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Honour killing: 20-year-old Dalit boy beaten to death by girls family; two minors detained
In a horrific incident of honour killing, a 20-year-old Dalit boy was chased and beaten to death in Pune by the family of an upper-caste girl, who was in a relationship with the boy. The incident took place on June 7 in Pune’s Pimple Saudagar area.
The police have arrested four family members and detained two minors and booked all of them for murder and under provisions of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act). The four men (apart from the two detained minors) have been identified as the girls father Jagdish Kate, brother Sagar, uncle Kailas and cousin Hemant.
As per the police, the deceased Viraj Vilas Jagtap was on his bike when the six men started chased him in a tempo. The men hit his bike from behind, after which Viraj fell down and started running. While chasing him, one of the accused hit Viraj on the head with a metal rod and another accused threw a rock at him. As they got hold of Viraj, four accused held his hands and legs. The girls father Jagdish then used casteist slurs and spat on Viraj as all of them beat him.
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Speaking to The Indian Express, the victim’s uncle, Jitesh said, On the night of the attack, Viraj got a call at around 9:30 pm. He left home on his bike. Sometime later, my other nephew got a call on his mobile phone that Viraj had gotten into a fight at Pimple Saudagar. After rushing to the spot, we found him lying with injuries on his head and other parts of the body. We immediately rushed him to a hospital. While on the way, Viraj told me what had happened. He later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Jitesh further added, We want police to probe the matter without being biased and ensure that the accused get maximum punishment. Viraj is survived by his mother. He lost his father when he was only one-year-old.
Inspector Ajay Bhosale, Sangvi police station, told a daily: The accused have been booked for murder, unlawful assembly and also relevant sections of SC/ST Act. They have alleged that Viraj was stalking and harassing the girl and had been warned before. On the night of the incident, they had an argument, followed by a fight. We will also speak to the girl to know her side of the story.
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Nitin Gadkari graces screening of ‘Me Vasantrao’ at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari graced the special screening of Marathi movie ‘Me Vasantrao’ – a movie based on the life of Hindustani classical singer and violinist Vasantrao Deshpande.
The screening was held at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur on Sunday evening in the presence family members, friends and the cast of the movie.
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Mayor Dayashankari Tiwari kicks off polio drive in Nagpur
Nagpur Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari, on Sunday, launched Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) door-to-door polio campaign drive. He, along with Deputy Mayor Manisha Dhawade visited Rognidan Centre in Mahal, Nagpur and inaugurated the campaign by giving polio drops to a toddler.
As per NMC officials, ten Zonal Medical Officers and Ten Health inspectors would visit every house in their respective zones, in order to vaccinate children between the ages of zero-five to immune them against polio.
NMC had recognised Sunday as the official day for polio vaccination. Under Polio Ravivar, they plan to vaccinate more than three lakh kids in Nagpur. They also urged Nagpurkars to vaccinate their children at pulse Polio Booths near their homes from 8 am- 5 pm, on Sunday.
NMC Standing Committee Chief, Corporator Vijay Zalke spoke to Nation Next regarding this campaign and said, This year’s polio drive is going to be bigger than last year. We are planning to vaccinate around 3- 3.15 lakh kids. NMC is bearing the cost of infrastructure and execution. The state government provided us with the doses.
He further stated that there were special teams to vaccinate the homeless during night. ?When it comes to the health of Nagpurkars, money is not a factor we should think about, said Zalke when asked about NMC’s current financial crunch.
As per Zalke, vaccination facility would also be available in slums,, factory areas and other outskirts of Nagpur.
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Congress legislator caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly
Congress leader Prakash Rathod, on Friday, was caught on camera while allegedly scrolling through few adult content clips in the State Assembly. This turned out to be a huge embarrassment for both, Congress and Rathod as regional channels aired the video, in which he was ?caught in the act.
The MLC member was present in the house during the proceedings of the legislative council. While the house was in session, Rathod was watching adult content on his smartphone.
However, he threw these charges under the bus and said, I was looking for materials for a question I wanted to ask the government in question hour.
?When I was looking for question material, I deleted too many messages as my phone storage was full. What the media has shown or seen, I don’t know. I would never do such things or see such things, he added.
This was not the first time in Karnataka that such an incident had happened. Back in 2012, three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers were caught on camera allegedly watching adult content in the State Assembly. Following the scandal, they resigned from the state government due to public embarrassment.
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