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  • Delhi govt officer accused of raping minor taken into police custody

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A senior Delhi government official, who is accused of raping a minor several times and impregnating her, was taken into police custody on Monday, officials said.

    Police also took the accused’s wife into custody, they said, adding that the statement of the minor is being recorded.

    Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has ordered the suspension of the officer — a deputy director with the women and child development department.

    ALSO READ | Delhi CM orders suspension of officer accused of raping and impregnating minor

    The girl was staying with the accused and his family at their house after her father passed away on October 1, 2020.

    The accused had allegedly raped the girl several times between November 2020 and January 2021, a senior police officer had said, adding that his wife has also been charged with giving her medicine to terminate pregnancy.

    Responding to the allegation against its official, the Delhi government said “the sternest possible action should be taken against him” if found guilty.

    NEW DELHI: A senior Delhi government official, who is accused of raping a minor several times and impregnating her, was taken into police custody on Monday, officials said.

    Police also took the accused’s wife into custody, they said, adding that the statement of the minor is being recorded.

    Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has ordered the suspension of the officer — a deputy director with the women and child development department.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    ALSO READ | Delhi CM orders suspension of officer accused of raping and impregnating minor

    The girl was staying with the accused and his family at their house after her father passed away on October 1, 2020.

    The accused had allegedly raped the girl several times between November 2020 and January 2021, a senior police officer had said, adding that his wife has also been charged with giving her medicine to terminate pregnancy.

    Responding to the allegation against its official, the Delhi government said “the sternest possible action should be taken against him” if found guilty.

  • Maharashtra man gets life imprisonment for minor girl’s rape, murder bid

    By PTI

    PALGHAR: A court here in Maharashtra has sentenced a 25-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl and attempting to kill her in 2017, observing that the crime was “heinous in nature”.

    Special POCSO court judge Aditee U Kadam in her order pronounced on Friday, a copy of it was made available on Saturday, also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the accused and directed that the victim be provided compensation through the district legal services authority (DLSA).

    Special Public Prosecutor Jaiprakash Patil told the court that on December 9, 2017, when the victim had gone to her maternal grandmother’s house in Vasai area of Palghar, the accused took her to a fort and raped her.

    The man later pushed the girl into a well and hit her with a huge stone.

    The accused was subsequently charged under relevant provisions, including sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the prosecutor said.

    After hearing both the sides, the judge observed that the offence committed by the accused is “very much heinous in nature”.

    “He behaved like a savage and a brute,” the court said, adding that the girl suffered various injuries and pain.

    Thus, no leniency can be shown to the accused, the judge said.

    The court said the state has the responsibility to punish the wrong doer/guilty and also to see the victim is not only compensated for the loss and injury suffered, but also for the rehabilitation.

    “The victim belongs to a poor financial background. The humiliation or the reputation that is snuffed out cannot be re-compensated, but then monetary compensation will at least provide some solace. The victim and her family have suffered a lot,” the court observed.

    Therefore, taking into consideration all these factors, the court is of the view to grant a compensation to the victim through the DLSA, the judge said.

  • Minor girl raped in UP village

    By PTI
    BANDA: A 5-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district, police said on Saturday.

    The incident took place on Friday night in the village under the Girwa police station area, they said.

    A man has been arrested in this connection, Circle Officer (CO) Nareni Siyaram said.

    The 23-year-old man had lured the minor to a secluded spot by offering her Rs 10.

    He allegedly raped the girl there, the CO said.

    When the girl’s family went to the house of the accused to complain about the incident, he and his family members threatened to kill them, police said.

    A First Information Report (FIR) was lodged under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

    The accused was arrested on Friday night and three of his family were held for issuing life threats, the CO said.

    The girl, who is in a serious condition, has been admitted to hospital and additional force has been deployed in the village as a precautionary measure, he added.