Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Amar Patnaik on Saturday condemned the brutal attack on a 15-year-old girl in Odisha's Puri district, stating that the law and order situation in the state has gone for a loss.
Bhubaneswar Police imposed Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) Section 163 outside AIIMS after protests over a 15-year-old girl being set on fire in Puri disrupted hospital services, said an official.
As protests continue outside AIIMS Bhubaneswar over the incident in which a 15-year-old girl was set ablaze by miscreants in Puri district, BJP leader Babu Singh on Saturday cautioned against politicising the issue and emphasised that the next 72 hours are medically crucial for the patien
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday said that the state government will airlift the minor girl, who was set on fire by miscreants in Puri, to AIIMS Delhi for advanced medical care as per the advice of the doctors.
According to the cousin of the victim, the minor girl went out with her friends, but she was abducted midway and taken to the riverside, where she was set on fire.
A shocking case of molestation involving a minor girl has been reported in the Buddha Colony area of Bihar's Patna, just 500 meters away from the local police station, said the police. The accused, a stationery shop owner, allegedly harassed the girl.
Taking swift action, the Malihabad police in Lucknow have filed a chargesheet within just 24 hours in a case involving the rape of a seven-year-old girl from a Scheduled Caste (SC) community.
The woman kidnapped the victim by persuading her around six months ago from Bhopal, at the time she was a minor and took her to Rajasthan. The accused then got her married with someone after she turned major last month in June by taking money.
The victim, a class-10 student who was staying with her grandmother, was allegedly lured away under false pretences and trafficked to Rajasthan, according to Adilabad district police.
"In a late-night development, Gaowal SK, one of the key accused in the Kaliganj bomb blast case, was arrested by the Police. With this, the total number of arrests in the case has reached nine, out of the 24 individuals named in the FIR," the West Bengal police said in an official statement.