Doctors ignore girl, 14, raped by stepdad

May 5, 2013

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Nagpur, May 5: It was a double blow for 14-year-old Sunita (name changed). First, she was violently raped by her stepfather that left her bleeding, in great pain, immobile and in deep trauma. Then, the doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital, showing shocking apathy and insensitivity to Sunita, refused to admit her saying, "Such health conditions are expected in cases of rapes on young girls".

The alleged rape happened on Thursday night. She was brought to the hospital first on Friday evening. Sent back, Sunita had to be brought again on Saturday to the GMCH after she lost consciousness twice during the night. After being admitted at 2pm, Sunita continues to writhe in pain at the time of writing the report.

Sunita's stepfather Pradeep Kharwade has been arrested and is in police custody till May 7. It is learnt that that he had earlier attempted to rape his own daughter for which his family had thrown him out.

'Accused had made two attempts too'

Pradeep Kharwade was arrested for allegedly raping his step daughter Sunita (name changed). Around a year ago Kharwade, an ice-cream seller, started staying as 'husband' with the widowed mother of Sunita, a standard IX student at Antuji Nagar in Bhandewadi. The woman was working for a caterer. Relatives said that Kharwade had twice earlier attempted to molest Sunita for which he was warned by them. They also claimed that Kharwade may have been assisted by others on Thursday night, too.

Sunita and her 10-year-old sister were sleeping in their house on Thursday night when Kharwade, who is in his 50s, forced himself upon her. Her mother was out on duty at a wedding. Kharwade left the house even thought Sunita was bleeding from her private parts. She remained in pain and complained of dizziness for most part of Friday. On seeing her condition, a neighbour informed her mother who rushed home.

The woman then took Sunita to Nandanvan police station from where they were sent to GMCH. The girl's second round of humiliation started as soon as she stepped into the hospital. Despite repeated pleas by relatives to provide assistance, doctors at the GMCH chose to ignore Sunita who was all the while bleeding and writhing in pain. This shocking negligence - later denied by the hospital authorities - comes at a time when the government is trying hard to end atrocities on women by tightening the loopholes in the law.

"We were shocked to hear the statement," said the girl's mother. GMCH dean Dr Rajaram Pawar said that the doctors may have spoken the words only to "provide comfort and assurance". While GMCH authorities said the girl's family did not want to get her admitted, the relatives countered saying the doctors refused them permission.

During Friday night, Sunita lost consciousness twice. She was rushed back to the GMCH where doctors finally admitted Sunita after completing the paperwork. A relative said Sunita spent the whole night complaining of pain the abdomen and bleeding, which kept her awake.

The relative added that Sunita loses consciousness and is in a state of shock when she wakes up. "The doctors administered an injection in the afternoon and after that did not turn up at all. She is in terrible pain but nobody paying any attention to her. When I spoke to a doctor, I was told that there are other patients who require attention too," she said.

But, Dr Pawar said doctors were doing their best. "Considering her age, medicines are being provided at regular intervals," he said.

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June 7,2020

Lucknow, Jun 7: From Anamika Shukla to Anamika Singh and finally Priya. The primary school teacher who was found to be teaching simultaneously in 25 schools, not only has multiple jobs but also multiple identities.

Anamika was arrested on Saturday from Kasganj district when she went to submit her resignation after she was served a show cause notice by the Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA), Anjali Agarwal.

Agarwal informed the police and Anamika was arrested.

According to the Kasganj BSA, Anamika Shukla, originally a resident of Kaimganj in Farukhabad is currently doing her B.Ed from the Raghukul Degree College in Gonda. Her other documents are also from the same college.

During interrogation, Anamika Shukla said that she was actually Anamika Singh but as questioning proceeded, it turned out that she was Priya from Farrukhabad.

She has been booked for cheating and forgery under IPC sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will etc.) and 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating).

According to the police, the woman claimed that she had paid Rs five lakh to a Mainpuri-based man to get this job.

She used Anamika Shukla's credentials to get the job while her real name is Priya, daughter of Mahipal, a resident of the Lakhanpur village of the Kayamganj police circle in Farrukhabad district.

Soron station house officer (SHO) Ripudaman Singh said, "During interrogation, the accused initially claimed to be Anamika Singh, daughter of Subhas Singh. However, her documents are in the name of Anamika Shukla, daughter of Subhas Chandra Shukla."

The accused claimed that she paid the hefty amount to Raj, a Mainpuri-based man for the job and was posted in Faridpur Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) since August 2018.

The police are now trying to zero in on the man who got her the job.

The police also believe that it could be possible that multiple candidates used credentials and 'eligibility' of Anamika Shukla - the real one still remains elusive.

According to the Uttar Pradesh government, five more Anamika Shuklas have been found working in KGBVs in Ambedkar Nagar, Baghpat, Aligarh, Saharanpur and Prayagraj districts. She has reportedly drawn a combined salary of Rs one crore in the past one year.

Teachers in KGBV, a residential setup for girls from weaker sections of the society, are appointed on contract and are paid approximately Rs 30,000 per month. Each block in a district has one Kasturba Gandhi school.

Basic Education Minister Satish Dwivedi said that the incident was 'shocking' and the police would unravel the entire racket in the case. "No officer, employee who connived with this teacher in providing her job at KGBV and subsequently hiding it, will be spared," he said.

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May 25,2020

Hyderabad, May 25: Indicating foul play in the death of nine people, including six of a family, whose bodies were fished out from a well near Warangal, a forensic expert on Sunday virtually ruled out suicide theory, saying it appeared seven of them had been dragged and thrown into the water body.

Mystery shrouded the death of nine people, including six of a family, whose bodies were found in a well, five of them on Friday and four on Thursday, on the outskirts of Warangal in Telangana.

Police stepped up the probe and forensic analysis was also underway in the case.

The forensic expert, who visited the crime scene as part of the investigation citing preliminary tests, said that the seven of nine people had scratch injuries and appeared to have been "dragged" and "thrown" into the well.

Forensic reports are expected in 10 days, the forensic expert told media on Sunday adding after examining the crime scene it appears that the deaths were not suicides.

"We have preserved all organs and the same were sent to forensic science laboratory (FSL) for examination... some two or three persons might have been involved in the crime. There are scratch injuries on the bodies," he said.

"It appears that they were thrown into the water... There were no injuries on the child's body. We are awaiting the forensic report (to ascertain) whether they were poisoned. It didn't appear as if they committed suicide," the expert, who performed the post-mortem said.

Police sources said at least two people were picked up for questioning.

Bodies of the head of the family, wife, daughter and three-year old grandson were found floating and fished out on Thursday.

On Friday morning, some bodies were seen floating following which police pumped out the water from the well and found others.

The 48-year old man had migrated from West Bengal over 20 years ago and had settled down here. His family had been staying in two rooms on the premises of the unit, police had earlier said.

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June 6,2020

Kota (Rajasthan), Jun 6: A 14-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself to death on early Saturday morning shortly after he stopped playing PUBG throughout the night and went to sleep, said police. 

Railway Colony police station’s in-charge Hansraj Meena said the boy, a class 9 student and son of an Army man, was found hanging from the grill of the ventilator in his bedroom on early Saturday morning. 

Meena said according to the boy’s family members, the boy had downloaded the gaming programme on his mother’s mobile phone only three days back but had been playing the game virtually continuously for the last three days. 

He kept on playing the game till 3 am in a room in which his brother was studying, said Meena, adding the boy went to adjoining to sleep after that. His body was found hanging from the ventilator’s grill in the morning, he said, adding the boy was rushed to MBS Hospital, where he was declared “brought dead”. 

No suicide note was recovered in the case, the SHO said. The boy lived in Gandhi Colony in the city along with his mother and brother, while his father, a Tamil Nadu native and Army man, is currently posted in Arunachal Pradesh. The boy’s body has been kept in hospital’s morgue for the postmortem, the SHO said.

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