Man held for hurling stone at train after argument with co-passenger; one person injured
Mumbai (PTI): A 26-year-old man was arrested by Bandra railway police in Mumbai for allegedly pelting a stone on a suburban train, which left one passenger injured, an official said on Friday.
The incident took place on Tuesday when commuter Nishant Khatri, a resident of Dadar West, had boarded a train from Andheri bound for Churchgate at 10:40pm, the official said.
"During the journey, an argument broke out between two passengers over a seat. One of them picked up a stone and hurled it at the train after he alighted on the tracks at Bandra. While he intended to hit the passenger with whom he was arguing, it instead hit Khatri below the left eye," he said.
Khatri alighted at Bandra station and approached police personnel there, who took him to nearby Bhabha Hospital and later to Hinduja Hospital in Mahim for advanced treatment, the official said.
"Police teams scanned multiple CCTV footages to obtain the accused's image, which was then circulated among informers. He was identified as Yogendra Vanshraj Baudhha, a resident of Vasai East who does odd jobs. Baudhha was arrested from Dadar station on Thursday afternoon," he said.
Baudhha has been charged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means and other offences, the official added.
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Women BJP MLAs protest against opposition in UP assembly premises
Lucknow (PTI): Women BJP MLAs held a protest in the Vidhan Bhawan complex before the one-day special session of Uttar Pradesh assembly, slamming the opposition for defeating the passage of a bill, which would have led to implementation of the Women's Reservation Law, in the Lok Sabha.
This followed another demonstration by Samajwadi Party MLAs, who alleged that the BJP was misleading public in the name of women's reservation.
The women BJP legislators assembled in front of Chaudhary Charan Singh's statue in the assembly premises, holding banners inscribed with the slogan "Insult to Matrushakti (women's power), India will not tolerate it". The protesting members entered the main hall of Vidhan Bhawan carrying the banners.
Participating in the protest, the state Minister for Women Welfare and Child Development, Baby Rani Maurya, told reporters that all opposition parties, including the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, had opposed the women's reservation, a stance for which they would have to pay a heavy political price.
"On this issue, all of us women stand united. We will ensure that we secure our reservation," she said.
BJP MLA Ketki Singh remarked that their protest represents the collective outrage of millions of women across the state.
Singh asserted that the opposition has betrayed women by creating hurdles in the path of women's reservation. The current demonstration is merely the beginning, and very soon, women from every street, intersection and household will join the protest movement, she said.
Minister Vijaylakshmi Gautam said, "We strongly condemn the despicable act committed by the Samajwadi Party and the Congress in an attempt to hold back 'half the population' (women). Their action was directed against the very bill that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had introduced to empower and strengthen Nari Shakti (women's power), and which he strived to pass expeditiously."
Uttar Pradesh assembly is holding a one-day special session on Thursday. During the session, the government is set to move a censure motion against the opposition parties over their failure to pass the Constitution Amendment Bill, which would have led to implementation of the Women's Reservation Act, in the Lok Sabha.
