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  • Man arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia for objectionable Facebook post on Prophet Mohammad

    By PTI

    BALLIA: A youth has been arrested in Rasra area here for allegedly posting an objectionable content against Prophet Mohammad on a social media site, a police official said on Monday.

    Krishna Kumar, who had posted the objectionable Facebook post on Sunday, was arrested, Circle Officer (Rasra) Shiv Narain Vaish said.

    The case has been registered against him on the complaint of Sheikh Huzaifa, a member of Jamiat Ulama, who in a tweet on Sunday urged the police to take action against the accused.

    Taking cognizance of the complaint, police on Monday arrested Krishna Kumar, the CO added.

  • UP man carries wife to hospital on cart, Deputy CM orders probe

    By PTI

    BALLIA: After a video of a man carrying his wife on a cart to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia went viral on social media, Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak ordered a probe into the matter, officials said on Tuesday.

    The incident took place in Andaur village of the district, they said. In the video, Sakul Prajapati, a resident of the village in Chilkhar block was seen carrying his ailing wife Jogni (55) to the hospital on a cart.

    Chief Medical Officer Neeraj Pandey said the deputy chief minister has ordered the director general of medical and health to probe the matter.

    On March 28, Prajapati took his wife to a health centre — three kilometres away from his house– on the cart as he was unable to find a ride. The doctors there gave some medicines and referred his wife to the district hospital, he said.

    He left his wife on the cart at Piyaria village and returned home to take clothes and money and then took her to the hospital on a mini-truck, he said.

    His wife died during treatment in the hospital, according to police. Prajapati claimed the death took place at around 11 pm and the hospital refused to provide an ambulance to take the body home, saying the service was not available at night. He then hired a private ambulance for Rs 1,100.

  • ‘Tantrik’ held for abduction, rape of 17-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia

    By PTI

    BALLIA (UTTAR PRADESH): A “tantrik” allegedly abducted and repeatedly raped a 17-year-old girl for three months, police in this Uttar Pradesh district said here on Tuesday. The accused, Jog Baba (23), was arrested from the railway station here and the girl, who was also with him, was rescued on Monday, they added.

    The girl, a resident of a village in the Revati police station area, was abducted by the accused in June, Senior Sub-Inspector Ajay Yadav said. In her statement, the teenager has told the police that she met the “tantrik” for her treatment.

    He kidnapped her by promising to marry her, took her to Delhi and Kota, and repeatedly raped her for about three months, the girl has alleged. She has been sent to the district hospital for a medical examination, Yadav said, adding that her father had filed a case of kidnapping against the accused on June 30.

    On the basis of the girl’s statement, police have included the relevant IPC sections dealing with rape and those of the POCSO Act in the case on Monday.

  • FIR against four for flogging, giving electric shock to man on camera in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia

    By PTI

    BALLIA: An FIR has been registered against four men in this Uttar Pradesh district after a video went viral on social media, in which they were seen flogging a man and giving him an electric shock, police said on Tuesday.

    The incident occurred in Surhaiya village in the Sahatwar area.

    In the video, the accused could be seen flogging a man, who had his hands and legs tied, and giving him an electric shock.

    Deputy Superintendent of Police Preeti Tripathi said the video was recorded around 3 am on August 7.

    The victim, identified as Pintu Rajbhar, has been admitted to the district hospital, she added.

    The FIR against the four accused was registered on the basis of a complaint from the victim’s brother, Dheeraj.

    Police are trying to arrest the accused, who are absconding.

  • Former district panchayat member shot dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia

    By PTI
    BALLIA (UTTAR PRADESH): A former district panchayat member was on Wednesday shot dead by some unidentified people here, police said.

    Balveer Singh alias Jaleshwar Singh (35) was in a car with Sabal Singh (40), who is the husband of another district panchayat member, when they were attacked by the bike-borne assailants, Superintendent of Police, Vipin Tada said.

    The incident took place near Chiraiya turn in Bairiya area, police said. While Balveer Singh, who had several cases of murder and loot registered against him, died on the spot, Sabal Singh sustained injuries, police said.

  • Five Samajwadi Party workers arrested for indecent sloganeering against Uttar Pradesh minister

    By PTI
    BALLIA (UTTAR PRADESH): Five Samajwadi Party workers were on Monday arrested for allegedly indulging in indecent sloganeering against Uttar Pradesh Sports Minister Upendra Tiwari, police said. The state police had on Sunday registered a case against 10 people, including a newly-elected chairperson of zila panchayat and his father, for allegedly indulging in indecent sloganeering against Tiwari.

    “Five SP workers — Shailendra Yadav, Manish Yadav, Tinkal Singh, Shivpal Singh and Vikas Kumar Ojha have been arrested from the party’s office today (Monday),” Addl SP (Ballia) Sanjay Yadav said.

    Newly-elected Ballia zila panchayat chairperson Anand Chaudhary, his father Ambika Chaudhary and hundreds of unidentified people were booked by police, Yadav said. He added that one of the accused was arrested on Sunday.

    According to police, a video in which SP workers can be purportedly seen indulging in sloganeering against Tiwari went viral on social media following which BJP leaders of the district met the Ballia SP Vipin Tada at his residence.

    Meanwhile, Tiwari had alleged that the SP workers had abused his mother and sister. “In the video, expletives were hurled at my mother and sister. Ambika Chaudhary is trying to join the SP through his son. In 75 districts of the state, elections for the zila panchayat chairpersons were held, but this situation did not come up in the 74 other districts,” the minister had said.

    Reacting to the charges levelled against him, Ambika Chaudhary said, “Tiwari had hurled expletives at my family members, but I did not say anything. Yesterday, after the elections, we came back home directly from the collectorate. My son Anand also reached home in police protection, and no victory procession was taken out by us.”

    He said that Samajwadi Party leaders were framed in a fake case to defame the party.

  • Seven more bodies seen floating in Ganga in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia; total count 52

    By PTI
    bALLIA: With seven more bodies seen floating in the Ganga, the count of bodies found in this Uttar Pradesh district has reached 52, an official said on Wednesday.

    The district administration is immediately performing the last rites of the deceased as there is a possibility that they had contracted COVID-19.

    According to Ballia residents, at least 45 bodies were seen floating near the Ujiyar, Kulhadia and Bharauli ghats in the Narahi area on Tuesday evening.

    Late on Tuesday night, seven more bodies were found, taking the total count of bodies to 52, an official said.

    In a statement issued on Tuesday, District Magistrate Aditi Singh had said some bodies in a decomposed condition were seen floating under the Ballia-Buxar bridge.

    She said Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Sadar) Rajesh Yadav and Circle Officer Jagveer Singh Chauhan are probing the matter and the last rites of the deceased were performed with due respect.

    “The last rites of the deceased were performed on Tuesday itself. We are trying to find out where did the bodies come from. Seeing the flow of the river, it seems that they came from Buxar and other parts of Bihar,” Yadav told PTI on Wednesday.

    Although Buxar is downstream to Ballia, there is a possibility that the bodies came from Buxar, he said.

    “The distance between the Bharauli and Ujiyar ghats in the Narahi police station area of Ballia, and the ghat in Buxar is around one kilometre. The direction of wind over the river is towards Ballia,” the SDM said.

    A police official said the administration is immediately performing the last rites of the dead as there is a possibility that they were infected with the coronavirus.

  • Uttar Pradesh: Woman dies after taking COVID vaccine, kin create fuss at Ballia government hospital

    By PTI
    BALLIA (UTTAR PRADESH): Family members of a woman created a ruckus at a government hospital here as she died after being administered an injection by a doctor, according to police. Pushpa (45) of Bahadurpur village was taken to a Garhwar hospital following pain in her chest and a doctor administered an injection while referring her to the district hospital.

    Citing the family members, police said froth came out of the woman’s mouth and nostrils after she was given the injection. Her family members created a ruckus in the hospital following her death. They were placated by police and the body was sent for a post-mortem.