Delhi: Married man stabs lover after fight over forced abortion, arrested
New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI): A 35-year-old woman in Delhi was stabbed multiple times allegedly by her lover following an argument over her forced abortion, police said on Saturday as they arrested the accused, who was later remanded in judicial custody.
According to the police, Neha, the victim, had been living on rent in Om Vihar locality of Delhi's Uttam Nagar area for the past four years and had been a relationship with Yashpal (43) - a security guard who is already married - for the last eight to nine years.
In November, she got pregnant and without her knowledge, Yashpal allegedly gave her abortion pills by mixing them in a beverage, which lead to the termination of the pregnancy, the victim said in her statement.
This act triggered repeated confrontations between the two.
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On December 16, another quarrel broke out between them, during which Yashpal allegedly pinned down the woman to the bed. And with the intent to kill, he stabbed Neha several times on the neck with a knife before fleeing the spot, they said.
On his way out, Yashpal took her phone and locked the house from outside, the police added.
Neha raised an alarm and later lost consciousness. The police were alerted by a neighbour and she was rushed to the hospital, a senior police officer said.
The police said they received a call regarding the stabbing 12.24 am. However, by the time a team reached the spot, the injured woman had already been taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital.
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The victim suffered multiple stab injuries of varying sizes around her neck, besides abrasions on her hands and chest, the police said, adding that the doctors noted nose bleeding and loss of consciousness at the time of admission.
A case has been registered under Section 109 (Attempt to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The accused was arrested the same day and produced before a court, which remanded him to judicial custody. Further investigation is underway, the police said.
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SC to hear Mamata's plea against SIR on Wednesday; Bengal CM may attend proceedings
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday a plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.
Banerjee may attend the apex court on Wednesday during the crucial hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the SIR of electoral rolls in her state.
According to the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi is scheduled to hear the petitions, including those filed by Banerjee, Mostari Banu and TMC MPs Derek O'Brien and Dola Sen.
Sources say the chief minister, who has an LLB degree, may attend court and put forth her submissions. TMC sources too corroborated the claim, saying she is likely to attend the proceedings.
On January 19, the top court passed a slew of directions, observing that the SIR process in West Bengal should be transparent and not cause inconvenience.
It directed the Election Commission (EC) to display the names of those on the "logical discrepancies" list at gram panchayat bhavans and block offices, where documents and objections will also be submitted.
Logical discrepancies in progeny linking with the 2002 voter list include instances of a mismatch in the parent's name and the age difference between a voter and their parent being less than 15 years or more than 50 years.
Noting that 1.25 crore voters in the state figure on the "logical discrepancies" list, the CJI-led bench had directed that the offices for submitting documents and objections be set up within the panchayat bhavans or block offices and asked the West Bengal government to provide adequate manpower to the election authorities.
Banerjee had filed her petition on January 28. She has made the EC and the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer parties in the case.
The chief minister had earlier written to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), urging him to halt the "arbitrary and flawed" SIR in the poll-bound state.
Sharpening her attack on the EC, Banerjee had warned that continuation of the SIR in the present form could trigger "mass disenfranchisement" and "strike at the foundations of democracy".
In a strongly worded letter, dated January 3, to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, she accused the poll panel of presiding over an "unplanned, ill-prepared and ad hoc" process marked by "serious irregularities, procedural violations and administrative lapses".
Earlier, O'Brien had filed an application alleging arbitrariness and procedural irregularities in the SIR of electoral rolls in the state.
The application claimed that since the inception of the SIR process in the state, the EC has issued instructions to officers at the ground level through "informal and extra-statutory channels", such as WhatsApp messages and oral directions conveyed during video conferences, instead of issuing formal written instructions.
"The ECI cannot act arbitrarily, capriciously or dehors law, nor can it substitute legally prescribed and set procedures with ad hoc or informal mechanisms," it said.
O'Brien has filed the application in his pending petition, which has challenged the order and guidelines issued by the poll panel directing SIR in various states, including West Bengal.
The application said it was reported that in the course of SIR in West Bengal, the poll panel has created and deployed a new category described as "logical discrepancies" without any written order or guideline to "issue/decide to issue notices to 1.36 crore electors without any statutory basis".
It has also sought a direction to the poll panel to publish the final roll only after the disposal of all claims, objections and hearings.
