Minor abducted, gang-raped and thrown off train in Bihar
A Class 10 student was thrown off a moving train by her alleged rapists, who had abducted the girl from outside her house on Thursday.
The victim was found in a critical condition adjacent to the railway track near Lakhisarai station. She has been admitted to the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH).
Lakhisarai sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Pankaj Kumar said that in her statement to the police, the victim said that her abductors took her to the Lakhochak halt station located near Kiul station. She was subsequently made to board a train and allegedly gang-raped.
The SDPO said the victim had identified two accused, who lived in the same locality as her, and the police were able to nab one of them. Police were on the lookout for the other accused. Kumar said a special investigation team (SIT) has been constituted to probe into the case. A teenage girl, who was travelling from Fatehgarh in Punjab to Dhampur town of Bijnore district, was gang-raped by three youths near Saharanpur station on Friday when she deboarded the train to purchase a water bottle on the station. Police arrested all three accused from Doodhli Sarak and Mahipura villages .
“We registered a case and initiated action against the accused on the basis of the girl’s statement,” Saharanpur SSP said .
The incident occurred in the wee hours of Friday when the train stopped at Saharanpur station. The girl deboarded with her brother to purchase a water bottle. Meanwhile, train started moving and her brother got into it but she missed the train.
While she was wandering on the platform one Danish,the accused approached her and took her to an abandoned place after assuring her help. There they allegedly raped her.
A 60-year old farmer allegedly hanged himself on Sunday from the branch of a tree in his field in Neemuch district, taking the total number of agriculture-related suicides in Madhya Pradesh to 13 since the June 6 violent protests in Mandsaur.
Pyare Lal Oud of Pipiliya Vyas village, nearly 15 kms from the district headquarters, had taken a loan of ₹2.5 lakh from a bank and was also tense over his daughter’s second marriage, sources said.
Pyare Lal’s son Dev Karan Oud said the bank loan was one of his main worries.
Sarpanch of the village Kishan Lal Patidar said Pyare Lal Oud committed suicide as he was in distress over loan repayment issues.
Hitesh Patil, town inspector (TI) Neemuch city told Hindustan Times that the body of Pyare Lal was sent for post mortem. “We have started investigation into why this farmer hanged himself in his field”, he said.
The farm distress in Madhya Pradesh has been under spotlight since June 6, when five farmers died in police firing during demonstrations to demand a loan waiver and better crop prices in Mandsaur.
The spate of farmer suicides continues in Madhya Pradesh since the violent protests erupted in Mandsaur district.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has decided to put off his six-day visit to Russia, starting on Sunday.
“Chouhan’s six-day visit to Russia from today (Sunday) stands cancelled,” said SK Mishra, principal secretary to the chief minister. The chief minister’s visit was aimed at branding and marketing MP in Russia primarily to attract investments, Mishra told news agency PTI .
The development assumes significance as it has come at a time when Congress is targeting Chouhan and backing the farmers who are angry at the state government.
POLICE SAID THE VICTIM IDENTIFIED 2 ACCUSED, WHO LIVED IN THE SAME LOCALITY AS HER, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ARREST ONE OF THEM