Congress calls losing presidential candidate Tharoor ‘double-faced’
New Delhi: The Congress called Shashi Tharoor, who lost the party’s presidential poll on Wednesday, double-faced, after Tharoor made allegations of serious irregularities in the poll.
Madhusudhan Mistry, election in-charge of the Congress, expressed dissatisfaction with Tharoor’s team, saying the team accepted the answers given by the election in-charge but made allegations against him before the media, NDTV reported.
The election to the post of Congress president was held on Wednesday, with Mallikarjun Kharge defeating Tharoor.
During the counting, however, Concerns had been raised by Tharoor during the election, that the treatment of the candidates was vastly different.
Tharoor’s election agent Salman Soz wrote to Mistry that disturbing facts were found in the process in Uttar Pradesh. A demand was also made for a cancellation of the votes from the state. While Tharoor is said to have expressed regret at a personal letter being leaked and asked for a sidelining of the demand, the Congress retorted sharply.
“We accommodated your request, yet you alleged before the media that the election in-charge was conspiring against you,” said Mistry.
“You created an impression that the entire exercise was unfair, making a mountain out of a molehill,” Mistry accused Tharoor.
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11-year-old dies by suicide after sexual assault in Bareilly; accused arrested
Bareilly (UP) (PTI): A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, who later died by suicide due to trauma, police said on Wednesday.
The post-mortem report confirmed sexual assault and multiple injuries on the minor's body, including bite marks and nail scratches. The cause of death was found to be hanging, they said.
According to ASP (South) Anshika Verma, the incident came to light on 27 April, when the girl, a Class 8 student, was found hanging at her home in Deoria Abdullaganj village under the Mirganj police station area. Initially, the family reported the death as suicide and was reluctant to pursue police action.
"The autopsy report changed the course of the investigation. It confirmed sexual assault and noted severe physical trauma. The cause of death was confirmed as hanging," Verma said.
A breakthrough in the case came from the statement of the victim's younger sister, who told police that the accused, Zeeshan (26), a resident of the same village, frequently loitered near the minor's school and allegedly gave her small sums of money to keep his interactions with her a secret, she said.
Police said that on the day of the incident, the accused allegedly lured the minor and assaulted her. Distressed by the incident, the child later took her own life while her mother was away, police said.
"Based on technical surveillance, CCTV footage, and statements from the family, we established Zeeshan's involvement. He was arrested near the Mirganj weekly market on Tuesday," they said.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
