Priest rapes 7-year-old girl in Temple; Minor boy rapes 8-year-old in Madrasa

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April 28, 2018

Newsroom, April 28: In two separate incidents, two minor girls were raped in religious centres belonging to Hindu and Muslim communities in the North Indian states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh recently. A 48-year-old priest and a 17-year-old boy have been arrested in connection with the heinous crimes committed in the holy places. A 34-year-old Maulvi also has been taken into custody for failing to prevent rape in Madrasa.

In temple

According to police, the 7-year-old girl was allegedly raped by the priest of a temple, located on the Kalyanipura Hills on the outskirts of Ajmer, in Rajasthan. The accused has been identified as Swami Shivanand alias Balwant.

The victim, on Wednesday, was near the Kalichat Hanuman Temple to gather the livestock which was grazing around. The 48-year-old priest tricked her into the temple and then, raped her. Following the crime, he left her unconscious in a room.

The heinous crime came to light when the girl’s father came looking for her and found her lying unconscious inside the empty room. The minor narrated the ordeal to her father after regaining consciousness after which the parents of the girl lodged a complaint with the police.

Meanwhile, the police have registered a case under the provisions of Protection of children from sexual offence (POCSO) Act and arrested the priest. The girl has been moved to a hospital for treatment and medical examination.

As per the locals, quoted by a media report, Shivanand belongs to Madhya Pradesh and has been serving as the priest of Kalichat Temple for last 10 years. They even alleged him of being a controversial figure.

In Madrasa

In Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, a cleric and a minor boy have been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a minor girl inside a madrasa.

The 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 17-year-old boy after kidnapping her from east Delhi's Ghazipur.

A maulvi identified as Ghulam Shahid was also taken into custody since he was aware of the crime committed on the 10-year-old girl at the madrasa premises, the UP Police said.

The investigation into the incident was transferred to the Crime Branch on Thursday. The victim was rescued from the madrasa by a Delhi Police team on April 22.

The police took the action after the girl's father reported to them that his daughter had gone missing after she went to the market on April 21.

Subsequently, the girl was rescued from the madrasa and the juvenile was apprehended, the police said. On April 23 the statement of the minor girl was recorded in front of a magistrate.

In her statement, the girl said that she was taken to the madrasa by the juvenile accused to meet his friends. The girl's parents had also been demanding the arrest of the cleric as they alleged that the man was fully aware of the crime.

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angel of death
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Sunday, 29 Apr 2018

who ever rapes either Muslim, hindu or crist...kill them instantly if they proven..dont bring religion on crime..most people are good & some people are bad in all religion.

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February 10,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 10: Senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar on Sunday hit out at the BJP and RSS for taking out a route march in Ramanagara against the controversial Jesus Christ statue.

“Just because the BJP won 25 seats in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress workers need not lose hope. If the Congress and JD(S) had worked out a better strategy, the BJP would not have won even 10 seats. We will correct our mistakes,” the former Congress minister said.

After the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP has failed to do well in assembly polls and has been losing power in many states. People are hitting the streets protesting against its policies such as CAA and NRC, he said.

Accusing the BJP and RSS of not being able to digest Congress’ victory in the Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha segment in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he said that the BJP is trying hard to make inroads into the constituency represented by his brother D K Suresh. “Let them take out route march, we don’t care,” he said.

“We all know what the BJP did during the Lok Sabha elections, and the media reported how much money they spent in the elections. What was the Election Commission doing? Was the Income Tax Department sitting with its eyes closed? Why did they conduct raids only in Hassan, Shivamogga and Mandya districts,” he asked.

He alleged that false cases were slapped when him and other leaders, including H D Kumaraswamy, Siddaramaiah, G Parameshwara and Dinesh Gundurao.

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July 12,2020

Kochi, Jul 12: The two main accused in Kerala gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair have been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Both the accused will be produced before NIA court in Kochi, Kerala on Sunday.

Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair were detained by NIA from Bengaluru, Karnataka on Saturday.

Swapna is named as the second accused and Sandeep has been named as the fourth accused in the FIR taken by NIA and both have been slapped with Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, (UAPA) along with first accused Sarith PS and third accused Fazil Fareed
Already, Sarith PS was arrested by the Customs, while Fazil Fareed is still at large. 

NIA officials yesterday conducted a detailed interrogation of Sarith after reaching the customs office in Kochi where he is in custody.

The Customs Department had on July 5 seized 30 kg gold worth Rs 15 crore concealed in diplomatic consignment at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport.

The NIA on Friday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Sarith Kumar, Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, the three persons allegedly involved in the case.

The agency has charged them with offences under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

Swapna Suresh was on the run following the gold seizure. She was employed in Space Park and Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited (KSITL), which comes under the IT department, a portfolio held by Kerala Chief Minister. She was ousted after being named an accused in the case.

Sarith Kumar, an accused in the case who had previously worked as a public relations officer (PRO) in UAE Consulate-General's office in Thiruvananthapuram, was arrested on July 6.

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April 30,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 30: Four ministers of Karnataka have gone into self-quarantine after they got here in touch with a video journalist of native channel who has examined optimistic for COVID-19. The listing contains state’s Deputy Chief Minister Dr Ashwath Narayan.

All 4 introduced the quarantine on Twitter.

Mr Narayan, dwelling minister Basvaraj Bommai , medical training Minister Dr. Sudhakar and tourism minister CT Ravi tweeted to say that they’ve examined detrimental for coronavirus however will likely be beneath self-quarantine.

They mentioned they got here in touch with a video journalist from a neighborhood tv channel  who was discovered COVID-19 optimistic on April 24. He had met the ministers between April 21 and April 24.

At least 40 different contacts of the video journalist, together with his household and journalists from numerous media retailers have been quarantined, reported news agency.

Earlier this month, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani put himself in quarantine after an MLA who attended a gathering with him turned out to be coronavirus-positive.

Karnataka to date had 532 circumstances of coronavirus. Of them, 215 sufferers recovered and 20 sufferers died.

Earlier immediately, the state authorities determined to chill out lockdown restrictions in plenty of districts the place the coronavirus has not had a serious affect. The authorities is permitting industries to operate in these areas with sure circumstances.

The listing contains spots in Chamarajnagar, Koppal, Chikmagaluru, Raichur, Chitradurga, Hassan, Shivamogga, Haveri, Yadgir, Kolar, Udupi, Davanagere and Kodagu districts.

Manufacturing will likely be allowed within the particular financial zones in these districts and standalone outlets exterior municipal limits will likely be allowed to operate.

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