Teacher strips girl in co-ed classroom

June 29, 2012

Kolkata, June 29: A teacher of a co-ed government school in Gaighata in North 24-Parganas took off the leggings of a 13-year-old girl in the classroom on Wednesday because she was not in proper uniform. The girl wept and pleaded but the teacher allegedly did not return it even after school was over, forcing her to walk home in a semi-clad state.

Headmaster Swapan Bala dismissed it as a "minor incident". "We came to know of it only a day later. It is not a serious matter. Some people are unnecessarily making an issue out of it. The teacher has apologized. We shall take a final decision on Friday," Bala said on Thursday.

The accused teacher was allowed to get away by submitting a written apology to the managing committee of the school. And the girl's father was made to submit another document to police, stating that the matter "had been sorted out" and he doesn't want to press charges against the teacher.

Education minister Bratya Basu has ordered an inquiry by the district inspector of schools, North 24-Parganas. "If the teacher is found guilty, action will be taken against her," Basu said.

The girl is still traumatized and refuses to get out of her room. Even her classmates are so shocked that they complained to their parents, who staged a demonstration outside the school on Thursday.

The incident occurred at Berigopalpur Adarsha High School in Gaighata, about 65km from Kolkata. Three girls of Class VII turned up in school without the proper uniform. One of them had leggings under her skirt. The other teachers did not mind but the accused teacher pulled them up during her class. She had apparently warned the students earlier that she wanted them to come in uniform.

"When she scolded me, I explained that I was absent on Monday and Tuesday and did not know that she had warned the class. But she got extremely angry and tore my leggings in front of everybody. I cried out in shame. She then sent all three of us out of the class. When school was over, I begged to her to return the leggings but she refused. I had to walk back home in that state," the girl told TOI.

The girl's father lodged a complaint at Gaighata police station on Thursday after which the officer-in-charge went to the school. By then, the parents' agitation had started. Managing committee secretary Basudeb Ghosh and headmaster Swapan Bala convened a meeting with police and the teacher. The teacher refuted the charges initially but confessed after the girl was summoned and asked to narrate the incident.

"We have received a written undertaking from her that such incidents won't be repeated. It was a shameful act. We shall meet again on Friday. If the teacher is found to be guilty, she will be punished," Ghosh said. "We had lodged a general diary. Later in the day, the girl's father told us that the matter had been sorted out and he does not want to press charges against the teacher," police said.

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January 28,2020

Nagpur, Jan 28: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts by a man in the Pardi area here, police said on Monday.

The gruesome incident took place on January 21 and the accused, Yogilal Rahangdale (52), was arrested from Gondia district, they said.

The accused was working as a supervisor in a spinning mill where the woman was employed as a labourer, the police said.

The woman, her brother, the accused and another girl lived in rented accommodations in Pardi.

Inspector Sunil Chavan of the Pardi police station said that the woman's brother and her female friend had gone to their village on January 21 for some work.

As the woman was alone at home, Rahangdale attempted to rape her in the night. When she resisted, he stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, he said.

When she fell unconscious, the accused raped her and inserted an iron rod in her private parts, Chavan said, quoting from the complaint filed by the victim.

She narrated the incident to her brother on January 24 and they subsequently lodged a complaint with the police.

An offence was registered against the accused at the Pardi police station.

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July 9,2020

Etawah, Jul 9: Another aide of the Kanpur encounter accused Vikas Dubey, Bahua Dubey, died in an encounter with the police, here on Thursday.

"Today at around 4.30 AM, in an encounter with the Etawah Police, one person has died. from him, a rifle and a pistol too has been recovered. When we shared the information with the Kanpur Police, they identified him as Bahua Dubey," said SSP Etawah Akash Tomar.

"He was involved in the Kanpur encounter alongside Vikas Dubey and there was a bounty of Rs 50,000 on him," he added.

"Around 3 AM on the highway near Mahewa Police Station Bakewar, a Swift Dzire car was looted by four armed assailants on a Scorpio. Around 4:30 AM, they were intercepted at Kachaura road under Police Station Civil lines by the police. When police parties chased them, the car collided with a tree, and criminals started firing at the police," he further said.

Dubey sustained injuries during the encounter and was pronounced dead when taken to the hospital. However, the other three managed to escape. One pistol, a double-barrel gun, and several cartridges have been recovered, he informed further.

Earlier today, Prabhat Mishra, also an aide of the main accused, died after being shot at by the police.

Mishra had sustained an injury on the leg after being shot at by the police and was rushed to a hospital before being pronounced dead.

Vikas Dubey is the main accused in the encounter that took place in Kanpur last week, in which a group of assailants allegedly opened fire on a police team, which had gone to arrest him. Eight police personnel were killed in the encounter.

A search operation is currently underway to nab Dubey.

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February 5,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 5: City Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru City have arrested two drug peddlers from Kerala and have seized banned products from their possession.

According to officials the arrested persons have been identified as Shinto Thomas (35) of Wayanad and Tajudden Talat (29) of Thiruvananthapuram.

"We have seized 4 kg 350 grams of Hashish oil, 21.5 kgs of Ganja, Rs. 9300 cash, two mobile phones, two ganja crushing tools, and 625 empty boxes and other articles from them", police said in a statement.

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