Dishonour shocker from Haryana: Class 12 student killed by father; couple shot at by girl's brother

June 9, 2012

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Sonipat/ Pataudi, June 9: A class 12 student, was killed by her own father in Sonipat on the outskirts of New Delhi. Her crime; she fell in love and wanted to marry a boy from the same village. When she did not bow down to family pressure, her father Brajesh Singh used her dupatta to strangle her and then turned himself in to the police.

Mr Singh, who works as a security guard, in a factory told the police, how he tried to persuade his daughter to give up on marrying the boy, and even stopped her from going to school midway, while she was in class 12. When nothing worked, he killed her.

Her mother says the boy her daughter wanted to marry was like an uncle, which is why they were against it.

Just a few kilometres away in Pataudi, an attempted dishonour killing because two people married each other against the will of their families.

Monica had eloped with Veer Prakash about one and a half year ago, and got married. After being on the run all this time, Monica's brothers tracked them down yesterday, and shot them. The couple are now admitted in Delhi's Safdurjung hospital. The couple has now gained consciousness but the bullets are still lodged inside their bodies.

The police are looking for seven members of Monica's family, all of whom are untraceable. They say that the couple was told to return home and have a court marriage. The couple got the impression that the matter had been resolved so returned. "They both went home to Monica's family and were there till 10 pm. After that the girl's elder brother took them to Mao Road in Pataudi and shot them," explains Praveen Mehta, DCP South, Gurgaon.




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Nikhil Gavhane, who worked in a grocery shop, hanged himself as he had taken money from a person and was stressed over repayment, an official said.

"He was depressed since a week," the Imambada police station official said.

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Kozhikode, Jul 20: A 17-year old boy died of head injuries while trying to protect his mother from being assaulted by his drunk father here, police said on Sunday.

The youngster suffered the fatal injury after his head hit against the door when his father shoved him at their home on Saturday. Venu, had come home in an inebriated state and picked up a quarrel with his wife and started beating her up, they said.

On seeing this, Alan tried to intervene. Though the boy was rushed to the hospital, his life could not be saved, they added. Venu was arrested and a case has been registered.

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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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