Woman lures widow to rapists at a party

March 8, 2012

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Chinsurah, March 8: A 25-year-old widow has complained that she was lured to a feast by someone she considered her elder sister and handed over to five men to be raped. Unlike the Park Street, Falta and Burdwan cases, the Hooghly police acted immediately and not only took her complaint but also got her statement recorded before a magistrate. They have even tracked down three of the five suspects named in the FIR.


The police started the investigation based solely on the illiterate victim's complaint, unlike the Park Street police who seemed more interested in poking holes in the car-rape victim's account. The prompt action suggests that the force has learnt a lesson from the recent gaffes that triggered public outrage.


The victim comes from an extremely impoverished family. On Monday, she got a dinner invite from a well-to-do woman she knew for a long time. In her complaint, she says that she did not find any reason to suspect "didi's invitation".


Even on reaching there, she found nothing to raise alarm. Late in afternoon, the host told the widow that a few guests (local villagers) would also be dropping in for dinner. She was asked to cook chicken for them. She did so without a thought because the woman often asked her to run errands and do some odd jobs. Several men came late in the evening. She says she saw them have liquor along with the food.


Sometime later, a youth asked her to show the way out. When she did so, four others followed. She alleges she was dragged to a tomato field nearby and raped by all five of them. The ordeal lasted over an hour. She couldn't even shout for help as the rapists threatened her and put their hands on her mouth. Somehow, late at night she managed to escape and narrated her ordeal at home.


On Tuesday morning, she came to the police station and spoke to the officers. Police asked her to write a complaint but she said that she was illiterate. Police swung into action immediately. Not only was her case registered, an appeal was made to a Chinsurah court to record her statement under 164 CrPC. The statement was recorded before a judicial magistrate in-camera. While senior officers wouldn't comment on record, one said, "As per the apex court verdict, a victim's complaint is the most crucial evidence in any such allegation. A judicial 'confession' therefore, is critical evidence before a trial court later."


Hooghly additional SP Ashesh Biswas said: "We have gone through her complaint in detail. We are questioning the host and have managed to identify three youths. They were all known to the host. Nothing more can be said now as raids are on. We are hopeful of tracking down all the accused." Police suspect that the host may have staged the entire incident. "She appears to be the key link. We are interrogating her," said an officer.


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July 17,2020

Ahmadabad, July 17: The Gujarat high court has ordered the Bharuch superintendent of police to investigate and produce a 14-year-old girl before the court, who has allegedly eloped with a man. Ironically, the man was convicted two years ago on Pocso charges for eloping with another minor girl in 2016.

The high court has asked the government to file an application for bail cancellation of the convict because he has indulged in a similar offence after having come out on bail.

The case involved one Dilip Padhiyar (24) from Uchchhad village in Jambusar taluka of Bharuch district.

He was punished with 10 years in jail in December 2018 by a special court for kidnapping a 16-year-old girl in 2016. He was prosecuted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and for rape and kidnapping charges. He got away with a 10-year-imprisonment because the girl was over 16 years and she had not alleged rape. However, Dilip Padhiyar was held guilty of statutory rape, abduction as well as under provisions of Pocso Act.

Dinesh Padhiyar got regular bail from the high court pending his appeal challenging his conviction in January 2019. In November 2019, he eloped with another minor girl.

Her father approached the high court complaining that though an FIR was registered with Vedach police station, the police have not made any effort to trace his minor girl. It was also contended in the habeas corpus petition that Padhiyar is a habitual offender.

Petitioner's advocate Imtiyaz Kureshi said that looking at the past of Dinesh Padhiyar, the high court asked the state government to initiate proceedings for cancellation of his bail.

The bench headed by Justice Sonia Gokani instructed HC's registry to treat the bail cancellation application as an urgent matter.

The high court has ordered Bharuch SP to produce the girl before the court by July 20, and in case she cannot be traced by then, he will have to submit an action taken report.

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May 14,2020

Six migrant workers have been killed and five others seriously injured when a speeding bus ran over them on the Delhi-Saharanpur Highway near in Muzaffarnagar, officials said on Thursday.

The accused driver, who was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, has been arrested, said SSP Abhishek Yadav.

The workers were going on foot to their homes in Bihar from Haryana when they were hit on the Delhi-Saharanpur Highway between Ghalili Check Post and Rohana Toll Plaza, about 20 km from here late last night, the official said.

The injured -- Sushil, Nathu Saini, Pawan Saini, Pramod and Ramji Rai --were rushed to hospital.

Two of the deceased were identified as Bijender, 25, and Harsh, 20. The rest were yet to be identified.

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July 8,2020

Kanpur, Jul 8: The Special Task Force (STF) shot dead Amar Dubey in an encounter in Maudaha on Wednesday morning. Amar, a right hand man of gangster Vikas Dubey, who shot dead eight police personnel on Friday last, figured prominently in the list of wanted persons released by the Kanpur police on Tuesday.

He was a named accused in the massacre.

According to STF sources, the police team had received a tip off about Amar's presence in the district and when they tried to close in on him, the criminal opened fire on them, He was killed in retaliatory firing around 6.30.a.m,

Amar was reportedly heading towards the house of one of his relatives in Maudaha area.

"We asked him to surrender but he opened fire at us and was killed when we returned the fire," said an STF official.

Earlier, he had been hiding in Faridabad but moved out after police pressure increased there.

Amar Dubey was a trusted accomplice of Vikas Dubey and the police had announced a reward of Rs 25,000 on him after the Kanpur massacre.

Incidentally, reports claim that Vikas Dubey was also seen at a hotel in Faridabad on Tuesday night but fled before the police could close in on him.

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