Class 12 boy detained over Alwar lynching
The Alwar police have detained a 17-year-old boy for allegedly being part of the mob that assaulted Pehlu Khan on April 1, which resulted in the 55-year-old dairy farmer’s death.
Police said the accused was identified on the basis of a video of the lynching that went viral on the social media.
“We detained the accused on Tuesday from his village, Dheekwal. We have learnt that following the attack, the boy had gone into hiding,” said Parmal Singh, investigating officer in the case.
“In the video, the accused, who is a student of Class 12, can be clearly seen assaulting Khan. During the preliminary investigation, we learnt he was passing through the area and saw the crowd beating up Khan and he joined the mob,” said Singh.
The police said that the juvenile accused has been sent to a child home in Alwar.
Khan and four other Muslims were attacked in Alwar district by alleged gau rakshaks when they were transporting cows and calves in two trucks bought from a Jaipur cattle market. ››P8
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a medical board of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to examine a 35-year-old HIV-positive destitute woman and rape survivor from Patna, for possible abortion.
She had moved the Supreme Court for terminating her 26-week pregnancy because the foetus is at risk of contracting the disease.
Taking note of the fact that the woman could not abort the child in the 17th week, which was well within the 20-week time-limit the law prescribes, because the authorities delayed in responding to her for termination, a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra on Wednesday ordered immediate medical test for her.
It directed the AIIMS to constitute a board to examine the woman before Saturday. The survivor, living in a shelter home in Patna, would be flown in on Thursday to Delhi for the test. Her travel and other expenses in Delhi would be borne by the Centre after two senior law officers – P Narasimha and Tushar Mehta – assured her of support.
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