2-year-old boy ‘sexually assaulted’ at playschool

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July 6, 2018

Kolkata, Jul 6: A two-year-old boy was allegedly sexually assaulted at a playschool in south Kolkata’s Behala area earlier this week.

The alleged incident came to light on Thursday, a day after the child’s parents lodged a complaint at Thakurpukur police station.

The FIR registered under Sections 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 mentions that the child went to the playschool on Monday (July 2), where he was subjected to “aggravated penetrative sexual assault by unknown persons”.

The father of the child said in the complaint that his son was in extreme pain after returning home. “When my son came out of the playschool he was crying. He was not able to stand or sit,” he said. The boy was taken to a private practitioner, who suggested that the parents visit the school and check the CCTV footage.

The father alleged that the principal of the school denied his request to provide CCTV footage of that particular day. The school authorities told him they that do not have the CCTV footage of the premises from June 26 to July 3, he said.

The child’s parents then took him to a State-run health facility where his medical examination was conducted and lodged a complaint with the police.

The playschool authorities claim that they had organised a ‘Doctors’ Day’ event at the school on Monday and that a doctor had medically examined the children.

“This child, however, was not checked by the doctor. He was with the teachers and a nanny in another room and at 11.30 a.m. the parents came to pick him up. They returned 24 hours later and made these allegations,” its principal told media persons.

Describing the incident as “deeply disturbing”, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi announced in a tweet on Thursday afternoon that she has directed the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to immediately initiate action in the case.

In December last year, an allegation of sexual assault on a child at a kindergarten in south Kolkata had triggered massive protests by parents. The school was closed for weeks before arrests were made and the principal was removed from office.

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May 24,2020

Kanpur, May 24: Three persons onboard separate Shramik Special trains lost their lives due to various ailment, officials said here on Saturday.

"Family members of the deceased said all were suffering from serious ailment. The travel history of all the three deceased passengers was taken, Kanpur District Magistrate Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari said.

Giving details about the deceased, he said Naichinalyu Disang (23), a resident of Nagaland, was going from Delhi to Dimapur.

"She was suffering from liver ailments," Tiwari said. As she coughed and vomited in the train, other passengers got terrified, he added.

The district magistrate said the body reached Kanpur Central Station at around 10.00 am.

Sample has been taken to check for the presence of novel coronavirus. She was working at a spa in Himachal Pradesh, he said.

Tiwari said Rajendra Prasad (50), a resident of Unnao, died on the Lucknow-bound special train from Andhra Pradesh.

Munni Devi (80), a resident of Siwan district in Bihar, died onboard the special train going from Surat to Siwan, the senior official informed.

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March 3,2020

Panipat, Mar 3: A 22-year-old man was charred to death after he came in contact with a live electricity wire while posing for a TikTok video near the Matlaudha railway station here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on Monday evening when Vikas, a resident of Dharamgarh village, climbed a pole over which the wire was passing and posed for the video, police said.

His three friends were standing below when the accident took place.

Vikas came in contact with the wire carrying 25,000 volts current and was burnt, police said.

Police have sent the body for a post-mortem and started investigation into the matter.

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May 28,2020

Mumbai, May 28: Twenty four doctors and three others staying in a south Mumbai hotel were rescued after a major fire broke out in the five-storey building, officials said on Thursday.

The BMC has arranged temporary accommodation for emergency and essential service staffers, including doctors and nurses, in various hotels and lodges in the city due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This hotel is one such facility.

The fire broke out at Hotel Fortune near Metro Cinema late Wednesday night and was brought under control after nearly three hours early Thursday, fire brigade officials said.

“The fire spread from the first to the third floor of the hotel, a fire brigade official told PTI. It was a level-2 fire and eight fire engines were rushed to the spot, he added.

The fire was confined to the electric wiring and cables in the electrical duct, false ceiling in the lobby and the common passages on the first, second and third floors of the hotel, he said.

The 24 rescued were resident doctors at a local hospital who were provided temporary accommodation in the hotel, while the three others were guests of the hotel, he said.

The fire broke out at 11 am and wasbrought under control at 1.40 am, the official said. Cooling operation is underway at the hotel, he added.

Five doctors were rescued using fire brigade ladders and breathing apparatus sets, the official said.

The cause of the blaze is not yet known, the fire brigade official said.

On April 21, a major fire broke out in a lodging room of Hotel Ripon near Mumbai Central, which was being used as a quarantine facility by the civic body.

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