MAN GETS 20 YRS FOR RAPING MINOR

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A special court here set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act convicted a 50-yearold man on Saturday of raping his 17-year-old daughter in 2016. Judge Rajiv Kumar Tiwari sentenced the man to 20 years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 56,000 on him after holding him guilty of raping the minor. According to special lawyer Dinesh K Sharma, police had registered a case against the man for raping his daughter in the district on February 18, 2016. It was alleged in the complaint that the girl had been raped for three-four months and was threatened of dire consequences.

AFP Members of an NGO light candles as they participate in a procession calling for justice for the rape, murder case of a 26-year-old veterinarian, in Siliguri on Saturday.