Student groups protesting gang rape of minor girl clash in Jodhpur, stones pelted
Jodhpur (PTI): Two student groups protesting against the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old Dalit girl at a university hockey ground here pelted stones at each other on Monday, prompting police to use force to disperse them, officials said.
The day was marked by a series of demonstrations in Jodhpur against the Sunday morning rape incident. Students affiliated with the NSUI assembled at the central office of the Jai Narayan Vyas University in the morning, demanding the installation of CCTV cameras and repairing of the boundary walls of the campuses.
They also shut the main gate of the university as part of their protest, the officials said. Later, when a group of ABVP students also reached the campus and tried to enter while slogans, an argument ensued.
The argument soon turned violent and stones were pelted, following which police personnel swung into action and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse them, the officials said, adding three students were detained.
They said students associated with the ABVP also held a protest at the police commissioner's office against the police statement that those accused in the gang rape case were associated with the RSS' student wing.
The officials further said that several students of the KN Girls College also assembled at the district collectorate during the day, demanding that security measures at the college be improved.
Further, several Dalit organisations too took to the streets, demanding strict action against the accused in the gang rape case and compensation to the family of the victim.
Meanwhile, Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhwat condemned the incident and slammed the police for saying the accused were linked with a political group.
"Under pressure from the government, police associated the accused with a specific political group without any evidence," he alleged.
The minor girl who had eloped with her boyfriend was allegedly gang-raped by three college students in front of him in Jodhpur in the early hours of Sunday.
The three accused, who thrashed the victim's boyfriend before taking turns to rape her, were arrested hours after the incident.
A senior police official on Sunday said the accused were canvassing for a student leader seeking a ticket from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for student union elections.
The ABVP, however, denied any links with the accused.
An FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, IPC and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Karnataka: Woman delivers baby on train after emergency halt in Dakshina Kannada
Mangaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): A woman travelling from Mangaluru to Mysuru delivered a baby on board a train after it was halted at a station in Dakshina Kannada district, officials said on Monday.
According to railway sources, the passenger began experiencing labour pain during the journey on Sunday. The train was stopped at B C Road station in Bantwal taluk of this district to facilitate medical assistance. However, no doctor reached the spot for over 30 minutes after the halt.
In the absence of immediate medical support, two co-passengers stepped in to assist the woman. The delivery was conducted in the train's toilet compartment. Both the mother and the newborn were reported to be safe following the delivery, they said.
Railway police officials had arranged for the woman to be shifted to a medical facility. She was admitted to the Government Lady Goschen Hospital in Mangaluru for postnatal care.
According to the OBG (Obstetrics and Gynecology) department officials at the hospital, the child and mother will be discharged after the initial observation period is over.
They told PTI that the delivery was done in trying conditions. The two ladies who carried out the operation had done a good job. The child and mother arrived at the facility 22 kilometers from the spot. Also, the mother experienced no blood loss or any other complications.
The neonate has been incubated and the mother is undergoing normal observational procedure at the hospital, the hospital officials said.
Officials said the woman is a resident of Mysuru and had been travelling home at the time of the incident.
