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Cases of disappearing girls increasing in State

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June 5, 2012

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Bangalore, June 5: According to information made available by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), 99 girls were reported missing in 2008. The figure dipped to 41 the next year, but jumped to 130 in 2010. Data for 2011 and the current year is under compilation.

Over the three years, 79 boys too disappeared

The MHA has acknowledged that organised gangs may have become victims of trafficking gangs, for being pushed into illegal activities including bonded labour.


In an advisory to the Karnataka government on January 31, 2012, the MHA suggested steps to protect children from such gangs and to trace them.

The suggestions to facilitate the tracing of missing children included computerisation of records, DNA profiling, involvement of NGOs and other organisations, community awareness programmes etc.

According to the information made available by MHA, in Karnataka, 14 boys and 99 girls were victims of kidnapping or abduction in 2008, while the number stood at 38 and 41 in 2009, and 27 and 130 in 2010. The figures for 2011 and 2012 are being compiled.

In 2008, different agencies registered 99 cases, but there was a lone conviction. In 2009, 67 cases were registered, but there was no conviction. In 2010, 125 cases were registered, with six persons convicted.

According to information provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of disappearing children is increasing by the year. Over 2008-10, as many as 28,595 children disappeared all over the country. While 7,862 were reported missing in 2008, the figure shot up to 9,436 the next year and rose to 11,297 in 2010.

A total of 27,265 cases were booked, but only 4,262 persons were convicted.


In a further advisory on April 30, 2012, the MHA issued guidelines to law enforcement agencies on the manner and modalities regarding effectively dealing with the organised crime aspect of human trafficking.

It advised that the crime prone areas be identified and a mechanism instituted to ensure the safety and security of students, especially girls.

State governments have been advised to increase the number of beat constables; the number of police help booths/kiosks, especially in remote and lonely stretches and the number of policemen patrolling, especially during nights.


They have also been advised to post police officers especially women, fully equipped with policing infrastructure in crime-prone areas in adequate number was also among the many things advised.

Although the figures for Karnataka are disturbing, the trend in the neighbouring is worse. In Tamil Nadu, in the same period 1,035 girls went missing, while in Andhra Pradesh, the figures were even more scary - 1,471.

Number of children abducted

STATE 2008 2009 2010

Karnataka 14, 99* 38, 41* 27, 130*

Andhra Pradesh 43, 390* 83, 549* 49, 532*

Tamil Nadu 15, 266* 18, 284* 14, 485*

Kerala 13, 74* 10, 77* 17, 103*

* Read as boys, girls

Convictions

YEAR CASES CONVICTIONS

2008 99 1

2009 67 0

2010 125 6

Cases and convictions in Karnataka



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Agencies
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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July 28,2020

Noida, Jul 28: A doctor admitted at a private hospital in Noida has been accused of sexually harassing a patient in his isolation ward, where both were undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the police said.

The 20-year-old woman, in her complaint to the police, alleged that the incident took place on Monday and based on that a case was filed at the local expressway police station, they said.

A senior police official said an investigation is underway and there might be lapses on part of the hospital which allegedly admitted a man and a woman in the same isolation ward, in violation of the norms.

The woman and the doctor had tested positive for coronavirus last week, according to officials.

"The woman was in the isolation ward of the private hospital. There was a man, a medical practitioner, who too was infected with coronavirus and was sharing the ward with her," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Ranvijay Singh said.

He said the woman alleged molestation and upon being informed, the police immediately lodged a case and initiated a probe into the matter.

"There appears to be some irresponsibility on part of the hospital too. We are communication with the medical departments to check whether the patients were being kept in accordance with the guidelines," Mr Singh said.

He said the accused is still in isolation but the police will reach out for his statement following due protocols of COVID-19.

"All necessary action will be taken as per the truth that will emerge after a thorough investigation," Mr Singh said.

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March 28,2020

Hyderabad, Mar 28: Seven labourers from Karnataka were killed and four injured when the van in which they were travelling was hit by a truck near Pedda Golconda on the outskirts of the city late on Friday night, police said.

The deceased included two children. Of the 31 workers in the van, five died on the spot and two while undergoing treatment at a hospital, Assistant Commissioner of Traffic Vishwa Prasad said.
Four others were hospitalised and the condition of one of them is critical, he said, adding the other workers in the van escaped with minor injuries.

The workers were on their way back to their home town Raichur in Karnataka as the road project they were working in at Suryapet here was stalled due to the lockdown, Prasad said.

He said initital investigations revealed that the mango laden truck, which was on its way to Gujarat, was overspeeding.

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