Maharashtra: Duo held for raping two girls from family of migrant labourers
Beed (PTI): Two men have been arrested for allegedly raping two girls belonging to a family of migrant labourers in Maharashtra’s Beed district, police said on Thursday.
Nearly 15 families from Chhattisgarh have temporarily moved to Majalgaon in the district for the ongoing sugarcane harvesting season.
On December 24, when the girls’ parents were away for work, Ganesh Rajebhau Ghatul, a grocery store owner, and his friend Ashok Bhaskar Pawar, a tractor driver, dragged the teenagers, aged 13 and 14, to a nearby cotton field and raped them.
The accused also threatened to kill the minors if they spoke about the assault. After enduring the trauma for a few days, one of the girls mustered the courage and informed her father about the crime. Subsequently, the second girl also disclosed the assault to her uncle.
The labourers then approached the Majalgaon rural police, resulting in the arrest of Ghatul and Pawar under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, the official said.
Both survivors were produced before the Child Welfare Committee on Wednesday. Their families were also given the details of government support initiatives, the official added.
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Govt, private hospitals asked to maintain stocks of anti-rabies vaccine at all times
New Delhi (PTI): The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a public notice directing all government and private hospitals to maintain mandatory stocks of anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) and rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) at all times.
The Commission referred to the November 7 Supreme Court order which issued stringent and time-bound directions to all states and Union Territories (UTs) and the central government to secure educational institutions, hospitals, sports complexes, bus stands/ depots and railway stations from stray dog ingress.
Major highlights of the order include identification and securing of premises of government and private educational institutions (schools, colleges, hostels), hospitals and medical facilities, sports complexes/ stadiums, bus stands/ lSBT (Inter-State Bus Terminal) and railway stations through fencing, boundary walls, gates and similar structural and administrative measures within eight weeks.
According to the order, each institution must designate a nodal officer responsible for cleanliness, prevent dog ingress, maintain liaison with municipal authorities, display the details of the nodal officer prominently and notify the municipal body.
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It also called for mandated quarterly inspections to ensure no dog habitats exist within or near these premises and to immediately remove any stray dog found inside the institution.
"All government and private hospitals must maintain mandatory stock of anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) and immunoglobulin (RIG) at all times," the public notice said.
"All medical colleges/ institutions are, therefore, requested to take necessary actions as per the directives of the Supreme Court," the notice stated.
The NMC also enclosed the letter sent by Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava addressed to all secretaries of the government of India and all chief secretaries of states and UTs highlighting the court's order.
