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  • NSA slapped on man held for spitting on dough while making rotis in UP

    By Express News Service
    LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government has invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against cook Naushad, who was arrested for spitting on the dough while making rotis at a wedding function in the Meerut district last month.

    The process of NSA was completed by the police on Thursday and the file was sent to DM for approval on Thursday.

    Naushad was arrested after a video clip showing his disgusting and unhygienic act went viral on social media. The video, shot by one of the guests at the wedding at Aroma Garden of Lishari Gate in Meerut, caught Naushad spitting on the rotis before putting them in the tandoor for the dinner at a party on February 16.

    The guest, who had filmed Naushad, shared the video with other guests at the party and they left the function without having food.

    Later, social activist Sachin Sirohi, associated with Hindu Jagran Manch, and his accomplices staged a protest at Lala Lajpat Rai Medical College Police Station. This was followed by the registration of a case against Naushad under the Epidemic Act and relevant sections of IPC on February 19, and Naushad was arrested and sent to jail.

    During the investigation, the police found the charges of spitting in the dough to be true.

    Recently, when Naushad was produced in the local court for a hearing on his bail application, a group of irate lawyers and the common public thrashed him. He was also beaten up when he came out of the court.

    “The NSA was slapped against him as his release from the jail might create law and order problems in the city,” said Meerut SSP Ajay Sahni.

    Meanwhile, a similar case was reported from Ghaziabad where a cook was caught on camera spitting on the dough while making rotis. The Ghaziabad Police are also in the process of invoking the NSA against the arrested cook.

  • Day after lodging complaint about minor daughter’s rape, UP man dies in ‘accident’

    Express News Service
    LUCKNOW: The father of a minor girl, who was allegedly gangraped by four men in UP’s Kanpur district, was killed after he was hit by an unidentified truck on Wednesday.

    Expressing doubts about the accident, which came a day after they lodged a complaint about the rape, the girl’s family said the rape accused could be behind it.

    They pointed out that the father of one of the accused is a police official. 

    The prime accused in the rape case, Golu Yadav, son of a police sub-inspector posted in Kannauj, was arrested earlier and efforts were underway to nab his brother Saurabh and friend Deepu, Kanpur Deputy IG Preetinder Singh said.

    While the medical examination of the rape survivor was going on at the community health centre (CHC) in Ghatampur, her father went out for a cup of tea and was hit by a truck, Singh said.

    The minor’s father was taken to the Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) Hospital, where he succumbed to the injuries.

    Superintendent of Police (Rural) Brajesh Srivastava said an FIR was registered on charges of murder against Devendra Yadav, the father of the accused.

    “The accident took place when the medical examination of the victim was underway and the father stepped out for a cup of tea. After some time, we got to know that he was hit by a truck. He was immediately taken to a Kanpur hospital, but was declared brought dead. We have filed an accident case and are probing,” said Kanpur DIG Preetinder Singh. 

    The truck driver and one of the rape accused have been arrested, he added. 

    The family members of the deceased alleged in the FIR that Devendra Yadav hatched a conspiracy to kill him and make it look like a road accident.

    Five police teams, including surveillance personnel, have been formed to nab Saurabh and Deepu.

    The probe has been handed over to Ghatampur Station House Officer Dhanesh Kumar, who has been asked to investigate the charges and work out the case at the earliest, the police said.

    The action against the SI would be decided only after the probe confirms his involvement in the alleged murder, they said.

    According to the police, the 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by Golu Yadav and Deepu in Sajeti area here on Monday.

    The Class 8 student had gone out to collect fodder for cattle on Monday when she was abducted by the duo and taken to a secluded place where she was allegedly raped.

    Saurabh had allegedly threatened the minor of dire consequences if she told anyone about the incident, the police said.

    After the accident, locals blocked the Kanpur-Sagar highway for five hours demanding a swift action. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced Rs 5 lakh to the girl’s family.  

    UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a compensation of Rs five lakhs from the CM’s relief fund to the family, while Rs five lakhs more would be provided under accident insurance scheme, Kanpur District Magistrate Alok Tiwari said.

    It has also been decided to provide three bighas of land on lease to the victim’s family, the DM added.

    Kanpur Additional DG Bhanu Bhaskar told PTI over phone that directions have been issued to swiftly crack the case of the rape survivor’s father’s death on the basis of “evidence” and ensure the arrest of the remaining accused in the gang rape case.

    Officials have also been instructed to book the accused persons under the National Security Act and the Gangsters Act, the ADG said.

    Kanpur IG Mohit Agarwal also issued a statement, stating both the cases will be investigated swiftly and no one will be spared.

    “The guilty will face tough legal action. We are considering taking action under the National Security Act,” the IG added.

    Meanwhile, the girl’s relatives and outraged locals blocked traffic on the Kanpur-Sagar Highway in protest.

    The girl’s grandfather has alleged that his son was murdered in complicity with the police.

    (With PTI Inputs)

  • UP man kills 17-year-old daughter over love affair, carries severed head to police station

    Express News Service
    LUCKNOW: In a shocking incident of alleged honour killing, a man beheaded his minor daughter and reached the police station with her severed head to surrender before cops in Hardoi district late on Wednesday night.

    As per police sources, the man got infuriated over his daughter’s alleged love affair with a youth whom he detested.

    According to Hardoi SP Anurag Vats, the accused, Sarvesh Kumar of Pandeytara village under Majhila police station, was arrested.

    Police sources claimed that Sarvesh, a vegetable vendor, had spotted his daughter, 17, in a compromising position with a youth Adesh, a distant cousin of the victim, a few days back. He had then made up his mind to kill both. “Sarvesh’s wife has also testified this in her statement to the police,” the SP said.

    According to police, Sarvesh reached home around 3 pm on Wednesday and beheaded his daughter with a chopper.

    Panic gripped the area when the vegetable vendor walked down to Majhila police station, about 2 km away from his village, holding the girl’s severed head in his hand with blood trickling down. He had left the body of his daughter bleeding at home.

    But before he could reach the police station, a policeman stopped him and was shocked to see him carrying a severed head in his hands. On being asked, Sarvesh told the cop that he had beheaded his daughter and was going to the police station to surrender. “We have recovered the beheaded body and weapon used in the crime. The accused has been arrested for the murder of his daughter,” said the Superintendent of Police Anurag Vats.

    The cops added that the girl was studying in Class 12 and was the eldest among her four siblings– three sisters and a brother.

    Meanwhile, a video of a police constable holding the head of the girl went viral on social media, following which IG Lucknow range, Laxmi Singh took cognisance and suspended the constable deployed at Mahila police station. She said that the responsibility of the police was to maintain law and order and they also must carry themselves in a disciplined manner. “The constable was holding the beheaded girl’s head and taking a stroll in the police station,” she said.

  • Three minor girls go missing in UP’s Shahjahanpur after leaving home for school

    By PTI
    SHAHJAHANPUR: Three minor girls went missing here after they left home for school, with one of them carrying cash and clothes supposedly meant for a programme at the institution, police said on Tuesday.

    Two of the girls are aged 15 and one is 10, Superintendent of Police S Anand said, adding that three teams have been formed to look into the matter.

    The three girls are from separate localities in the Sadar area and study in the same school.

    They left home on Monday to go to the school, Assistant Superintendent of Police (City) Praveen Kumar told PTI.

    He said one of them was carrying Rs 2,500 and another had taken Rs 2,700 and clothes with her.

    One of the girls told her family members that she had packed the clothes as there was a programme at the school, the police said.

    Police were informed about the matter on Monday night when the girls did not return home, Kumar said.

    Last month in the district, a BA second-year student of a college run by the Mumukshu Ashram of former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand was found without clothes and severely burnt along a national highway.

    She said in a statement before a magistrate that three people tried to rape her in a field near Rai Kheda village and when they did not succeed, they poured kerosene and set her on fire.

    Four people, including a female friend who had allegedly sent her to the field, were arrested from different places in the district.

  • Two minor siblings die after being set on fire by mentally challenged man in UP

    By PTI
    KANPUR: Two children died and their mother received burn injuries after they were allegedly set on fire by their mentally unstable tenant in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district, police said on Monday.

    The incident took place in Nehru Nagar locality of the district on Sunday.

    The accused, Avneesh Prajapati (25), was hit by a truck while he was fleeing, they said.

    Prajapati allegedly poured kerosene on Archana (39), wife of corporator Jitendra Yadav, her daughter Akshita (4) and son Hanu (2) and set them on fire, Additional Superintendent of Police Ghanshyam said.

    After hearing their screams, the neighbours rushed to their house and doused the flames by putting blankets on them.

    Archana and her children were admitted to Ursula Horseman Memorial Hospital, he said.

    The children succumbed to their burn injuries on Monday, he added.

    Prajapati was hit by a truck while he was fleeing.

    He has been admitted to Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) Hospital, where his condition is stated to be critical but stable, the ASP said.

    An FIR has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and a probe is underway, he said.

  • Rising rapes, crimes against women: Unnao emerges as challenge for Yogi Adityanath government

    Express News Service
    LUCKNOW: A town of around 35 lakh people, Unnao is only 70 km from the state capital Lucknow. The peculiar downside of the semi-urban district — crime — brackets it with notoriety that even the tough Yogi Adityanath government has been unable to tame.

    Crimes against women have spiralled with law and order emerging as a major challenge for the four-year-old BJP government in the country’s most politically dominant state.

    The freshest is last week’s case wherein three minor Dalit girls were found unconscious and frothing in their field in Baburaha village under Asoha police station area.

    While two of them succumbed to alleged poisoning, the third is undergoing treatment at a Kanpur hospital. After remaining on life support for almost a week, the survivor has recorded her statement.

    ALSO READ | Unnao murder case: 17-year-old girl who survived confirms poisoning, denies sexual assault

    The case is a potent tool for the opposition to censure the Yogi government, especially on women’s security.

    Unnao has hit headlines several times in the last three years for reporting heinous crimes against women. When the BJP government completed its first year in office in 2018, the infamous Makhi rape case drew widespread outrage at national and international level.

    A minor tried to commit immolation in front of the Chief Minister’s house in seeking arrest of then Bangarmau BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his cohorts, accusing them of her rape and custodial death of her father. She charged Sengar with prevailing over Makhi police station officials and getting her father beaten to death in the lock-up.

    The case led to nationwide outrage and demonstrations that finally prompted the state government to recommend a CBI probe. The CBI made Sengar the main accused. He was later convicted by a special CBI court and was awarded life sentence which he is serving in Tihar Jail in Delhi.

    ​ALSO READ | ‘Burnt alive after failed rape bid’: 21-year-old Uttar Pradesh girl tells officials

    While the local people blame the police for the state of affairs, political commentators say the state government efforts to ensure women’s safety were limited to only urban areas.

    They say that in villages, there is a need to chalk out a fresh strategy that involves senior citizens to speed up resolution efforts.

    “The police in Unnao have become completely politicised. They do not move unless allowed by their political bosses. This attitude encourages criminals,” says senior advocate Kalinath Shukla, a resident of Ajgain. 

    Some of the top politicians in Uttar Pradesh belong to Unnao. They include Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Hriday Narain Dixit, Law Minister Brijesh Pathak and BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj.However, senior police officers say all-out efforts are being made to check crime.

    ​ALSO READ | India no country for women? Here’s what the National Family Health Survey reveals

    “The state might have taken many steps but an incident here and an episode there would often upset the whole scheme of things. Moreover, Uttar Pradesh is a huge state to manage,” says Prof AK Mishra, a political scientist of Lucknow University. While the police authorities claim that the number of crimes against women has gone down in the state, Unnao is a notorious standalone. 

    ​With the state assembly elections are a year away, the incidents like the Unnao poison case, a Dalit woman being burnt alive by five men of a Thakur family, or the acts of the likes of Kuldeep Sengar will continue to fuel belligerence in the opposition camp.

    TRAIL OF CRIME

    As many as 1,003 cases of crime against women committed in Unnao in 2019 alone, according to the NCRB

    February 22, 2018

    Woman burnt alive by paramour in Barasagwar police station area. Accused held, sent to jail. Legal proceedings on.

    March 28, 2018

    A man along with his wife and son murders his daughter under Hassanganj police station area. All three were arrested. Trial is on.

    April 2, 2018

    A pregnant woman was strangulated and her body burnt with petrol. The victim remains unidentified till date.

    April 8, 2018

    Disqualifed BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, aides accused of gangrape and murder. Court convicts the MLA, hands lifer.

    February 23, 2019

    A woman burnt alive by sprinkling petrol at Sathni Balakhera village under Barasagwar police station area. Victim dies on spot.

    December 5, 2019

    A woman burnt alive after gang rape in a village under Bihar police station area. The victim dies at Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital. The case  is in fast track court.

    December 16, 2019

    A rape victim immolated self in office of the Unnao SP against IO’s alleged laxity which led to granting of bail to her perpetrators. Victim died later.

    March 11, 2020

    A minor was raped and murdered under Bihara police station area. Police took four months to round up the culprit. Trial in court.

    October 2, 2020

    The nephew of a deceased gangrape victim kidnapped from Bihara police station area. Five accused held and sent to jail. The child is yet to be rescued.

  • UP: Woman accuses husband of inserting iron rod in her private parts; police denies charge

    By PTI
    KAUSHAMBI: A woman here has accused her husband of beating her and inserting an iron rod in her private parts, police said on Monday.

    However, Superintendent of Police Abhinandan said the woman’s allegation that her husband harmed her sensitive organs was not found true.

    The woman’s father filed a complaint with the police alleging that his daughter was beaten up by her husband who also inserted an iron rod in her private parts.

    He also alleged that his son-in-law, Sailesh Kumar, a labourer, dumped his daughter outside the village when she was in an unconscious state, according to police.

    “This is a matter of dispute between the husband and the wife. During probe, inserting of iron rod in private parts has not come to the fore. We are probing the matter. The couple was married over 20 years ago,” Abhinandan said.

    He said an FIR has been registered against the woman’s husband, brother-in-law, and father-in-law on dowry and other charges.

    A detailed probe in the case is underway, he said.

    The woman is undergoing treatment at a hospital, police said.

  • Wanted man held after encounter in UP’s Greater Noida

    By PTI
    NOIDA: A man, who was allegedly involved in kidnapping a 13-year-old boy recently, was held in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida after a gunfight with the police, officials said on Monday.

    The accused, who was on a motorcycle with an associate, suffered a gunshot injury on his leg. The incident took place late Sunday night in Dankaur area, officials said.

    “Accused Intezaar and his associate were on a motorcycle when they were intercepted by the Dankaur police for checking.

    The duo instead sped away and was chased by a police party, leading to a gunfight between them,” Greater Noida Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Vishal Pandey said.

    “Intezaar got injured in the counter firing by the police while his associate managed to escape in the darkness. Intezaar has been hospitalised,” Pandey said.

    He said the arrested person was wanted by the police for his involvement in the kidnapping of a 13-year-old boy recently.

    The boy was safely rescued after police intervention but the kidnappers had managed to escape, he added.

    “Over a dozen police teams were formed and were working on this kidnapping case while Intezaar was one of the suspects,” Pandey said.

    A fresh FIR is being registered in the case and further proceedings will be done accordingly, while a search has been launched to nab the absconding associate, the official said.

  • UP man sentenced to 10 years in jail for raping teenage girl in 2016

    By PTI
    PRATAPGARH: A POCSO court here has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a teenage girl in 2016.

    Special Judge Pankaj Kumar Srivastava on Saturday held the accused Prashant guilty and sentenced him to 10 years in jail, and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000.

    According to the prosecution, a 14-year-old girl student had gone Kamla Nehru Balika Inter College in Lalganj on January 19, 2016.

    However, the college was closed due to rains on that day.

    At the college gate, Prashant (the convict) on the pretext of taking the girl to her home, took her to Jaunpur, and raped her there.

    Based on the complaint lodged by the family members of the girl, a case was registered against Prashant.

  • Late night ‘pawri’ disturbing you? UP Police assures help with this humourous advisory tweet

    By PTI
    NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh Police has joined the “pawri ho rahi hai” meme fest on social media as it asked the public to inform them on the emergency 112 number should any late night parties disturb them.

    The UP police though its various social media accounts, especially on Twitter, has often taken to humorous posts to reach out to netizens.

    This time it was the Call 112 service which sought to cash on on the viral “pawri (party) ho rahi hai” meme.

    “Ye hum hain aur humari car hai. Agar late night pawri aapko disturb kar rahi hai to ye humara number hai – 112,” the 112 service tweeted in a picture which had a police vehicle with a beacon atop it.

    Late night #PawriHoRahiHai aur aap disturb ho rahe toh call karein 112 pic.twitter.com/vc74SmtDmF
    — Call 112 (@112UttarPradesh) February 14, 2021

    The picture was captioned: “If there is any late night party and you are getting disturbed, call 112.”

    The post made on Sunday afternoon has been retweeted by nearly 3,000 Twitter users and ‘liked’ by almost 10,000, when last checked on Monday night.

    The meme set the social media on fire after it surfaced online last week with Dananeer Mobeen, a Pakistan-based Instagram influencer, speaking in a heavily-accented tone as she stood partying with some friends with their car parked on a road.

    “Ye humari car hai, ye hum hain aur ye humari pawri (party) ho rahi hai,” she says in the social media post, which has now transcended the country’s borders for its fun quotient.