, path to Kedarnath blocked, rescue operations underway

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The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy rainfall alert in Uttarakhand for the next five days. A red alert has also been issued amid a cloudburst incident in Kedarnath.
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News Reports

Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Massive relief for Hindu side as Allahabad High Court dismisses Muslim side’s plea on maintainability 

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The bench stated that suits of Hindu plaintiffs are not barred by any law including Places of Worship Act.
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News Reports

UP: Yogi govt passes ‘Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2024’ in assembly, punishment increased to life imprisonment. Read the changes made

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In the amended Anti-Conversion Law, illegal religious conversion has been made a punishable offence that attracts 3 to 10 years of imprisonment. At the same time, mass religious conversions and religious conversions using foreign funds will attract a punishment of 7 to 14 years of imprisonment.
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World

We can now confirm Mohammed Deif was eliminated: Israel confirms the death of terrorist group Hamas’ military commander

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Israel military said that it obtained intelligence confirming Hamas leader's death in the past few hours. Deif was targeted in a strike at Hamas' Khan Younis Brigade commander Rafa'a Salameh's compound.
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News Reports

Paris Olympics 2024: India Shooter Swapnil Kusale wins bronze medal in men’s 50m rifle 3P event

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India shooter Swapnil Kusale won the bronze medal in the men's 50m rifle 3P event at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Thursday
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News Reports

YouTuber Gulzar Sheikh arrested for vandalising railway tracks to make videos, Shehzad Poonawalla says ‘Rail Jihadi won’t be spared by authorities’

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Amidst the outrage over a YouTuber named Gulzar Sheikh putting different items on railway tracks in the name of content creation, the YouTuber has been arrested
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News Reports

7-judge constitutional bench of SC led by CJI upholds quota within SC/ST quota saying sub-classification is permissible, Justice Bela Trivedi dissents

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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
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Tech

Double legal trouble for Meta: Settlement of USD 1.4 Billion in Texas over charges of gathering biometric data, and illegal drug ads investigation

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In one case, Meta has agreed to pay USD 1.4 billion to settle case against it for collecting biometric data illegally and in second case Meta has been accused of allowing ads promoting illcit sale of cocaine, opioids and other drugs.
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World

Pakistan: 19-year-old newly wed girl burnt alive in Bahawalnagar by husband Ali Raza over suspicion of extra-marital affair

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The accused started torturing the victim shortly after the couple had a court marriage in Pakistan.
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News Reports

Lucknow, UP: Nadeem urinates on Hindu temple walls, assaults Dilip with iron rods for opposing the act, Saleem, Nafees, and 4 others also booked

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Victim Dilip Singh commented on the issue and confirmed that Nadeem was seen urinating on the walls of the temple at around 3 pm on Tuesday, 30th July. On opposing, Nadeem began abusing and assaulting Dilip.
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News Reports

3 dead, 40+ feared missing after massive cloudburst struck Himachal Pradesh, rescue operations underway

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While the media reported that 40 people are missing, the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh says that 50-plus people are feared missing.
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News Reports

Wayanad landslides: Death toll goes past 250, Army constructing 190-ft-long Bailey bridge to connect worst-affected areas, over 1000 people rescued so far

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As the third day of rescue efforts began in disaster-stricken Wayanad, the Army has already rescued over 1,000 individuals; 220 people were still reportedly missing.
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News Reports

Ghaziabad: Dalit woman killed by Md Alam 6 months after Nikah, minor daughter abused too, relative who is in Bhim Army says party not...

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Sumit Kumar, the brother-in-law of the deceased victim, lamented that for political expediency Bhim Army has not extended any support to the aggrieved family despite the fact that he has been associated with it for over 8 years.
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News Reports

Viral video shows woman being harassed by a large mob of men on a waterlogged road: Lucknow police arrests 2, search on for others

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Taking to X, Lucknow Police said that a case has been registered in the matter under relevant sections and the accused have been identified from the CCTV footage. The police said that two people Pawan Yadav and Sunil Kumar have been arrested while the search for others is on.
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Opinions

UK Muslim org is offended that a UK Hindu org does not want Pakistani origin accused termed as ‘Asians’, but here is why that...

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Why UK Hindu group is right in objecting to 'Asian' being used for Pakistan-origin accused in Manchester Airport assault case even as Muslim org gets offended
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News Reports

Crime for entertainment? Gulzar Sheikh and other ‘YouTubers’ making videos by vandalising tracks and endangering lives of passengers, getting millions of views

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Gulzar Sheikh's channel which goes by Gulzar Indian Hacker has 243 videos with one video having 99 million views. He put random things on railway tracks to get attention on social media.
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News Reports

Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro challenges Elon Musk for a fight, Musk says “I will carry you to Gitmo on a donkey”

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This came after Maduro called Musk his “archenemy” and challenged him for a cage fight. “Social media creates a virtual reality, and who controls the virtual reality? Our new archenemy, the famous Elon Musk. Do you want to fight? Let’s do it. Elon Musk, I’m ready. I’m not afraid of you, Elon Musk. Let’s fight, wherever you want,” Maduro said.
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News Reports

After spending months asking for everyone’s caste, Congress gets upset with Anurag Thakur asking for Rahul Gandhi’s caste, starts burning effigies in protest

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Congress party, whose senior leader Rahul Gandhi has a track record of invoking caste in public, seems to have gotten extremely riled with BJP MP Anurag Thakur asking for the Gandhi scion's caste
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News Reports

‘Kamala Harris earlier said she is of Indian heritage, then she turned Black a few years ago’: Donald Trump says, White House condemns statement

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"She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn black, and now she wants to be known as black. So I don't know, is she Indian or is she black?" CNN quoted him as saying.
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News Reports

Delhi UPSC coaching centre death case: Court denies bail to 4 owners and the SUV driver who allegedly caused waves triggering the tragedy

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Delhi's Tis Hazari court has dismissed the bail pleas of Manuj Kathuria, Tejinder, Harvinder, Parvinder, and Sarabjeet, who were arrested in connection with the drowning incident at a coaching center in Old Rajender Nagar
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News Reports

‘Illegal encroachment in Wayanad wasn’t removed because of pressure from religious organisations’: Tejasvi Surya slams Kerala govt, Rahul Gandhi over floods

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"In the last 1,800 days since Rahul Gandhi was the MP from Wayanad, he has not raised the issue of landslides and floods even once in the Assembly and in the Parliament," said Surya speaking in Lok Sabha today.
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News Reports

As Congress denies Rahul Gandhi’s ‘secret’ White House meeting, he could embark on another US trip on the invitation of Indian Overseas Congress

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Rahul Gandhi recently received an invitation from the party’s overseas unit, the Indian Overseas Congress (IOC), to visit the United States of America, Canada, and Europe
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News Reports

Anurag Thakur’s remarks part of parliamentary record, Congress breach of privilege motion against PM Modi for sharing his speech holds no ground: sources

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With Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi giving a breach of privilege notice against PM Modi for sharing the speech of Anurag Thakur made in the Lok Sabha, sources said that that the BJP MP's remarks are part of parliamentary record and the notice does not hold ground
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News Reports

BJD MP Mamata Mohanta quits party and resigns from Rajya Sabha saying there is no requirement of her services and her community in the...

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Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday announced that he has received the resignation letter of Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Mohanta and has accepted her resignatio
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News Reports

Ayodhya: SP MP Awadhesh Prasad’s close aide Moeed Khan arrested over gangrape of a minor OBC girl, was operating local police station from his...

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According to reports, the accused Khan is said to be close to Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad and is the party’s Nagar President of the Bhadarsa region
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News Reports

Delhi govt issues safety guidelines for educational institutions following the death of UPSC aspirants at coaching centre

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Following the death of three students at a UPSC coaching centre due to flooding of basement, the Delhi govt issued safety guidelines to be followed by all educational institutions.
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News Reports

‘RSS bears unimpeachable credentials, comprises of people committed to serving the nation’: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar in Rajya Sabha

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Taking a swipe at an SP leader's remark, VP Dhankhar said RSS bears unimpeachable credentials and comprises of people deeply committed to serving the nation selflessly.
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OpIndia Explains

War crimes, targeted killing, abuse of power, and more: Know about the criminal history of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, killed in an Israeli airstrike

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Under the leadership of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas was involved in widespread and systematic crimes against humanity, including murder, imprisonment and torture of civilians in Gaza.
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OpIndia Explains

As Hamas chief is killed in Iran, read how Hamas was funding SIMI in India and how radical roots of PFI, SDPI are interwoven

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The founder of Hamas, Sheikh Yaseen addressed SIMI's "Ikhwan Conference" in Kanpur in 1999.
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News Reports

5 houses belonging to Kashmiri Pandits burnt to ashes in Anantnag, investigations launched amid allegations of arson to prevent Pandits from returning to the...

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On Sunday, 31st July, at around 1 am a terrible fire broke out in Anantnag's Lone Mohalla in Mattan, swallowing and destroying five Kashmiri Pandit houses to ashes
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News Reports

Bihar: 5-year-old Nursery student carries pistol to school and shoots a Class 3 student in Supaul, his father runs away with the weapon and...

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According to locals, the father of the nursery class student earlier used to work as a security guard in this school.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 94 unrecognised Madarsas to be closed in Aligarh, around 2000 students to be admitted to council schools

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The Aligarh minority officer informed that the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh had sent a letter to the DM on 26th June and directed to get the students studying in unrecognized madarsas admitted to council schools. After this, the action is being taken.
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News Reports

Kerala govt ignored early warnings given by Union govt for landslide and mudslide, now they are blaming centre: Amit Shah in Parliament

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He slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government and emphasised that the number of deaths could have been minimised had the Kerala government been alert and acted on the Centre’s warning
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News Reports

UPSC cancels provisional candidature of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, debars her permanently from all future UPSC examinations

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UPSC on Wednesday cancelled the provisional candidature of Puja Khedkar, a provisionally recommended candidate of the Civil Services Examination-2022 and permanently debarred her from all future exams and selections.
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News Reports

More proof of Rahul Gandhi-deep state links? As Congress leader threatens OpIndia, read how he had confirmed meeting with Biden officials, talks around ‘Indian...

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Praveen Chakravarty has threatened to sue OpIndia, however, he had himself confirmed Rahul Gandhi meeting US Govt officials
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Specials

Wayanad landslide: How ecological damage, geography, population rise and politics have all played a role in the catastrophe

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The Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology in Kalpetta had issued a landslide warning for Mundakkai in Wayanad's Meppadi 15 hours before the huge landslide occurred that destroyed entire villages and killed over 160 people.
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News Reports

Professionals’ Congress leader attacks OpIndia over Sam Pitroda NGO report, threatens to sue after insinuating links between Kamala Harris and Rahul Gandhi

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Praveen Chakravarty, who identifies himself as a 'Professional Congress' leader, threatened legal action against OpIndia over its report exposing Sam Pitroda's alleged links with the US government.
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News Reports

‘You have no money, how will you upgrade infrastructure’: Delhi HC slams AAP government’s freebie culture while hearing plea seeking High-level probe into death...

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Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela stated the Delhi government has little money to upgrade the infrastructure, especially the city's drainage system, in light of Delhi's increasing population, due to the "freebie culture".
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News Reports

Union Home Ministry increases rewards for informers in operational areas from ₹50 to ₹3,000 after over two decades, other limits also revised

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Ministry of Home Affairs has revised the financial powers of Director Generals of paramilitary forces and other intelligence agencies for rewards to informers in operational areas.
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News Reports

Haldwani: Auto driver Mohammad Nadeem arrested for raping a mentally weak minor Hindu girl, threatened to kill her

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According to the police, the victim used to take auto to attend music classes in the evenings. Police said that the student is also mentally weak. On Sunday, the accused auto-driver Nadeem took advantage of it and raped her at a secluded place.
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