MP: Dalit woman sarpanch beaten up with shoes in Shivpuri; three booked
Shivpuri (MP) (PTI): A woman sarpanch belonging to the Dalit community was allegedly dragged in the mud and beaten up with shoes by three men in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, police said on Tuesday.
Based on a complaint lodged by the sarpanch of Pahadi village panchayat, an offence under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been registered against the three accused, Tendua police station in-charge Manish Jadon said.
Efforts are on to arrest the accused, he said.
A purported video of the incident that took place on Sunday evening has also surfaced on social media.
According to the FIR, the sarpanch's elder son had gone to Kharai, where one of the accused intercepted him and asked him to get a paper signed by his mother.
When the sarpanch's son refused, the accused allegedly beat him up, the FIR said.
Later, the sarpanch was heading to the police station to lodge a complaint against the accused for the attack on her son, when three men intercepted her, the complaint stated.
They allegedly threw her in mud, dragged her and beat her with shoes, it said.
A Dalit woman sarpanch was allegedly dragged in the mud and beaten up with shoes by three caste Hindu men in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district.https://t.co/AhBiEtsyaa pic.twitter.com/9d7oXavm8J
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Cricketer-actor Salil Ankola's mother found dead; injuries may be self-inflicted, say cops
Pune, Oct 4: Former cricketer Salil Ankola's mother was found dead in her Pune flat on Friday with her throat slit, a police official said, adding the injuries prima facie look "self inflicted".
The body of Mala Ashok Ankola (77) was found in her flat on Prabhat Road in Deccan Gymkhana area in the afternoon, the official said.
"The incident came to light after her maid came to the flat and then alerted relatives after no one answered the door," he said.
"When the door was opened, the woman was found dead with her throat slit. Prima facie, it looks like the injuries are self-inflicted. However, we are probing the case from all angles," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone I) Sandip Singh Gill.
She was suffering from some mental ailment, Gill added.
Salil Ankola played one Test and 20 ODIs between 1989 and 1997. The fast-medium bowler later acted in films and TV serials.
