Teacher booked for sodomising Hisar teenager
HISAR:: Police on Monday booked a teacher for allegedly sodomising a Class 10 student in Hisar district last year.
No arrests have been made so far, police said.
The accused teacher has been identified as Ramesh Kumar. The boy informed his father about the incident a few days ago. In his complaint, the 15-year-old boy alleged that the incident took place in May, 2019, when the Gurukul owner was admitted at a hospital. The victim said the teacher had threatened to fail him in the examination if he informed anyone about it. A case under Section 377 (unnatural offences), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and Section 6 of POCSO and Section 75 and 82 of Juvenile Justice Act has been registered.
CHANDIGARH: Punjab has contributed over one-third (37%) of wheat to the central pool this rabi season, data compiled by Food Corporation of India (FCI) till May 24, shows.
Of 342 lakh tonne grain procured from across the country, around 126 lakh tonne has come from Punjab.
The procurement nears end by May 31, but most of the grain has already landed in government purchase centres and has also been sent for storage in godowns.
Apart from Punjab, Madhya Pradesh has contributed contributed 113 lakh tonne (33%), Haryana 71 lakh tonne (21%), Uttar Pradesh 20 lakh tonne (6%) and Rajasthan 11 lakh tonne (3%) to the central pool.
FCI says the total procurement of 342 lakh tonne has surpassed last year’s figure.
FCI regional head in Punjab Arshdeep Thind said the corporation has procured the target given to it. “We procured at least 14.5% of total procurement in Punjab, which is as per the quota allotted to us,” he added. Other than FCI, state agencies like Markfed, Punsup, Pungrain and state warehousing corporation also procured the crop.
“The process was very challenging . We were able to carry forward operations adhering to the laid protocol for covdi-19. There were labour problems, logistics were to be set in places and gunny bags were delayed due to lockdown. Weather was erratic and we started procurement and harvest amidst scattered rainfall,” he added.