UP: 2 youths accused of raping minor held after encounter
Jhansi (UP) (PTI): Police here have arrested two accused following an encounter in connection with the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl, an official said on Sunday.
Additional Superintendent of Police Preeti Singh said that on April 7, the body of the minor girl was recovered from a well at a village in Jhansi district. The girl had gone missing on April 2.
Singh further said that in their probe, two youngsters, Shailendra Ahirwar and Thakurdas Raikwar, emerged as suspects in the case.
Acting on inputs received on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, a joint team of police and the SWAT unit attempted to intercept the accused, who were bike-borne, in the Uldan police station area.
In response, the youths opened fire on the police team using country-made pistols, following which the police fired in self-defence.
In the retaliatory fire, the accused sustained gunshot injuries on their legs and were subsequently arrested, Singh said.
The additional superintendent of police also informed that during interrogation, the accused confessed that they had raped the 17-year-old girl on April 2.
The duo also admitted that, fearing arrest, they strangled the girl and disposed of her body by throwing it into a well.
Both the injured accused have been admitted to a hospital, and they are undergoing treatment, the police officer said, adding that the probe is underway.
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Karnataka government lifts ban on hijab in classrooms imposed in 2022
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday withdrew its 2022 order banning wearing hijab in classrooms and has issued a fresh order permitting students to wear a ‘limited traditional and practice-based symbols’.
According to the Deccan Herald, the preceding BJP government had, in February 2022, banned students from wearing hijab to classrooms, giving rise to a controversy as some Muslim girls were prevented from attending classes since their dress was not in accordance with the uniforms of the institutions. The BJP government also insisted that the girls follow the uniform prescribed by the schools or colleges they were studying in.
Further, in March 2022, the High Court upheld the government order, stating that wearing hijab was not an essential practice in Islam. The Supreme Court, however, delivered a split verdict in October the same year.
The present decision of the state government follows strong objections raised by leaders of the Muslim community when the Congress did not give the Davanagere bypoll ticket to a Muslim candidate.
The leaders reminded the party that the hijab issue remained unresolved although it was three years since the party came to power.
