Man arrested for bomb hoax on two trains
Varanasi (UP), Jun 8 (PTI): The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Sunday arrested a man in connection with a bomb hoax on two trains on June 2, according to police.
The accused, identified as Rajesh Shukla, had falsely claimed over phone that bombs had been planted in Kashi Express and Kamayani Express trains, causing an alarm.
Station House Officer of GRP Rajaul Nagar said that Shukla was arrested on Sunday near an overbridge of platform number 10 in Varanasi.
After receiving Shukla's call, both trains were stopped at Janghai station and intensively searched due to which passengers faced a lot of inconvenience and rail traffic was also affected, he said, adding the GRP had registered a case under the BNS.
The mobile phone used to give the false information has also been recovered from the accused, the GRP said.
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Man held for raping minor stepdaughter in Uttarakhand's Kotdwar
Kotdwar (PTI): A man was arrested here for allegedly raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter, police said on Sunday.
The 32-year-old accused was arrested from Najibabad Road on Saturday and later sent to judicial custody on court orders, they said.
According to police, the minor's mother had lodged a missing person complaint on Friday, stating that her daughter had left home without informing anyone at around 7 am on February 5.
During the investigation, police analysed CCTV camera footage from nearby areas and found that the girl had gone to her grandmother's house.
The grandmother told police that the girl was extremely frightened and did not want to return home due to alleged harassment. She later left the girl with an acquaintance, from where police safely recovered her.
After gaining the girl's confidence, police said she disclosed that her stepfather had raped her on the night of February 4, following which she ran away from home the next morning.
A case has been registered against the accused under Sections 65(1) and 75(2) (rape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 3 and 4 (sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
