Rape attempt on Dalit woman in train

 

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Rape attempt on Dalit woman in train

(Source: IANS)
Published: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 at 16:17 IST Click Image to Enlarge

F Prev Next LBhopal: A bid to rape a Dalit woman in Sampark Kranti
train was foiled by the passengers and the accused was handed over to
the Government Railway Police (GRP) at Amla town in Madhya Pradesh,
police said on Friday.

According to police, the victim was travelling from Kishangarh to
Delhi in the general compartment. She went to the bathroom when the
accused, Sanjay Soni, 24, also entered the toilet and tried to rape
her, GRP official Lokesh Marko told.

The incident took place late Thursday.

When the woman tried to raise an alarm, the passengers broke open the
doors of the toilet and nabbed Soni, police said.

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Dalit woman dies after being denied medical attention

 

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Dalit woman dies after being denied medical attention

(Source: IANS)
Published: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 at 16:08 IST

F Prev Next LLucknow: Caste discrimination allegedly claimed the life
of a young Dalit woman, who died after delivering a stillborn child
Thursday, as the staff of a government-run medical centre in Uttar
Pradesh refused to attend to her.

The state government has ordered an inquiry into the incident that
took place at the Bhadiyan community health centre in Uttar Pradesh's
Sultanpur district, some 250 km from Lucknow, where 26-year-old Sona
Devi died for want of medical treatment, an official said.

"My wife, who was eight months pregnant, complained of severe pain
Thursday after which we rushed her to the community health centre.
However, the medical staff there made caste-based remarks against me
and directed me to take my wife to some other place," her husband
Phool Chand told reporters in Sultanpur.

"As my wife was writhing in acute pain, I pleaded with them (community
health centre) many times to admit my wife. I even folded my hands
before them, but to no avail. After lying unattended for hours, my
wife delivered a stillborn and died after sometime," Phool Chand, a
resident of Bela Mohan village in the district, said.

Following Sona Devi's death, the medical staff went in a tizzy and
called for an ambulance on the pretext of shifting her to the district
hospital, he said.

"They called the ambulance just to pacify me so that I do not register
a complaint against them. I even asked the medical staff as to what
was the use of shifting the patient after her death. They did not
reply and my wife was taken to the district hospital, where she was
declared brought dead," alleged Chand.

Sultanpur's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) G.P. Kushwaha, told that a
high-level inquiry has been initiated in the matter, and officials at
the centre asked to given an explanation.

"We will take strict action against the medical staff of the health
centre on completion of the inquiry," he added.

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Court rejects bail plea of cop

 

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Court rejects bail plea of cop
TNN 29 October 2009, 10:04pm IST

KANPUR: The specially constituted SC/ST Act Court on Thursday rejected
the bail application of a police constable, Hanuman Prasad, who had
been
arrested on abduction charges.

According to report, Prasad had allegedly kidnapped a minor boy,
identified as Vipin, a couple of months ago when he was playing
outside his house in Chakeri area. Vipin's father had charged in his
FIR that Vipin was last seen with the constable and had thereafter
gone missing.

SI surrenders: Sub-inspector Pappu Singh, involved in a custodial
death, surrendered before the court of chief judicial magistrate
Kanpur Nagar on Thursday.

According to the FIR, Pappu Singh was posted as incharge of Hanspuram
police outpost in Naubasta area. The policemen had fetched one Jang
Bahadur from his Khadepur Colony house and he died in their custody.
The mob had gone berserk and had attacked the police outpost and burnt
the motorcycles of the policemen. Pappu Singh had been suspended in
that case and was wanted by the police. On Thursday, he surrendered in
court.

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