MINOR SISTERS GANGRAPED IN PANIPAT
PANIPAT: Police have booked three youths for allegedly kidnapping and raping two minor sisters on Monday.
The victims along with their families approached the police on Tuesday alleging that Sonu Kumar, Ravi Kumar and Sonu kidnapped them in a car from near their house and raped them.
The youths dropped the girls, aged 16 and 17 years, a few hours later, said the complainants, who later narrated the incident to their families.
“We have received a complaint in this regard. The accused, who are in their early twenties have been booked under Sections 365 and 376-D of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 4 of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO)Act,”Samalkhadeputy superintendent of police (DSP) Naresh Kumar said.
He said the girls have been sent for medical examination and the accused will be produced in the court seeking their further interrogation.
As why the family did not inform the police soon after the incident on Monday, the Samalkha deputy superintendent of police said more will be found during the investigation.
CLASS 9STUDENT RAPED IN TOHANA, 1 HELD
HISAR :A youth was arrested for allegedly raping a Class 9 girl at Tohana town of Fatehabad district. The accused has been identified as Krishan Kumar, a resident of Tohana, who is known to the victim.
In his complaint, the victim's father, a labourer, alleged that the accused called his daughter for some work and raped her when was away for work.
The victim later narrated the incident to her father, who later took her to the women police station. A case was registered
against the youth under Section 375 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Women police station SHO) Manju Rani said, "We registered a case against the accused and arrested him from his house.” PANIPAT :A day after a worker of the Indian Oil Corporation refinery, Panipat, was killed and four wereinjuredinablastinitsnaphtha cracking unit, a deputy manager succumbed to injuries on Tuesday.
The deceased, Banuji Sipana (33), posted in the catalyst unit, was admitted to Apollo Hospital, Delhi. OnMondayafternoon,the workers, who were engaged for maintenance of a valve, sustained injuries in a compressor blast after highly inflammable propylenegasleakedintherefinery’s catalyst plant.
Threeotherinjuredemployees — Gyan Ranjan Dutta, Ajay Tiwari and junior engineer assistant Sanjeev Kumar were admitted to a private hospital in Panipat. Their condition was said to be stable.
ThekinofMohanLal(45),who diedonMonday,heldaprotestat themainentranceoftherefinery anddemandedacompensationof ₹1 crore for his family. Mohan Lal was hired on contract basis through an outsourcing agency.
PROTESTERSCLASH WITHPOLICE
The protesters also clashed with police who tried to remove them from the main entrance of the refinery. They also pelted the policewithstonesandcontinued to protest. Later, they agreed to endtheprotestafterthemanage- ment agreed to give financial assistance of ₹10 lakh to the worker’sfamily,₹10,000monthly pension besides bearing the expenses of his two children’s education.
ThebodywascrematedatBal Jatan village of the district.
MANAGEMENT PROMISESHELPTO DEAD,INJURED
The refinery management on Tuesday issued a press release assuring all support to the families of the deceased and injured employees. The management said aninquiryby seniorofficials has been ordered to find out the reason behind the blast.
Thecatalystunithasbeenshut till the inquiry is completed.