Groom killed in celebratory firing
Noida: Pankaj Kishore Karotia (24) was all set to leave his in-laws' house on Thursday morning, after his wedding. His newlywed wife was waiting for him in the car, and Karotia, a resident of Amritpur village in Aligarh district, came for one last blessing from his father-in-law, Vijay Singh.
Pankaj's uncle Rajkumar who was standing next to him, drew out his licensed pistol and thought he would fire a final celebratory shot in the air. He was loading bullets in the pistol when it went off accidentally, killing Pankaj instantly.
New Delhi: A six-year-old girl was raped by a rickshaw puller in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, police said on Thursday.
"The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon when the victim was playing near an under-construction building. The accused, Sanjay Podar, lured her and took her to an isolated place.
He then sexually assaulted her," a senior police officer said.
"A woman heard the child's cries coming from the place and raised an alarm. The locals in the area gathered and beat up the accused. The girl was taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences where her medical examination confirmed rape," the officer added.
Hoshiarpur: In a rape case of a schoolgirl over a month ago, four of her classmates and a school peon were booked by the Hoshiarpur police on Wednesday night. The girl, the daughter of a farmer, was raped on January 7 but she had not lodged any complaint with the police till Wednesday night.
Investigating officer Baljeet Singh said the girl was a student of Class XII in Jallowal Khanur Government School and the accused classmates have been expelled by the school authorities.
According to the complaint, on January 7, when the girl was returning home after school, her classmate Ranvir Singh Sabi, with his three friends, Bhupinder, Maninder and Sohan and school peon Kishan Lal dragged her to the school canteen, locked the door from outside and while all others kept a watch outside, Ranvir raped her.
She said Ranvir and others had threatened her of dire consequences if she revealed the incident to anyone and hence she did not even tell her parents for several days.
After she recently informed her parents, they brought her to police station. A case has been registered against five and all five are absconding. Baljeet said the girl had stopped going to school after she informed her parents about the incident.
Tantrik held for human sacrifice
Bhubaneswar: A tantrik was arrested on Thursday on charges of killing a seven-year-old boy as a human sacrifice in Orissa's Jajpur district, police said.
Pitambara Gaipai (25) was arrested after he confessed that he killed the boy to gain superior hold over 'tantric vidya', police said. The boy, Srikanta Bagi, a resident of Kubal village in the district, had been missing since Feb 11. Gaipai, who belonged to the nearby Ichhapur village, told police that he beheaded the boy the same night.
While the body of the boy was found in a field near Ichhapur village, the severed head and two old human skulls were found in Gaipai's hamlet half a kilometre away.
"The accused confessed that he was practicing black magic and it was an act of human sacrifice," police added.
