Jan Sangh founder’s nameplate defaced in Kolkata
Kolkata: Unknown miscreants vandalised a plaque with Jansangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee's name engraved on it in the Presidency University on Monday.
Mookerjee's name, along with those of other icons, was engraved on the university's bi-centennial commemorative plaque. The educationist-politician was an illustriuous alumni of the Presidency College, the earlier avatar of the university.
On Monday morning, it was found that his name has been inked out.
"Whoever has done it, will not be spared," said Vice Chancellor Anuradha Lohia.
This is the second attack on Mookerjee's memorabilia in the state this month.
Seven members of an extremist left-wing student organisation were arrested for allegedly vandalising and blackening his marble bust in Kolkata's Keoratola crematorium ground on March 7.
The vandalism happened after a statue of Dravidian icon and social reformer E.V.R. Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, was razed in Tamil Nadu's Vellore, while two statues of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin were pulled down in Tripura allegedly by the BJP-RSS activists.
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Minor girl kidnapped and raped; main accused and two cafe owners held
Latur (PTI): A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an 18-year-old man in Latur, leading to the arrest of the main accused and owners of two cafes where the crime occurred on December 4, police said on Saturday.
Police traced the girl within hours of registering the complaint. The accused, identified as Rihan Gulab Shaikh, was arrested based on the girl's complaint. Two others are owners of two cafes where the crime occurred, police said.
Police registered a case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), POCSO Act, and the Prevention of Atrocities Act, an official said.
