Teenage auto driver ‘rapes’ schoolgirl

January 9, 2012

Auto Hyderabad, January 9: A Class X student was allegedly raped by a 17-year-old youth, an auto driver, at Azad Chandrasekhar Nagar in Addagutta. According to Tukaramgate police, the youth befriended the girl, a student of a well-known school in Secunderabad, while she used to commute in his auto to reach school. He went out with her several times and reportedly exploited her sexually. Their intimate relationship came to the notice of her father recently when one of his friends saw the teenagers hanging out at a food joint.

"When grilled by the family members, the victim told them about the relationship and how he had sexually exploited her," Tukaramgate inspector S Santosh Kiran said. On Sunday morning, the victim's father approached the Tukaramgate police and lodged a complaint against the auto driver. After recording the statement of the victim in the presence of her family members, the Tukaramgate police booked a case against the auto driver under Section 376 ( rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). He was taken into custody and will be produced before a juvenile court on Monday.

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U for ‘Ugly’, says alphabet book; 2 teachers suspended in Bengal

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June 12,2020

The West Bengal government has suspended two women teachers in East Burdwan district on the charge of teaching pre-primary students from an English alphabet book consisting of a portion derogatory to the people with a dark complexion.

While presenting the alphabets with corresponding words and images, the book says U is for "Ugly". The illustration printed beside the letter is that of a boy with a dark complexion.

"The book is not part of the textbooks referred by the education department. It was introduced by the school itself. We have zero-tolerance for acts which instil prejudices into the minds of students," Education Minister Partha Chatterjee told reporters here on Thursday.

He said the two teachers of a local municipality-run school have been placed under suspension with immediate effect based on a preliminary investigation and stricter action would be taken against them later.

Though the school is now closed because of the lockdown, the matter came to light when the father of a student of the school was teaching him with the help of that book. He informed other parents and the education department was apprised of the issue, sources said.

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Woman commits suicide at AIIMS after her mother dies of cancer

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May 9,2020

New Delhi, May 9: A 23-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide at the AIIMS here after her mother died of cancer at the hospital, police said on Saturday.

She was reported missing after her mother passed away on Wednesday and her body was found near the new private ward block of the hospital on Saturday, they said, adding that she fell to her death from a building.

"Her mother was a cancer patient. She was being treated at the hospital and had died during treatment on Wednesday," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur said.

Her father was busy in the formalities when she left the area. She was reported missing since Wednesday. The family hails from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh, a senior police officer said.

Hospital staff noticed the body and informed the police. The block was closed due to which nobody found out about it earlier, police said.

Police said she had called her friends and told them that she was going to kill herself. The body has been recovered and an inquest proceeding is underway.

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