The survivor’s mother had died and she was raped by her father for three years. When she became pregnant, she narrated her ordeal to her grandmother, District Attorney Vikas Sharma said.
The survivor also gave birth to a girl at the age of 16. (Representational)
A special POCSO court here has sentenced a man to death for raping his minor daughter for three years, a senior police official said on Saturday.
In the verdict announced on Friday, Special Judge Prashant Rana also imposed a fine of ₹ 15,000 on the man and directed the government/District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to pay the survivor a compensation of ₹ 10.5 lakh. The survivor has already been paid ₹ 3 lakh and the remaining amount is pending, he said.
The survivor’s mother had died and she was raped by her father for three years. When she became pregnant, she narrated her ordeal to her grandmother, District Attorney Vikas Sharma said.
The girl lodged a complaint at the women’s police station here in October 2020. On the basis of her complaint, an FIR was registered. The girl was 15 years old when the FIR was registered, he said.
The survivor also gave birth to a girl at the age of 16 and the child’s DNA matched with the convict. The child has been adopted by an NGO, he added.
Farmers block railway tracks during a protest against central and state government, in Jalandhar on Thursday
About 600 trains were affected in Punjab and Haryana during the Punjab farmers’ three-day ‘rail roko’ protest which ended on Saturday evening.
The agitation that began on Thursday saw farmers demanding compensation for crops damaged in the recent floods, a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) and a sweeping debt waiver in all north Indian states from the government.
According to railway officials of the Ferozepur division, 376 passenger trains were cancelled, 89 were short terminated, 46 short originated, and 70 were diverted.
As a result, hundreds of rail passengers were left stranded in Punjab and Haryana.
Passengers at Ambala Cantt railway station told India Today TV that they now have to spend much more to book other transportation to get to their destination.
One passenger said that while his train journey was costing him Rs 800, he may have to spend Rs 14,000 if he decides to travel by taxi as his train was cancelled. Others expressed concerns about whether they would get a refund on their tickets.
Railway officer Naveen Kumar said that extra counters have been opened at Ambala Cantt station to provide refunds to passengers whose trains were cancelled.
He also said that efforts had been made to make sure trains had stopped at stations with amenities and ample transport services. When asked about the losses incurred due to the protests, Kumar said it could only be estimated after the agitation was over.
FARMERS’ 3-DAY PROTEST
The farmers had blockaded railway tracks at several places in Faridkot, Samrala, Moga, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Tarn Taran, Sangrur, Patiala, Ferozepur, Bathinda and Amritsar since Thursday as part of their three-day agitation.
Several farmer groups, including the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee; Bharti Kisan Union (Krantikari); Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Azaad); Azaad Kisan Committee, Doaba; Bharti Kisan Union (Behramke); Bharti Kisan Union (Shaheed Bhagat Singh) and the Bharti Kisan Union (Chottu Ram), had participated in the three-day protest.
The Haryana government on Friday ordered suspension of mobile Internet and bulk SMS services in Nuh after police arrested Congress MLA Mamman Khan in connection with the communal violence that took place in Nuh on July 31.
Haryana Police arrested Congress MLA Mamman khan.
Hours after Congress MLA Mamman Khan was arrested in connection with the communal clashes in Nuh on July 31, the Haryana government on Friday ordered the suspension of the mobile Internet and the bulk SMS services in the district for two days.
Section 144 has been imposed in Nuh until further orders and people have been asked to offer Friday prayers at home “to prevent any disturbance of peace and public order”.
The order issued by Home Department Additional Chief Secretary T V S N Prasad said, “This order is issued to prevent any disturbance of peace and public order in the jurisdiction of district Nuh in the state of Haryana and shall be in force with effect from September 15 (10.00 am) to September 16 (11.59 pm).”
“It has been brought to my notice by Deputy Commissioner, Nuh, vide his request dated September 14 that there is an apprehension of causing tension, annoyance, agitation, damage of public and private property and disturbance of public peace and tranquillity in the district,” Prasad said.
Haryana Congress MLA Mamman Khan, who was named as an accused in the communal violence that erupted in Nuh in August, was arrested on Thursday.
According to Haryana Police, there was “ample evidence” of his involvement in the violence that occurred following a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) yatra.
The MLA from Ferozepur Jhirka had approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday, seeking protection from arrest, and the hearing was scheduled for October 19.
Mamman claimed he was being falsely implicated in the case, as he was not even present in Nuh on the day the violence broke out.
However, Haryana Police informed the court that the Congress leader was named as an accused after a “proper evaluation of the evidence”. They also asserted that the police possessed phone call records and other evidence to support their case.
Mamman will be produced before the court on Friday.
The Haryana sports department suspended a woman athletic coach who accused a state minister and ex-captain of the Indian hockey team of sexual misconduct.
Sandeep Singh (Mohd Zakir/HT PHOTO)
The Haryana sports department has suspended the woman junior athletic coach who accused Sandeep Singh, a minister of state in the Haryana government and former captain of the Indian hockey team, of sexual misconduct .
The coach filed a first information report (FIR) in December 2022 in Union Territory (UT) Chandigarh against Singh and has repeated her allegations .
The suspension order is silent on the reasons, although the coach insists it is because she is refusing to strike a deal and settle the case.
“The services of Ms…,Junior Athletic Coach, (posted in the office of) district sports officer, Panchkula are placed under suspension with immediate effect without prejudice,” Yashendra Singh, director, sports department said in an order dated August 11. Singh was not available for comment when contacted over phone to know what prompted the sports department to take this action over seven months after the woman lodged the FIR against the minister.
According to the woman , she was handed over suspension order at her residence on Monday evening, despite attending office that day.
“Yes, I have been suspended. Pressure is being mounted on me to hammer out a compromise (to withdraw the case). I have not been intimated the reasons for my suspension. I don’t know why they have taken this step. This is a yet another way for the government to pressurise me, but I am not going to yield,” she said over phone.
During the suspension period, the order says, the junior coach will be entitled to subsistence allowance as admissible under Rule 83 of Haryana Civil Services (general) Rules, 2016 and her post during the suspension period will remain the office of district sports officer, Panchkula where she is posted at present.
The Chandigarh Police booked Sandeep Singh, on December 31, 2022 night on the charge of sexual harassment, based on the woman’s complaint.
The FIR against Singh was registered in Chandigarh where the purported crime took place under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force against woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354-A (sexual harassment), 354-B (assault or criminal force with intent to disrobe), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
Singh was divested of the charge of sports and youth affairs portfolio a week after being booked. He, however, continues to hold the charge of printing and stationery department.
The minister has dismissed the accusations as false and Haryana government’s stand has been that investigation was underway and that mere allegation and registration of FIR does not prove that accused is guilty.
Mobile internet, SMS and dongle services will remain shut in the Nuh district of Haryana till August 8 to ‘prevent any disturbance of peace and public order’.
Internet ban extended in Haryana’s Nuh till August 8. ( Image Source : PTI )
The suspension of mobile internet, bulk SMS and all dongle services have been extended in Haryana’s Nuh till Tuesday, August 8, 2023. Haryana Home Secretary TVSN Prasad, in an order dated 05.08.2023, said that the mobile internet services, bulk SMS (excluding banking and mobile recharge) and all dongle services will remain shut till 11:59 PM on August 8 to ‘prevent any disturbance of peace and public order’. However, as per the order, individual SMS, mobile recharge, banking SMS, voice calls, internet services provided by broadband and lease lines of corporate and domestic households will continue to function in the ‘commerical/financial interest of State and basic domestic needs of individuals’.
Notably, these services were suspended earlier this week after clashes broke out between two communities during a VHP procession in Nuh leading to days of arson in Haryana.
Shop burned and damaged following violence in Haryana’s Sohna. (Image: News18)
A flag march was conducted by Rapid Action Force (RAF) in Gururgam’s Badshahpur early on Wednesday as tensions continue in the National Capital Region amid reports of arson in sector 70, where several roadside shops were set on fire by an angry mob.
In Haryana’s neighbouring state of Rajasthan, section 144 was imposed in ten blocks of Alwar district till August 10 after mob vandalised some shops in Bhiwari on Tuesday.
According to a report in Hindustan, a mob ransacked some shops located on Alwar Bypass around 3:00 pm. The people sitting in the shops ran away from the spot after the sudden attack.
The mob reportedly damaged the goods and even broke the tin shed of the shop, following which some miscreants ran inside the Genesis Shopping Mall. Swinging into action, the Rajasthan police surrounded the mall from all sides and detained half a dozen suspected youths.
In view of the situation and to avoid spread of violence from Haryana to Rajasthan, the administration has deployed security personnel in Bhiwari, a town of Rajasthan-Haryana border.
The report stated that vehicles coming from Haryana are being checked and suspicious-looking people are being released only after questioning.
The Union health ministry on Friday advised states to be on alert after two H3N2 deaths were reported from Haryana and Karnataka. There are four types of influenza viruses: A, B, C, and D. Influenza A and B viruses cause seasonal epidemics of disease in people almost every year in January to March and the post-monsoon season in India.
Influenza viruses are usually considered to be self-limiting and benign. “But this year, patients suffering from the infection are reporting prolonged cough, persistent fever and other complications. Hospitalisation has also gone up, necessitating increased vigilance,” said Dr G C Khilnani, chairman of PSRI Institute of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.
One of the reasons behind the increased virulence of the seasonal flu is the predominance of H3N2, a subtype of Influenza A virus, which causes more hospitalisations than the other subtypes, senior officials in the health ministry said.
According to the ministry, the ICMR network of laboratories has been monitoring human influenza virus in patients suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) and Influenza Like Illness (ILI) regularly. The trends observed from the beginning of this year, January 2 to March 5, clearly suggest pre-dominance of H3N2 which accounts for nearly 79% of all the influenza viruses found in samples taken from persons suffering from SARI or ILI. Influenza B Victoria (14%), a subtype of Influenza B, is the second most common virus subtype and Influenza A
