Rajasthan: BJP forms committee to seek justice for mentally-challenged alleged rape victim
Jaipur(PTI): The state BJP on Thursday formed a committee to seek justice for the mentally-challenged girl who was found in a distressed state with injuries on her private parts in Rajasthan's Alwar, recently.
Members of the high-level committee members left for Ranthambore where Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi is on a personal tour.
Earlier in the day, BJP state president Satish Poonia met the victim and her family members at the JK Lone Hospital.
Party's national secretary Alka Gurjar, Mahila Morcha state president Alka Mundra, chief spokesperson of the party in the state and MLA Ramlal Sharma, MP Jaskaur Meena and Minister of State Jitendra Gothwal are the committee members.
Chairperson of the Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Sangeeta Beniwal also reached JK Lone Hospital and inquired about the health of the girl from the doctors.
Beniwal said arrangements made in the hospital to treat the girl have been reviewed and in view of her health, psychiatric doctors have also been assigned duty at the hospital.
On Tuesday, a mentally-challenged girl was found in a distressed state with injuries on her private parts in Alwar. She underwent a surgery at a hospital in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Prima facie it appears to be a case of rape but anything conclusive can be said only after the report of the medical jurist, police said.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has sought a report from DGP M L Lather on the matter.
The girl, about 14 years old, had been missing from her house for several hours before she was spotted on a road near Tijara Fatak at around 9 pm on Tuesday.
Alwar SP Tejaswani Gautam has formed teams to investigate the case.
Around 150 CCTV cameras in the area are being examined, police said.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
