18-month-old girl thrown in canal by father, saved by 'kanwariya'
Kurukshetra (Haryana) (PTI): A man was arrested for allegedly throwing in a canal his 18-month-old daughter who was rescued by a 'kanwariya', police said on Monday.
Balkar Singh, a resident of Pehowa, allegedly threw his daughter in the canal near Jyotisar on July 12, they said, adding his brother Kuldeep Singh has also been arrested along with him.
The kanwariya noticed Singh dropping the toddler in the Saraswati feeder of Narwana Branch canal and fleeing on a motorcycle.
He jumped into the canal and saved the child, police said, adding the pilgrim handed her over to the in-charge of a 'kanwariya centre' at Raogarh village after which she was given to the Police at Jyotisar.
Police said she is currently in a hospital receiving treatment.
Jyotisar Chowky in-charge Mahinder Singh on Monday said Balkar Singh has two daughters from his second wife and he wanted to throw away both of them.
After allegedly throwing his younger daughter in the canal he made a phone call to his wife, who had gone to Ludhiana, to inform her what he had done. He allegedly asked her to tell people they gave away their daughter for adoption.
He also allegedly threatened to kill her if she told the truth to anyone.
The accused wanted to throw both the daughters but as the elder one started crying and he ran away, police said.
When his wife came back, she informed her father-in-law and other relatives about it who approached the police, resulting in the arrest of the two accused.
Both the accused were produced before the court which sent them to 14 days judicial remand.
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Flagrant injustice to underprivileged: Mehbooba on govt action against Shopian school
Srinagar (PTI): PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said declaring Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian an unlawful entity under the UAPA was a "flagrant injustice" to the underprivileged sections of society.
She also alleged that banning such "altruistic institutions" without any solid evidence of anti-national activity "shows a deep seated prejudice and ill intention".
The institution allegedly run by individuals affiliated with a banned organisation has been declared an "unlawful entity" under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
In a post on X, Mehbooba said, "Every single day the j&k government acts as a mute bystander & a timid enabler of vicious assaults on J&Ks identity & dignity. Declaring Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom as an unlawful entity under UAPA is a flagrant injustice to the poor underprivileged sections of society".
The former chief minister said the institution served as a "beacon of quality education" for students unable to afford expensive schooling.
"It has produced reputed doctors and professionals who served this nation with dedication. Banning these altruistic institutions without any solid evidence of anti national activity shows a deep seated prejudice & ill intention," she added.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Anshul Garg issued a two-page order based on the dossier presented by Senior Superintendent of Police Shopian pointing towards the alleged illegal activities at Darul Uloom Jamia Sirajul Uloom at Imam Sahib in Shopian district in south Kashmir.
According to the order issued by Garg on April 24, there were "credible inputs and evidence on record, to indicate sustained and covert linkages of the institution with Jamaat-e-Islami, which the Government of India banned in 2019.
