MP: Congress expels party corporator booked for rape, abduction of minor girl in Shivpuri district
Shivpuri (PTI): The police in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district have registered a case against a Congress corporator for allegedly raping a teenager and forcing her to undergo an abortion, an official said on Thursday.
Accused Sagar Ghavri (30) of Pichhore town allegedly filmed the sexual assault and exploited the girl by threatening to circulate the video, the official said.
Ghavri allegedly took the girl, who was four months pregnant, to neighbouring Jhansi town in Uttar Pradesh on September 25 for abortion, the official said.
When the girl did not return home, her parents filed a missing person report with the local police, sub-divisional officer of police (SDOP) Prashant Sharma said.
After she came back, the police acted on her complaint and registered an FIR (first information report) against Ghavri on Wednesday under Indian Penal Code (IPC) for rape and abduction and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
While the complainant was a minor when the crime was committed, she was 18 at the time of registering the FIR, the official said, adding that a search is on to arrest the corporator.
Meanwhile, the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) expelled Ghavri from primary membership of the party for six years.
In a statement, the party's vice president (organization) Rajiv Singh said the acts of Ghavri had damaged the party's reputation and, therefore, he was being expelled from the primary membership of the party for six years.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
