Robbers gang-rape, shoot woman

March 27, 2012

Patna/Jamui, March 27: In an incident that sent shivers down the spine, road robbers gang-raped and shot dead a woman in her 30s after relieving her family members of cash and belongings while they were on way to Jamui after a picnic trip on Sunday evening. Worse, policemen took 12 hours to lodge an FIR as they allegedly fought over the jurisdiction of the place of occurrence.

The incident occurred at the tri-junction of Jamui, Sheikhpura and Lakhisarai districts, 200km from Patna, when Naresh Barnwal, a businessman based in Dhanbad, along with his wife and child and wife's brother, wife and child was returning after visiting tourist spots in Rajgir and Nalanda on his car.

They were on way to Jamui where his wife's 'mausi', or mother's sister, stayed.

Reports reaching state police HQ said the Barnwals were intercepted by six armed criminals who had put up boulders on the road near Hansapur village under the Karandeh police station of Sheikhpura district. They snatched the cash, ornaments, cellphones and other belongings of the Barnwals and pulled Naresh's wife out of the vehicle. They forced her to walk with them at gunpoint for some distance, gang-raped and shot at her before escaping.

Wailing family members scouted for the victim and took her to the Jamui sadar hospital, 50km away, where she was declared 'brought dead'.

Since the robbery took place at a spot that fell under Sheikhpura district; the gang rape at a spot in Lakhisarai district and the death was confirmed in Jamui district, cops at the three police stations concerned made the wailing Barnwals to run in circles - from Jamui to Sheikhpura and then to Lakhisarai.

What added to their woes was the fact that the SPs of Sheikhpura and Lakhisarai had relinquished the charge following a police reshuffle notified on Saturday.

It was only after the new incumbent, Premlata, joined as Lakhisarai SP on Monday and visited the spot along with new Sheikhpura SP Anusuiya Rana Singh Sahu that the FIR was lodged at the Halsi police station in Lakhisarai around 9am.

DGP Abhayanand said doctors performing autopsy informally told the local sub-inspector there were no signs of rape on the body. "However, we will wait for the autopsy report before reaching a conclusion," he said and added a team of forensic experts had been sent from Patna for scientific examination of the spot.

Sources said police have seized a cellphone from the spot. However, it was not examined till reports last came in on Monday evening.

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May 12,2020

May 12: A Madhya Pradesh Police sub-inspector was fined Rs 5,000 after he performed a daredevil act of balancing himself on two moving cars, copying the famous stunt from Ajay Devgn-starrer 'Singham'.

Manoj Yadav, the in-charge of Narsinghgarh police post in Damoh district, was also warned against any such daredevilry in future, police sources said on Monday.

Sporting shades as the hero of the cop drama film and wearing his police uniform, Yadav got the entire episode video-graphed, they said.

As the video of the stunt went viral on social media, senior police officials took serious note of it as it will send wrong signals to youngsters, the sources said.

Inspector General, Sagar range, Anil Sharma directed Damoh Superintendent of Police Hemant Chauhan to probe the matter.

After an investigation, Chauhan imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the sub-inspector and warned him not to repeat such mistakes.

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January 3,2020

Unnao, Jan 3: The Uttar Pradesh Police has submitted a charge sheet in a court here in connection with the death of a 23-year-old Unnao rape victim, who was allegedly set ablaze by five men.

Additional Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar Pandey, who is heading a Special Investigation Team in the case, said the charge sheet was submitted on Wednesday.

"There is ample proof against the five accused persons, and the charge sheet was prepared based on those evidences," he said on Thursday.

The 23-year-old Unnao rape victim, who was airlifted to Delhi and admitted to Safdarjung Hospital with 90 per cent burns after being set on fire, died following a cardiac arrest on December 6, 2019.

The woman was set afire by five men, including two of her alleged rapists, on December 5 morning when she was going to Rae Bareli to attend a court hearing in the rape case filed by her.

In her statement to Sub Divisional Magistrate Dayashankar Pathak, the woman had said she was attacked when she reached Gaura turn near her home on her way to the court.

She had specifically named Harishankar Trivedi, Ram Kishore Trivedi, Umesh Bajpai, Shivam Trivedi and Shubham Trivedi as the persons who set her on fire.

The woman had also alleged that Shivam and Shubham Trivedi had abducted and raped her in December 2018.

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January 6,2020

New Delhi, Jan 6: A blind student who is pursuing research in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was also attacked by the mob that perpetrated violence in the University yesterday.

"I thought that the mob which came yesterday would disperse after raising a few slogans but they indulged in violence. They were targeting ABVP students. They beat me with sticks and rods. When I went to the AIIMS Trauma Centre, I came to know that there are many other injured students there," Surya Prakash, the blind student pursuing research in the University told ANI.

"I talked to my family members. They are really worried about the situation here. I qualified in the National Eligibility Test (NET) last year but I want to study and hence I am continuing research in JNU. How can we do anything in this atmosphere of fear? I am receiving calls from anonymous numbers threatening me not to come in front of the media. They are saying that as I am blind, I would become the face of this case," he added.

Another PhD student, Santosh Bhagat recounted his experience.

"In the evening at around 7 pm, many masked men entered the hostel. They had rods and sticks in their hands. We tried to go out but the attackers had entered the premises by then. I locked my room from inside but the attackers broke the door and entered my room and attacked me. They pushed me from the first floor and I fell down and sustained an injury. Later, I took shelter at one of the Professor's flat. Later, I was taken to the AIIMS Trauma Cantre," Bhagat said.

On Sunday evening, more than 30 students of the university, including JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh, were injured and were taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre after a masked mob entered the JNU and attacked them and professors with sticks and rods.

The JNU administration and political leaders, cutting across political lines, condemned the attack on students and urged the police to take action against the perpetrators.

Meanwhile, the situation remained tense but peaceful outside JNU on Monday morning as the university guards maintained a strict vigil at the gate, checking I-cards of all those entering the university.

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