Four students booked for assaulting disabled person in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 5: A case has been registered against four University College students for allegedly assaulting a student with a physical disability, police said on Thursday.
The complainant claimed that the accused are members of the Students' Federation of India, though the outfit has denied the allegation.
Based on a complaint filed by a 19-year-old degree student, the Cantonment police registered a case against four students on Tuesday.
The student accused the suspects of subjecting him to physical and mental abuse at the student union office on December 2, said officials.
The complainant, also an SFI sympathiser, stated that the accused asked him to climb a flagpole to place flags during a function.
However, he refused due to his disability, after which the accused began assaulting him in front of other students.
The student claimed that the accused later took him to the student union office at the college, where they continued to assault him.
"The SFI unit president and secretary assaulted me, kicked my disabled leg, and threatened to sever my legs if I spoke out," the victim told media on Thursday. He also mentioned that the accused subjected him to body shaming.
However, an SFI district leader denied the assault, claiming that no union programmes took place on the day, in question.
"There was a clash between two student groups, and union leaders tried to mediate between both sides. No assault occurred," he said.
He added, "The SFI will investigate why the student is making baseless allegations against the organisation."
Further, he stated that SFI state leaders would issue an official response on the matter. The police have registered a case against three degree students and one PG student in connection with the incident.
"An investigation is underway," said a police officer.
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Family of injured driver in murder of Suvendu's aide seeks exemplary punishment
Kolkata (PTI): The family of Buddhabeb Bera, the driver injured in the shooting that killed BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's close aide Chandranath Rath, demanded exemplary punishment for those responsible and urged the new government to ensure such incidents do not happen in West Bengal.
Rath was shot dead in Madhyamgram near Kolkata on Wednesday night, triggering a political storm in the state. Bera, who was driving the vehicle at the time of the attack, sustained gunshot wounds and is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital.
Family members said they learned about the incident through television and immediately left for Kolkata.
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"We came to know from TV reports that my nephew had been shot. We still do not know who carried out the attack or why it happened," Buddhabeb's uncle Biswajit Bera said.
"Our only wish now is that he recovers and returns home safely," he added.
Buddhabeb, 25, hails from Majnaberia village in the Chandipur police station area in Purba Medinipur district.
According to family members, he mostly stays in Kolkata for work and visits home occasionally during weekends.
Besides his parents, his younger brother, sister-in-law and several relatives have also travelled to Kolkata following the incident.
Demanding strict action against the perpetrators, the uncle said, "We want the government to conduct a proper investigation and identify those directly involved in the crime. They should be given exemplary punishment so that such incidents do not happen again in West Bengal and no other family has to go through this grief."
A neighbour, Ranjana Ghorai, also sought stringent punishment for those behind the attack.
"In our neighbourhood, we call him Sona. We want exemplary punishment for the people responsible for this incident," she said.
Rath's family members have demanded life imprisonment for the accused, while Adhikari has called for capital punishment for those involved in the killing.
