IPS officer sacked for illegal 2nd marriage

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August 7, 2017

New Delhi, Aug 7: The Centre has sacked two IPS officers, including one for entering into a second marriage without having annulled the first, under a rule that allows it to compulsorily retire civil servants "in public interest".

Both the DIG-level officers belong to Chhattisgarh cadre. The two officers removed under the All India Services Rules-1958 are AM Juri from the 2000 batch and K C Agrawal from the 2002 batch. While Juri was reportedly retired for taking a second wife without divorcing his first spouse, which is barred under the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968. Agrawal was sacked over 'nonperformance' in view of allegations of corruption. Both the officers faced the axe on the basis of adverse reports from Chhattisgarh following a state-level panel review. Juri is alleged to have remarried without legally annulling his first marriage. He also has two children from the second 'wife'. Though this was a personal detail known well to his bosses and fellow officers, the state is believed to have been spurred to initiate action against him when his second wife wrote to it, pleading that her two kids be declared legal heirs for inheritance purposes.

According to the state government's report forwarded to the home ministry, the cadre controlling authority for all IPS officers, a verification based on school records of the two children showed that Juri was indeed their father.

"Given that Rule 19 of AIS (Conduct) Rules clearly bars a member of the service from entering into, or contracting a marriage with a person having a spouse living, the state government took a serious view of the violation of the said rule by Juri and put him on the watch list. The home ministry, also viewing it as an 'open and shut' case, decided to recommend it to ACC to compulsorily retire him in public interest," a home ministry officer said.

In 2015, the Supreme Court had ordered that a person violating the rule that prohibits a government servant from having two wives simultaneously was liable to be sacked, even if he happened to be a Muslim.

Juri, who joined the state police service in 1983, was promoted to IPS in 2000, while Agrawal joined the state police service in 1985 and was promoted to IPS in 2002.

According to service rules, the central government may, in consultation with the state government concerned, require a member of the service to retire in public interest, after giving at least three month notice in writing or as many months' pay and allowances in lieu of such notice. In January, Mayank Sheel Chohan, a 1998 batch Union Territory cadre officer, and Raj Kumar Dewangan, a 1992 batch Chhattisgarh cadre officer, were removed from the service on similar grounds.

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June 5,2020

Jun 5: A young woman was forced to drink liquor allegedly by her husband after which he along with four friends assaulted, burnt her with cigarette butts and raped her in front of her five year-old son, police said on Friday.

All the five, who were taken into custody earlier, have been arrested. The shocking incident occurred in the state capital last night.

The incident came to light after the 25-year-old woman, approached police and complained against her husband and his four friends.

A case has been registered against the five accused for kidnapping, assaulting and gangrape.

Since the incident took place in front of the child, a case under Protection of children from sexual offices Act has also been charged against the accused.

Meanwhile, State health and family welfare minister K K Shailaja asked the state police chief to take stringentction against the culprits as "such cruelty happened in front of her child."

The Kerala State Women's Commission on its own registered a case and sought report from the Thiruvananthapuram Rural SP.

She managed to escape from there and pleaded for help from a young man, who saw in heran inebriatedstate, and took her to her house and informed police.

The man later told some television channels that she was crying, had injuries on her face and pleaded for help.

Police have recorded the statement of the woman, who was admitted to a government hospital here and later discharged.

She had also stated that the men had tortured her using cigarette butts.

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January 28,2020

Nagpur, Jan 28: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts by a man in the Pardi area here, police said on Monday.

The gruesome incident took place on January 21 and the accused, Yogilal Rahangdale (52), was arrested from Gondia district, they said.

The accused was working as a supervisor in a spinning mill where the woman was employed as a labourer, the police said.

The woman, her brother, the accused and another girl lived in rented accommodations in Pardi.

Inspector Sunil Chavan of the Pardi police station said that the woman's brother and her female friend had gone to their village on January 21 for some work.

As the woman was alone at home, Rahangdale attempted to rape her in the night. When she resisted, he stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, he said.

When she fell unconscious, the accused raped her and inserted an iron rod in her private parts, Chavan said, quoting from the complaint filed by the victim.

She narrated the incident to her brother on January 24 and they subsequently lodged a complaint with the police.

An offence was registered against the accused at the Pardi police station.

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February 11,2020

Mumbai, Feb 11: A 65-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her husband over debt and illness in suburban Powai here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident came to light when Sheela Ajit Lad was found dead by her neighbours at Sukh Shanti Co-operative Society at around 9.30 pm on Monday, an official said.

The victim was allegedly killed by her husband Ajit Lad, who hit her on the head with a heavy object, slit her wrists and strangled her to death, he said.

The accused absconded at around 7.30 pm, leaving a note at the crime scene, saying he was going to commit suicide and had killed his wife because he was heavily in debt and she was suffering from an ailment, the official said.

The childless couple lived alone in the apartment, he added.

"On the basis of the note, we have registered a case of murder against Ajit Lad and have launched a manhunt for him. We have not traced him or found his body as he had mentioned suicide in the note," deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Zone X Ankit Goyal said.

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