Minor girl, boyfriend kill her mother for opposing their relationship
Gwalior (PTI): A 17-year-old girl and her boyfriend allegedly stabbed her mother and strangulated her to death in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior city as she was against their friendship, police said on Monday.
The incident came to light on Sunday following which the girl was detained and her 25-year-old friend was arrested, they said.
The man had earlier also been arrested after the girl ran away with him two months ago. He later got bail, the police said.
The 38-year-old victim, hailing from neighbouring Bhind district, lived with her daughter in Gadiapura locality here under Hazira police station limits.
On Sunday, police got information that the door of the victim's house was not opening. Police then reached the spot, got the door opened and found the woman lying dead in a pool of blood, Superintendent of Police Amit Sanghi told PTI.
The girl was not found in the house.
The police then searched for the minor and found her with her boyfriend on Sunday evening, Sanghi said.
He said the girl and her friend told the police that they stabbed the woman with a vegetable knife and strangulated her to death.
The duo also told the police that they had plans to run away, the official said.
According to initial investigation, the two killed the woman, who was against her daughter's friendship with the male accused, to remove her from their way, he said.
The girl had run away with her boyfriend two months ago. Following a complaint by her mother, the girl was brought home and her boyfriend was arrested and sent in judicial custody, the SP said, adding the man later got bail.
The two accused have now been charged with murder and other offences under provisions of the Indian Penal Code, Hazira police station inspector Santosh Singh told PTI.
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Right to vote under threat, must be made fundamental right: Cong's Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged on Thursday that the right to vote is under threat and the time has come when it should be made a fundamental right for citizens.
Speaking with reporters, Ramesh lashed out at Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, saying the Election Commission (EC) has never been as compromised as it has been under him.
"The rot started under his predecessor. This man is a player and not a neutral observer," the Congress leader said, slamming Kumar.
Kumar is completely compromised and has become a player in elections, he alleged.
"Home Minister Amit Shah had talked about three Ds -- detect, delete and deport. So we want to know how many non-Indian citizens have been detected, how many have been deleted and how many have been deported," Ramesh said, adding that the right to vote is now under threat.
On opposition parties submitting a fresh notice in the Rajya Sabha, seeking to move a motion for the CEC's removal, the Congress leader said they will continue to make efforts for Kumar's removal as he is "compromised".
Ramesh also batted for the right to vote to be recognised as a fundamental right.
"I believe that the time has come that the right to vote should be made a fundamental right. It is a statutory right, it is not a fundamental right. Fundamental rights are justiciable," he said.
The former Union minister said this was discussed in the Constituent Assembly, but it was eventually decided that it should be made part of the Constitution.
B R Ambedkar and Jagjivan Ram had warned that in the future, governments might try to disenfranchise voters, he added.
"Once and for all, include the right to vote as a fundamental right for Indian citizens," Ramesh asserted.
