Successful night trial of Agni-ii carried out
NEW DELHI: India’s strategic forces command carried out a successful night trial of the Agni-ii, a nuclear-capable surface-tosurface missile that can hit targets up to 1,500km away and is seen as among the mainstay weapons in India’s arsenal.
According to officials who asked not to be named, the missile was fired at 7:30pm from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) on the Dr Abdul Kalam Island, off the coast of Odisha. The missile hit the target with accuracy and its trajectory was as planned, the officials added.
‘Agni-ii’, an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) has already been inducted into the armed forces.
According to one of these official, the night trial was part of routine testing that is carried out at different times of the day/
The trajectory of the trial was tracked by a battery of sophisticated radars, telemetry observation stations, electro-optic instruments and two naval ships located near the impact point in the down range area of Bay of Bengal, news agency PTI quoted a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) source as saying.
The 20-metre long two stage ballistic missile has a launch weight of 17 tonne and can carry a payload of 1,000 kg.
The two stage missile equipped with advanced high accuracy navigation system, was guided by a novel state-ofthe-art command and control system and propelled by solid rocket propellant system.
Saturday’s test was carried out by the specially formed Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Army with logistic support from the DRDO.
‘Agni-11’ is part of the Agni series of missiles which includes Agni-i with a 700 km range, AGNI-III with a 3,000 km range, Agni-iv and Agni-v both having long range capabilities.
MUZAFFARNAGAR: A 30-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang raped and beaten up by four men at Ahata Gos Garh village in Shamli district here, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place on Thursday when the woman had gone to the fields to relieve herself.
The men dragged her to a sugarcane field and took turns to rape her, they said, adding that the victim was also beaten up when she tried to resist.
Three of the accused have been identified as Sachin, Sosing and Rohit while the third man is yet to be identified, said Sandeep Balyan, station house officer, Thanabhawan police station, adding that all accused were absconding.
A case has been registered under relevant statutory sections following a complaint by the victim’s husband, he said.
The victim has been sent for a medical examination, police said.
THE ACCUSED DRAGGED THE WOMAN WHEN SHE WENT TO THE FIELDS TO RELIEVE HERSELF. COPS SAY ALL THE ACCUSED ARE ABSCONDING