Rape accused fails in BSC exam, scores 0 and 2 in two papers

MEERUT: Vishal Jangotra, an accused in the rape and murder case of a minor nomadic girl in Kathua in January this year, has failed in his first semester examination of BSC (agriculture), an official at the Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU), Meerut, said. An office superintendent at CCSU, Arshad, said in two theory papers conducted on January 12 and 15, Vishal got 0 and 2 marks respectively. Though the official failed to confirm the name of the two papers, he said the subject codes were 192 and 193. The two papers in which he got lowest marks assume significance as these were conducted at a time when, according to SIT, he had joined the other accused in Jammu to commit the crime. and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, police said on Friday. “We have registered a case and identified some of the assailants,” a senior police officer said. The window panes of Malathi’s house were broken and a vehicle parked on the porch damaged in the alleged attack. Malathi said in a post on Facebook that a group reached her house around midnight and started stoning her house. “They threatened me with dire consequences if I draw more pictures and paintings depicting the plight of the victim,” she said.

‘WON’T END FAST TILL LAW IS IMPLEMENTED’

NEW DELHI: As the Centre proposed the death penalty for rapists of children younger than 12, Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal, who went without food for the eighth day on Friday, said she won’t end her fast until the law comes into force. As a mark of protest against the rape incidents in Kathua and Unnao, 33-yearold Maliwal began her hunger strike last week at Rajghat demanding immediate implementation of a stringent law for convicted rapists.