Jharkhand: Army jawan arrested for 'raping' woman in Ranchi
Ranchi (PTI): An Army jawan has been arrested in Jharkhand's Ranchi for allegedly raping a 22-year-old woman while on duty, an official said on Saturday.
The incident occurred at Tatisilwai Railway Station on Thursday around 5:30 pm, when the woman was waiting to board a train for Ranchi, he said.
The jawan, 42, took her to an empty coach of a train and allegedly raped the woman, the official said.
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"The Army personnel was on duty guarding a defence logistics train. He was reportedly in an inebriated state when he committed the crime," the Railway Protection Force (RPF) official said.
The accused jawan is a resident of the Sarha police station area in Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, and was posted with the 42 Medium Regiment in Punjab’s Patiala, he said.
After hearing her cries for help, people at the railway station gathered and raised an alarm, follwing which the Railway police rushed to the spot, the official said.
The jawan tried to flee before being apprehended and suffered injuries, he said.
An FIR has been registered based on the woman’s statement.
On Friday, he was produced before a court, which fowarded him to judicial custody.
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How can govt move amendments to women law before notifying principal Act: Opposition in LS
New Delhi (PTI): Opposition members in the Lok Sabha on Friday questioned the government's decision to move a bill to amend the 2023 women quota law before bringing the principal Act into force.
Soon after laying of parliamentary papers, K C Venugopal rose to point out a law ministry notification issued last night around 10 pm to bring into force the 2023 women's reservation law with effect from April 16, much after a bill to amend the Act was introduced and discussed in the House.
DMK's Kanimozhi also flagged the issue, wondering the logic in discussing an amendment after notifying the principal Act.
Opposition members sought a clarification from law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal who was present in the Lok Sabha.
"The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam passed in September 2023 has come into force with being published in the Gazette only at 9.55 pm last night.
"It is shocking that the government brought amendments to a Constitutional provision that was not even published in the gazette! This shows the government’s unprepared and lackadaisical approach to serious lawmaking," Venugopal later posted on X.
He said this is also yet another evidence that the treasury benches look at the Parliament as no more than a rubber stamp, not bothered about the procedures and protocol necessary for a fair legislative process.
An official has earlier explained that bringing the law into force was essential as its proposed amendment will not have come into effect without that.
The constitution amendment Bill became a law but did not become part of the Constitution as the government did not bring it into force.
If a law does not come into force, how can its proposed amendment be implemented. Hence, it was brought into force with effect from April 16, the official explained.
