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
 - 
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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July 26,2020

Ballari, July 26: Karnataka's minister for forests and environment Anand Singh has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in quarantine at his residence in Hospet town of Ballari district.

Minister's son-in-law Sandeep Singh confirmed it and said he has been home-quarantined and the doctors are treating him at home. It is not known who have contracted the virus from him, he told.  

A few days back, the car driver of the minister had tested positive for Covid-19. Old house of the minister located at Ranipet here was sealed down and he was quarantined at his bungalow off the ring road. 

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January 17,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 17: Karnataka Health Minister and BJP leader B Sriramulu on Friday claimed that Congress supports Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Popular Front of India (PFI) to disturb peace in the state.

His statement came after the arrest of 6 SDPI supporters in connection with an attack on a BJP-RSS follower during a pro-CAA rally held in December last year.

"The Congress party 100 per cent supports SDPI and PFI. Whenever they do not get the power, they try to disturb the peace with the support of SDPI and PFI. I will propose in Karnataka Assembly session to ban these organisations in Karnataka. We will discuss this matter," Sriramulu told ANI.

"We had already demanded for the ban on these organisations in Karnataka when I was an MP. Shobha Karandlaje, Yediyurappa and I had met Rajnath Singh, the then Home Minister in Delhi and we had given a memorandum to ban SDPI and PFI," he added.

A case has been registered against arrested SDPI supporters under relevant Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Bengaluru Police is constituting a new Special Investigation Team (SIT) to handle this case.

"There were 6 people belonging to SDPI, who were here to carry out attacks on leaders supporting CAA. These people were being paid Rs 10,000 from their handlers to create ruckus here. Now this will be handled by the Anti-Terror unit," said Bhaskar Rao, Bengaluru Commissioner of Police.

Earlier today, Karnataka Minister Jagadish Shettar called for a ban on SDPI.

"SDPI always denies their involvement but it has been proved now. I welcome the police's action. Their organisation should be banned as they have always been involved in anti-social activities and government of India should take very serious note of this," Shettar told ANI here.

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sam
 - 
Sunday, 19 Jan 2020

and RSS/bajrang dall creating peace??

Abdul Gaffar Bolar
 - 
Saturday, 18 Jan 2020

What about Ballari Reddy? You reddys from Andra Pradesh making trouble in Karnataka.

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