Gujarat cops book BJP MLA for rape on HC's directions
Gandhinagar, Oct 19: An FIR on charges of rape and criminal intimidation was registered on Saturday against a BJP MLA from Gujarat following directions of the High Court.
The accused, Gajendrasinh Parmar, a former minister of state, was also booked under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as the victim is a Dalit, the FIR stated.
The alleged incident occurred in July 2020.
The case was registered at Sector 21 police station in Gandhinagar under sections 376 (Punishment for rape) and 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, days after the High Court questioned the police for not registering an FIR on the victim's complaint against the MLA, who represents the Prantij Assembly seat in Sabarkantha district.
The complainant stated that Parmar had called her to the MLA quarters in Gandhinagar on July 30, 2020, and established physical relations with her on the pretext of marrying her.
She claimed in the FIR that the MLA, subsequently, started ignoring her phone calls. Upon attending her call once, he used casteist remarks and threatened to get the woman kidnapped and harassed if she talked about their relationship, the FIR stated.
In 2021, the woman moved a special criminal application in the high court, requesting that the police be directed to register an FIR.
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Student killed, several injured as school picnic bus overturns
Nagpur (PTI): A student was killed and several students and teachers were injured as the bus carrying them to a picnic spot overturned near here on Tuesday morning, police said.
The accident took place when students and teachers of Saraswati High School in Shankar Nagar area here were heading for a picnic spot in neighbouring Wardha district in five buses.
One of the buses, with some 50 persons on board, overturned near Deoli Pendhari village on Hingani Road in a hilly section on the outskirts of the city, said an official of Hingna police station.
The deceased boy was a Class 7 student, he said, without disclosing the name. A girl and a teacher sustained severe injuries and were rushed to the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, while others were taken to a nearby rural hospital.
Investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident, police said.
