National-level archer from Maharashtra dies after falling from train at Rajasthan's Kota Junction
Kota (PTI): A 20-year-old national-level archer from Maharashtra died after he allegedly fell from a moving passenger train at Rajasthan’s Kota junction, police said on Sunday.
According to police, Arjun Sonawale, from Nasik, was returning home with his teammates and coach after participating in an event in Bhatinda, Punjab.
He was travelling with his teammates to Maharashtra by the Shakur Basti-Mumbai Central AC Special train, the Government Railway Police (GRP) said.
Around 8.30 pm, while the train was slowing down to halt at the Kota Junction, Arjun was standing at the gate of coach B4 along with a few others to move to another coach for food, when he accidentally slipped and fell between the train and the platform, police said.
The passengers and the railway staff pulled him out after the train stopped and rushed him to MBS Hospital. Later, his two cousins, who were also part of the team, shifted him to a private hospital where he died during treatment at night, police said.
The body was handed over to his relatives after post-mortem on Sunday morning, GRP official Dalchand Sain said.
Team manager Anil Kamlapure said Arjun was pursuing graduation and had won eight gold medals in state and national-level archery events.
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Madhya Pradesh: BJP leader assaults blind woman in Church
Jabalpur: Anju Bhargava, vice-president of BJP's Jabalpur city unit, has come under sharp scrutiny, creating the ripples of political controvery in Madhya Pradesh, after a video surfaced online showing her physically assaulting a visually impaired woman inside a church.
The New Indian Express has reported that the said incident reportedly took place on Saturday (20 Dec) at a church in the Hawa Bagh area, which comes under the limits of Gorakhpur police station.
The video footage that has circulated widely on Monday shows Anju Bhargava, assaulting the blind woman in the presence of a police officer. In the video, Bhargava is seen shouting at the woman, twisting her arm and forcibly grabbing her face. The victim can be heard pleading to Bhargava to speak to her rather than resorting to physical violence. Also, we can hear Bhargava screaming, “will be blind in her next birth too”
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According to The Indian Express reports, Bhargava entered the church, with members of several Hindutva affiliated organisations, alleging that the visually impaired children were being forced into religious conversion; But, the students present at the church have flatly denied all the allegations.
An unnamed police officer cited in media reports states that there was no evidence to support claims of forced religious conversion. The incident has since intensified political debate in the state, with opposition parties demanding accountability and action against those involved.
