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  • Woman given spiked drink, gang-raped by four men in Kolkata

    By Express News Service

    KOLKATA: Four men, two of them students, were arrested for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman at a birthday party organised in a bungalow in Kolkata’s northern outskirts Rajarhat on Thursday.

    The woman filed a police complaint on Friday alleging that she was gang-rapped by four men at the party after spiking her drink and making her barely conscious. 

    According to the complaint lodged by the victim, she was invited to the party by her female friend, who was also friends with one of the accused, who had thrown the party at Vedic village on Thursday night. “There were more than 10 people, including women. The four men raped me in turns after spiking my drink,” the woman mentioned in the complaint.

    “She left the venue on Friday morning after realising that she had been raped the previous night. She immediately filed a complaint on Friday night,” said a police officer. 

    The four accused were arrested and produced in a Barasat court, North 24 Parganas, and sent to police custody for seven days. 

    “We have collected footage from CCTV cameras installed near the bungalow and the resort’s entry and exit gates. Investigators are examining the footage,’” said Gaurav Sharma, Bidhannagar police commissioner.

    KOLKATA: Four men, two of them students, were arrested for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman at a birthday party organised in a bungalow in Kolkata’s northern outskirts Rajarhat on Thursday.

    The woman filed a police complaint on Friday alleging that she was gang-rapped by four men at the party after spiking her drink and making her barely conscious. 

    According to the complaint lodged by the victim, she was invited to the party by her female friend, who was also friends with one of the accused, who had thrown the party at Vedic village on Thursday night. “There were more than 10 people, including women. The four men raped me in turns after spiking my drink,” the woman mentioned in the complaint.

    “She left the venue on Friday morning after realising that she had been raped the previous night. She immediately filed a complaint on Friday night,” said a police officer. 

    The four accused were arrested and produced in a Barasat court, North 24 Parganas, and sent to police custody for seven days. 

    “We have collected footage from CCTV cameras installed near the bungalow and the resort’s entry and exit gates. Investigators are examining the footage,’” said Gaurav Sharma, Bidhannagar police commissioner.

  • 500 booked for flouting COVID-19 norms at birthday party in Maharashtra

    By PTI
    THANE: Police have registered a case against around 500 people for allegedly violating the COVID-19 norms by gathering for birthday celebration at Dombivli in Maharashtra’s Thane district, officials said.

    The birthday party was held during the intervening night of February 17 and 18 at Deslepada, the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) said in a statement on Thursday.

    KDMC’s ward officer Akshay Gudge had received a complaint that people had assembled in large numbers to celebrate the birthday of a local resident without following the coronavirus norms like wearing masks and maintaining social distancing, it said.

    After being alerted, the civic authorities visited the premises and later lodged a complaint with the Manpada police station against around 500 people, including the host and the attendees, the statement said.

    The police have registered an FIR against them under IPC sections 269 and 270 (negligent and malignant act likely to spread infection of diseases), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and under sections of the Disaster Management Control Rules against the crowd.

    No arrest has been made in this connection so far, police said.