Minor sexually assaulted, burnt alive in MP
Sagar, May 11: A minor girl was gang-raped and burnt alive in Khurai in Madhya Pradesh by her relative and his friend, following which one person was arrested, police said on Friday.
Additional Superintendent of Police Vikramjit Singh said the victim was sexually assaulted by her cousin Bharat and his friend Ravinder in Jujharpur village in Bandri police station area when she was alone in her house on Thursday night. She was burnt alive after she resisted.
He said Ravinder has been arrested while Bharat is absconding. The accused were booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Indian Penal Code.
Home Minister Bhupender Singh, in whose Assembly segment the village falls, met the bereaved family and announced Rs 2 lakh aid.
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Delhi elections: BJP releases first list of candidates; Parvesh Verma to contest against Kejriwal
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its first list of 29 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, scheduled to be held in February this year.
Former Lok Sabha MP Parvesh Verma will contest from the New Delhi assembly seat against former Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal.
Ramesh Bidhuri is set to contest against Delhi CM Atishi and Congress leader Alka Lamba from Kalkaji constituency.
BJP has fielded Sardar Tarvinder Singh Marwah from Jangpura constituency. He is pitted against former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia. Meanwhile, Congress has fielded former Mayor Farhad Suri from this constituency.
The saffron party has fielded Dushyant Kumar Gautam and Ashish Sood from Karol Bagh and Janakpuri, respectively, and former AAP leader Kailash Gahlot from Bijwasan.
The BJP has dropped its Gandhi Nagar MLA Anil Bajpai and given a ticket to former Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely.
Former Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay will contest from Malviya Nagar.
