Girls missing from N-K traced to red-light areas

December 4, 2012

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Bangalore, December 4: Karnataka Women’s Commission (KWC) has revealed that around 50 per cent of girls in the age group of12 to 30, who go missing from north Karnataka districts, remain untraced. However, nearly 85 per cent of girls missing from south Karnataka districts are traced.

Many of the missing girls from north Karnataka are later found in red light areas of Mumbai and other bigger cities, said KWC?Chairperson Manjula on Monday after submitting a report on ‘Issues and Concerns of Missing Girls in Karnataka – A Case Study of Mysore City’ to Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka, who also holds the home portfolio.

“The Commission, during its recent visit to red-light areas in Mumbai found that a large number of girls were from north Karnataka. The State government should take appropriate steps to rescue and rehabilitate them,” she added.

Statistics show that on an average about 200 to 300 girls go missing from each district annually. And, the number of cases of girls missing is on the rise. In 2009, as many as 4,720 cases were registered as against 6,005 in 2010 and 4,264 cases in 2011 (till September).

“After analysing the data, the Commission realised that it was a major problem the State was facing. Among the districts, Mysore registered highest number of 506 cases in 2011,” she stated.



Torture by husband

According to the case study of Mysore city done by the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, University of Mysore, on behalf of the Commission, about 38 per cent of women went missing because of torture by their husbands.

“Husbands are either alcoholic or irresponsible or treated their wives badly. Hence, their wives deserted them,” the report stated.

Love affair is the second major cause for the increase in the number of girls going missing in Mysore.

“About 36 per cent girls go missing because of love, affection, attraction and infatuation. Even educated girls from decent families go missing because they are in love with boys belonging to other communities,” the report said.

Academic pressure, family negligence and poor economic condition are some of other reasons. The study has also revealed that a majority of the missing girls are educated.


“An important observation is that illiteracy is not a reason for girls going missing.

Majority of the missing girls were from below poverty line families,” the KWC chairperson said.

Ashoka said the girls going missing is a disgrace to society. The government will deal firmly with all those who are involved in such cases, especially human trafficking.


The Home department will study the report and take appropriate action on all recommendations, the minister added.



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July 7,2020

Meerut: The licence of a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut has been suspended after a video showing its staff member providing fake Covid-19 report had gone viral.

"A video had gone viral in Meerut. We have registered a case in this regard. We have suspended the licence of the nursing home. Today, we have sealed it also. Strict action will be taken against anybody who will do something like this in this time of crisis,” said Anil Dhingra, District Magistrate, Meerut.

In the video, the person can be heard saying that they provide Covid-19 negative report for Rs 2,500, Dhingra stated.

Meerut CMO Rajkumar said, “In the video, a man from the hospital can be heard saying that he can arrange COVID-19 negative report and the person can get operation or other things done. We have identified the man. We have suspended the licence of the hospital and an FIR has been registered.”

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February 10,2020

New Delhi, Feb 10: A 44-year-old man allegedly killed his daughter and son before ending his life by jumping in front of a Delhi metro train at Haiderpur Badli Mor station on Sunday, police said.

No suicide note has been recovered, but police claimed that the man, Madhur Malani, was depressed since his sandpaper-manufacturing factory was closed some six months ago due to financial crunch leaving him jobless. Madhur's parents had been supporting his family financially since then.

He used to stay with his wife Rupali, daughter Samiksha (14) and six-year-old son Shraiyans at a rented house in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area, they said.

Rupali was not at home when Madhur strangled their children. He might have also smothered their daughter but the exact cause of death would be ascertained only after the post-mortem reports arrive, a police official said.

After killing his two children, he jumped in front of an approaching train at Haiderpur Badli Mor Metro station following which he was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him 'brought dead', the official said.

Metro services on the Yellow Line were briefly delayed due to the incident.

"Delay in services from Samaypur Badli to GTB Nagar due to a passenger on track at Haiderpur Badli Mor," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) tweeted.

After about 15 minutes, it again tweeted that normal services have been restored. The Delhi Metro's Yellow Line connects Samaypur Badli in Delhi to HUDA City Centre in Gurgaon.

The suicide was reported to the police around 5.40 pm while the Shalimar Bagh Police station received a call about the killings around 6.50 pm.

On reaching the house, police found bodies of the children lying in beds in two rooms. During enquiry, it was learnt that their father has left the house, a senior police officer said.

While police were trying to trace Madhur, they learnt about a suicide at the metro station. On verifying the details, it surfaced that Madhur committed suicide after killing his children, the officer said.

Rupali told police that she had gone to a nearby market around 3 pm and on returning home she found the bodies of her children while her husband was missing.

A case under relevant sections of the IPC has been registered and investigation was underway, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Vijayanta Arya said.

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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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