Man poisoned on wedding night

April 11, 2012

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Malda, April 11: A groom is fighting for his life after being beaten up and forced to drink poison by goons on the night of his wedding. He accuses the father of the girl he had loved -and ditched - of carrying out the attack.


Hefjur Rahman of Kheria, a village in Ratua, had a long affair with a neighbour and the two families apparently had no problem with the match. While Hefjur's father, Abdul Hai, wanted the marriage to take place immediately, the girl's father, Taleb, wanted to buy some time. Hai was in hurry and tried to persuade his son to marry elsewhere.


Meanwhile, the wedding of Hefjur's elder brother, Mostakin, was fixed with a girl of a neighbouring village. On the insistence of his family, Hefjur agreed to leave for his lover. A bride was chosen for Hefjur from the same village as his brother's and the brothers were married on April 8.


Hefjur and his brother came home with their brides on Monday and the reception was to take place in the grooms' house on Tuesday.


But on Monday night, when Hefjur went out of his room, he was attacked by a band of goons who had apparently been waiting for him. Md Sakir Hossain, a relative of Hefjur, said: "As per custom, the brides slept in one room while we were with the grooms in another room. Hefjur went out at night. When he did not return for a long time, we became suspicious and called him. We found his mobile switched off. We ran out of the house and started to look for him. We found him lying senseless, his hands and legs tied with a rope."


Hefjur was rescued and taken to the Malatipur health centre, where it was found that Hefjur had consumed poison. The doctors referred him to Malda Medical College.


Lying in his hospital bed Hefjur said: "I went out to the toilet around 11.30pm. Suddenly, some goons grabbed me, roughed me up, tied my hands and forced me to drink pesticide. I could recognize Taleb Ali in the group. I don't remember anything after that."


A complaint has been lodged with police but there are no arrests yet. Taleb and the other suspects are said to have fled the village


Malda: A youth was forced to consume poison, allegedly by his neighbour, after he failed to fulfil his promise of marrying the latter's daughter.


The incident took place on Monday night in Kheria under Ratua police station. Hefijur Rahman had an affair with Momena Khatun from the same village. When Hefijur's father Abdul Hai asked Momena's father Taleb Ali to make arrangements for the marriage, Ali wanted some time.


But Hai, who was in a hurry, Meanwhile, Hefjur's elder brother Mostakin's wedding was fixed with a girl from the neighbouring village of Bablabona. On the insistence of relatives, another bride was chosen for Hefjur from the same village. Accordingly both the brothers were married on 8th of this month. Hefjur came home yesterday with his new bride Nurseha along with his brother. The reception on the part of the groom's house was to take place today.


But last night when Hefjur went out of the room he was attacked by some miscreants. Md Sakir Hossain, a relative of Hefjur said, "As per custom on the night of marriage the brides were asleep in a room while we were with the grooms in another room. At night when Hefjur went out and was not returning for long time we became suspicious. We found his mobile was switched off. We came out of the house and began the search. Finally we found him lying senseless, his hands and legs tied with rope." He was rescued and taken to local Malatipur health centre. There it was found that Hefjur was consumed poison. Doctors referred him to Malda Medical College and Hospital.


Lying on the hospital bed Hefjur said, "It was around 11.30 pm when I went out for toilet suddenly few miscreants grabbed me from the back, it was evident that they were hiding around. I could recognize Taleb Ali and some of them. They pulled me down, roughed me up, tied my hands and forced me to consume pesticide. I could not recall anything after that."


A complaint was lodged in the Pukhuria Police out post last night, but none was arrested so far. It is learnt that Taleb and others have fled from the village.


Youth was supposed to marry a neighbour girl. But he obliged his parents when they decided his wedding with another. Fumed the guardians of the former tried to kill the groom on the night of his wedding. The groom is still fighting for his life. The sensational incident took place at village Kheria under Ratua police station.


Hefjur Rahman of Kheria had an affair with Momena Khatun of that girl. Two families did not have any objection either. When father of Hefjur Abdul Hai wanted their marriage to take place immediately, Momena's father Taleb wanted to buy some time. But Hai was in hurry.


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June 5,2020

Jun 5: A young woman was forced to drink liquor allegedly by her husband after which he along with four friends assaulted, burnt her with cigarette butts and raped her in front of her five year-old son, police said on Friday.

All the five, who were taken into custody earlier, have been arrested. The shocking incident occurred in the state capital last night.

The incident came to light after the 25-year-old woman, approached police and complained against her husband and his four friends.

A case has been registered against the five accused for kidnapping, assaulting and gangrape.

Since the incident took place in front of the child, a case under Protection of children from sexual offices Act has also been charged against the accused.

Meanwhile, State health and family welfare minister K K Shailaja asked the state police chief to take stringentction against the culprits as "such cruelty happened in front of her child."

The Kerala State Women's Commission on its own registered a case and sought report from the Thiruvananthapuram Rural SP.

She managed to escape from there and pleaded for help from a young man, who saw in heran inebriatedstate, and took her to her house and informed police.

The man later told some television channels that she was crying, had injuries on her face and pleaded for help.

Police have recorded the statement of the woman, who was admitted to a government hospital here and later discharged.

She had also stated that the men had tortured her using cigarette butts.

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January 8,2020

Muzaffarpur, Jan 8: There is no evidence of murder of children in Bihar's Muzaffarpur shelter home, the CBI on Wednesday told the Supreme Court.

The probe agency told the apex court that two skeletons were recovered from the home's premises which were later, in forensic investigation, found to be of a woman and a man.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde accepted the status report of the CBI and allowed two officers to be relieved from the investigation team.

Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the probe agency, said investigation was done on allegations of rape and sexual assault of children and charge sheets have been filed before the courts concerned.

Venugopal said the children, who were alleged to have been murdered, were later traced and found to be alive.

He said the CBI has investigated cases of 17 shelter homes in Bihar and charge sheets have been filed in 13 of them, while in four cases the preliminary inquiry was conducted and later closed as no evidence of any wrongdoing was found.

The probe agency, in its status report filed on Monday, said no incriminating evidence proving commission of any criminal offence could be gathered in four preliminary enquiries and as such no FIR has been registered.

The CBI had also said the Bihar government has been requested to take departmental action and action of cancellation of registration and blacklisting of concerned NGOs by providing them the result of investigation, i.e., the CBI report.

Several girls were allegedly sexually and physically assaulted at a shelter home run by an NGO in Bihar's Muzaffarpur. The issue had come to light following a report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

Following the report, a petition was filed in the apex court seeking lodging of an FIR and court-monitored probe by an independent agency into the allegations.

The plea filed by journalist Nivedita Jha through advocate Fauzia Shakil has sought "registration of FIR and independent investigations or court monitored probe into the affairs of these 14 (other) shelter homes in Bihar mentioned in the TISS report".

The apex court had directed the CBI to probe the offences under the Information Technology Act regarding the video recordings of the alleged assault on girls at the shelter home.

It had also directed the agency to investigate the role of "outsiders who were involved and facilitated the sexual assaults on the inmates", after administering them intoxicants and also against those who allegedly indulged in trafficking of girls from the shelter home.

The apex court had earlier directed the CBI to complete its probe into the alleged murder of 11 girls at the shelter home and asked it to file a status report.

The SC had transferred the case from Bihar to a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Saket District Court complex in Delhi.

Earlier, the top court had directed the CBI to conduct a probe into allegations of physical and sexual abuse of inmates in 16 other shelter homes in Bihar which were flagged in the TISS report.

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July 22,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 22:An accused in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act jumped into the sea on Wednesday morning when he was taken for evidence collection at Kasaba in Kasargode district, police said.

Accused Mahesh was arrested following a complaint by his neighbour on Tuesday evening.

The police said that they took the accused to the seashore to collect evidence in the case when Mahesh jumped into the sea. Two police officials too jumped in after him to catch hold of him but could not locate Mahesh.

Later, swimmers were deployed to try and locate the missing man.

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