UP-shocker: Five-men rape mother-of-two, then burn her alive in temple
Uttar Pradesh, July 15: In a shocking incident, a mother of two, aged 35 years, was gang-raped by five men in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and then burnt alive in a nearby temple on Saturday.
The horrific incident took place when the woman was sleeping with her kids in their home.
The men barged in at around 2:30 AM and then took turns to rape her.
Woman dialled 100 for help, no one answered the call
The woman's husband, who works as a laborer in Ghaziabad, said it was raining heavily and only one kerosene lamp was lit in the house when the men raped his wife.
After they left, the victim called her cousin to narrate what happened since her husband's and brother's phones were unreachable.
She even dialled 100 in hope of help, but the call went unanswered.
Before help could arrive, the men returned to torch woman
Before the victim's cousin could inform other family members about the incident, the men returned again, the husband said. "They dragged my wife out and took her to a nearby temple where they torched her at the 'yagyashala'," the husband detailed in the police complaint.
The accused were harassing the woman for months
The accused, Aram Singh, Mahaveer, Charan Singh, Gullu and Kumarpal, are residents of the same village and allegedly had been harassing the victim for months.
A case has been registered under IPC sections 376D (gang rape), 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon) and 149 (offence committed in prosecution of common object).
Sambhal: A woman was allegedly burned to death by unidentified people after she resisted a gang rape. Police say,"We have asked the family to file an FIR after which we'll take action. Accused will be nabbed soon. Rest of the action will be taken after post-mortem report comes." pic.twitter.com/Rl9YreGV34
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses defence minister in surprise announcement
Jerusalem, Nov 5: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed his popular defence minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement that came as the country is embroiled in wars on multiple fronts across the region.
Netanyahu and Gallant have repeatedly been at odds over the war in Gaza. But Netanyahu had avoided firing his rival. Netanyahu cited “significant gaps” and a “crisis of trust” between the men in his Tuesday evening announcement.
“In the midst of a war, more than ever, full trust is required between the prime minister and defence minister,” Netanyahu said. “Unfortunately, although in the first months of the campaign there was such trust and there was very fruitful work, during the last months this trust cracked between me and the defence minister.”
In the early days of the war, Israel's leadership presented a unified front as it responded to Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack. But as the war dragged on and spread to Lebanon, key policy differences have emerged. While Netanyahu has called for continued military pressure on Hamas, Gallant had taken a more pragmatic approach, saying that military force has created the necessary conditions for a diplomatic deal that could bring home hostages held by the Hamas group.
Gallant, a former general who has gained public respect with a gruff, no-nonsense personality, said in a statement: “The security of the state of Israel always was, and will always remain, my life's mission."
Gallant has worn a simple, black buttoned shirt throughout the war in a sign of sorrow over the October 7 attack and developed a strong relationship with his US counterpart, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.
A previous attempt by Netanyahu to fire Gallant in March 2023 sparked widespread street protests against Netanyahu. He also flirted with the idea of dismissing Gallant over the summer but held off until Tuesday's announcement.
Gallant will be replaced by Foreign Minister Israel Katz, a Netanyahu loyalist and veteran Cabinet minister who was a junior officer in the military. Gideon Saar, a former Netanyahu rival who recently rejoined the government, will take the foreign affairs post.
Netanyahu has a long history of neutralising his rivals. In his statement, he claimed he had made “many attempts” to bridge the gaps with Gallant.
“But they kept getting wider. They also came to the knowledge of the public in an unacceptable way, and worse than that, they came to the knowledge of the enemy - our enemies enjoyed it and derived a lot of benefit from it,” he said.
