6 BOOKED FOR RAPING MINOR IN TARN TARAN
TARNTARAN: Police on Wednesday booked six persons for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl at Nagoke village under Khadur Sahib tehsil of Tarn Taran district. In her complainant to the police, the girl, a resident of Nagoke village, said that when she was on her way to school on February 12, a car stopped near her. Her aunt was in the car with her sons and she offered her lift.
When she regained consciousness, she found herself in a room and her aunt’s nephew and his two friends were also there. “I felt severe pain in the abdomen. The trio then dropped me at my village and threatened not to disclose the matter to anyone,” said the victim in her complaint. She narrated the incident to her parents, after which the police complaint was lodged.
Assistant sub-inspector Sarabjeet Kaur said: “A case has been registered against six persons at Verowal police station under Sections 376 (rape) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Medical examination of the victim was conducted on Wednesday. Efforts are being made to nab the accused.”
AMRITSAR: A day after seeking probe into the ongoing Delhi violence, Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Wednesday asked gurdwara managements in the national capital to provide shelter to riot victims.
“It is a principle of Sikh religion to help and embrace whoever seeks shelter. The situation is sensitive in Delhi. The gurdwara managements should help the riots victims, irrespective of their religion, in this hour of distress,” he said.
The gurdwara managements should make adequate arrangements for accommodation and langar fort the affected people, he said, adding special arrangements should be made to ensure safety of children and women.
FARM, LABOUR UNIONS HOLD PROTEST
BATHINDA: Workers of various farm, farm labour, youth and students unions protested across the state against the Delhi violence. Workers of 14 organisations, including BKU (Ekta-ugrahan), BKU (Ekta-dakaunda) and Punjab Khet Majdoor Union, staged protests by burning effigies of the Bjp-led Union government at 46 places in 15 districts across the state.
MALERKOTLA MUSLIMS SEEK AMIT SHAH’S RESIGNATION
SANGRUR: Residents of Muslimdominated Malerkotla demanded resignation of home minister Amit Shah for mob violence in Delhi. “It is a failure of state machinery that rioters attacked innocent people and damaged their property. The home minister should resign who has failed to perform his duty,” said Ijaz Farooq, co-convener
of “Haa Da Naara Sangharsh Morcha”. The Malerkotla town has become an epicentre of anti-caa protests.
“The civil and police administration have failed to stop violence in the nation capital of the country. It is unfortunate and condemnable. We are planning to hold peaceful protests against the violence and the CAA,” said Abdul Shakoor, president Jamaat-e-islami Hind, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.