8-year-old girl bought for Rs 6,000 from West Bengal rescued

April 28, 2012

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Nagpur, April 28: An eight-year-old girl allegedly bought from West Bengal for Rs 6,000 and employed as domestic help by a couple at Nehru Nagar was rescued on Friday afternoon by team of Childline, an NGO, along with two constables from Gittikhadan police station.

The matter is being probed by Gittikhadan police station. Cops said they were still talking to the victim and interrogating the couple and were yet to register an offence.

According to the Childline activist, the girl was bought by the couple Pradeep Banerjee and his wife last year when she was seven.

Banerjee told police that the girl's mother had passed away when she was six and hence her father wanted to give the girl in adoption.

Her father is a migrant labourer. Banerjee, 56, is a senior executive in a leading private company.

Since the girl can only speak Bengali, police and activists are not able to communicate properly with her. Childline activist said she seemed scared and shocked and not in condition to tell anything. She understands a bit of Hindi as she spoke a few words with a female constable.

"She needs some time to open up. We will be counselling the girl for two days and then record her statement," said the activist.

On initial interrogation the girl stated that since from the first day she was brought home, she has been doing domestic work. She was not allowed to go outside and talk to anybody. On receiving information from the people from Nehru Nagar, city coordinator Barnic Gangmei and his team headed by Chhaya Gurav and Margaret Kujur raided Banerjee's home at Nehru Nagar at around 4.30 pm.

"Banerjee allowed us to check the home and we found the girl in the kitchen. She was sitting on a table with her head down. We brought her out and she didn't even stop us. Her eyes appeared dull and she was underweight," said Gurav.

The condition in which the girl was sitting seems she was kept for either domestic help or to look after Pradeep's wife who is reportedly suffering from psychological problem, claimed Gurav.

Banerjee told police that the couple lost their only son in a road mishap two years ago and since then his wife is under trauma. "We wanted to adopt a child but since we are very old and could not fulfill the adoption criterion, we were not allowed. Later, one of our relative told us about the girl's father who was willing to give the girl in adoption," Banerjee said in his statement to the cops.

Banerjee explained that he took care of girl as his daughter and was looking for a Bengali school to continue her studies.

Childline activists said there is a Bengali school at Nehru Nagar but Banerjee had not taken her there or at any others. Police took the girl to Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) for age determination. Activists said she would be kept at an institution at Shradhanandpeth until Monday.


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January 14,2020

Farukkhabad, Jan 14: In a shocking incident, a new-born baby was mauled to death by a dog inside the operation theatre (OT) of a private hospital in Farukkhabad on Monday.

Family members of the baby boy said that they noticed the hospital staff shooing a dog away from inside the operation theatre and soon after, they were told the baby boy, born just two hours ago, was dead.

The family members said that they found the baby's body on the floor and it had deep gashes around the neck and other parts of the body.

District magistrate Manvendra Singh has ordered an FIR and the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Chandra Shekhar said the hospital has been sealed and an inquiry ordered into the incident.

Sources said that the hospital where the incident took place was unregistered and was being run adjacent to a government hospital.

According to the FIR lodged with Sadar Kotwali police, the infant's father Ravi Kumar said he had admitted his wife Kanchan in the hospital on Monday and she was taken for a C-section to the operation theatre.

After the delivery, Kanchan was shifted to the ward but the family was told that the baby would be shifted later.

An hour later, the family was informed that the baby had died.

The family members then saw the hospital staff trying to chase a dog out of the operation theatre.

The family members forced their way into the operation theatre and found the infant lying on the floor with several injuries on the neck.

The police said that the baby's body has been preserved for examination and post mortem.

The FIR has been registered against Dr Mohit Gupta, and some of the staff members who were present during the delivery.

The hospital owner, Vijay Patel, however, feigned complete ignorance about the incident and said that he had been told that the baby was born dead.

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June 2,2020

Pratapgarh, Jun 2: In a shocking incident, a young man was tied to a tree and set afire by the family of a woman with whom he was allegedly having an affair in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh late on Monday night.

The man, 25, was a resident of Bhujauni village under Fatanpur police station, and he died on the spot.

Enraged over the incident, his family members and local people turned violent and set two police vehicles on fire.

Additional forces were rushed in to control the situation that remains tense.

The body has been sent for post-mortem.

According to Superintendent of Police (SP), Pratapgarh, Abhishek Singh, "Some people barged into the house of Ambika Patel and dragged him away. They then tied Patel to a tree some distance away and set him on fire after sprinkling petrol on him. They fled immediately after." Agitated family members and villagers assembled at the site and set a 112 police response vehicle (PRV) and another police jeep on fire. They were demanding immediate arrest and action against the accused.

The official said that Patel's relatives claimed that he was having an affair with a woman from his village and this had resulted in many face-offs between the families.

Patel had reportedly shared a video clip of the woman on social media a few months ago further increasing tension between the families.

The woman's family members had registered a police complaint against Patel in this connection at the Fatanpur police station that led to his arrest. He was released from jail recently, police added.

The woman had been recently selected as a police constable and was posted to Kanpur.

The SP said that an FIR had been registered on the complaint of the victim's family and efforts were on to arrest the accused.

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Both pilots had managed to safely eject themselves to safety after both the engines of their jet failed.

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