Girl (17) commits suicide after her objectionable video clip goes viral in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) (PTI): A 17-year-old girl committed suicide after her objectionable video clip made by a person of another community went viral on social media, a police official said on Sunday, adding that an SHO has been suspended.
The victim's body was found hanging in her house on November 3, when her mother and sister had gone outside.
Kheri SP Ganesh Prasad Saha told reporters that DSP (Pallia) Aditya Kumar Gautam has been asked to investigate the case and promptly file charge-sheet to ensure punishment to the accused.
SHO of Sampurn Nagar police station Siyaram Verma was suspended on Saturday evening.
Saha said the main accused (a 20-year-old Muslim youth) of the case has been arrested and investigations from all angles would be carried out as per the allegations in the FIR.
The main accused was arrested on Saturday.
Police have registered a case against four persons - the main accused, his two brothers and father - under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 306 (abetment of suicide), 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, POCSO Act, IT Act and Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act.
IG Lucknow range Tarun Gaba also visited the spot on Saturday evening and spoke with the victim's family, assuring them of "effective and prompt action" in the case.
Meanwhile, family members of the victim alleged that the accused and his family members were insisting on the minor to perform 'nikaah' (marriage) with the accused.
The deceased's sister alleged the accused was torturing and blackmailing the victim for a long time, which forced her sister to take the extreme step.
On Saturday, when the victim's body reached her village after the post-mortem examination, villagers resorted to massive demonstration putting the body on the road and damaging the properties of the accused's family.
Local police attempted to dissuade the demonstrators from damaging the properties. Kheri District Magistrate Mahendra Bahadur Singh along with SP Ganesh Prasad Saha rushed to the spot and held talks with the aggrieved family members and the demonstrating villagers.
The DM and the SP persuaded the demonstrators to call off the agitation and the family performed the last rites of the victim on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the accused's shop allegedly built on the PWD land, was on Sunday bulldozed, the UP Police said in a statement.
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DU college asks students, staff to follow VC's X account, share posts
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi University's Shaheed Bhagat Singh College has asked its students and staff members to follow the official X account of Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh and actively share his posts expressing solidarity with the Indian Armed Forces.
In an official notice dated May 12 and signed by Principal Arun Kumar Attree, the Shaheed Bhagat Singh College administration said, "All teachers, staff members, and students of the college are hereby requested to follow the Vice Chancellor Prof. Yogesh Singh's official Twitter (now X) account."
The college community is "encouraged to retweet the posts shared through the platform" as a gesture of support and gratitude towards the country's defence forces, it said.
"By amplifying these messages, we not only raise awareness about their courage and sacrifices but also contribute to building a strong sense of national pride and unity within our community," it stated.
Singh created his X account earlier this month and made his first post on May 8. In a post on May 12, he referred to Operation Sindoor, carried out by India in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
In his post in Hindi, Singh claimed that Indian forces "destroyed Pakistani terrorist bases and neutralised more than 100 terrorists, including the hijackers of IC814 and the Pulwama terrorists".
The government and armed forces "do more and say less, keeping national interest paramount", he said.
The post concluded with lines from the Hindi poem "Parshuram Ki Pratiksha" by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, calling for unity and support for the armed forces and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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