In US 3-year-old boy beaten to death for stealing cupcake
New York: Two sisters allegedly beat a three-year-old boy to death with a baseball bat for stealing a cupcake in the US city of Atlanta, police said.
According to police Kejuan Mason had sneaked the cupcake from the kitchen while at home with Glenndria and Lashirley Morris. Lashirley then beat the child with a baseball bat while her sister Glenndria, his legal guardian, slapped him with her hand.
The child died of blunt force trauma to his head and his torso, a hospital official said.
However, the Morris sisters had given conflicting accounts of what happened on October 31, 2017, initially claiming he had choked on the cupcake.
The sisters were charged with two counts of felony murder, one count of aggravated assault and two counts of cruelty in the first-degree. They face life in prison without parole if found guilty.
According to reports, the child's mother had lost custody of her son when she lost her home, but she was attempting to get him back.
She had even asked a judge to remove Mason from Glenndria's care when she noticed he had scratches and bruises, but her request was denied three days before the child died, a newspaper report said.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
