Truck driver from Madhya Pradesh arrested for allegedly raping girl in Odisha
Malkangiri (PTI): A truck driver from Madhya Pradesh was arrested for allegedly raping a girl in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said on Tuesday.
The girl had gone to her friend's house on Sunday night but did not return home, following which her family lodged a missing person's complaint at the Malkangiri Adarsh police station.
The girl was spotted on Monday night along with a truck driver, in a suspicious condition, near Bija Ghat on NH 326 by locals who informed the police.
Police said they immediately went to the spot, rescued the girl and arrested the truck driver.
A case was registered, and the girl was sent to a shelter home, they said.
The arrested driver was identified as Shubham Singh (26), a resident of Madhya Pradesh, police said.
The truck, which has been seized, was transporting cement and on its way to Jeypore in Koraput district, they said.
An investigation was underway to piece together the chain of events, they added.
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Efforts of party cadres will be rewarded on May 4: DMK chief Stalin
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday said that the efforts made by his party cadres during the Assembly elections would be rewarded on May 4.
The counting of votes for the Assembly elections held on April 23 will be taken up on May 4.
"We are set to reap the rewards of the hard work put in by our party cadres on the coming fourth (May 4 counting day). There is absolutely no change in this and not even the slightest deviation," Stalin said at a May Day event here.
"There is no need for anyone to assume that I am speaking merely on the basis of exit polls," he added.
Stalin, who is also DMK chief, said that "good news" would come for those eagerly waiting for the election results.
Stating that the DMK governance is based on philosophy and principles, Stalin said, "This will continue."
He recalled the pivotal role of the then Chief Minister C N Annadurai, who first declared May Day as a government holiday, and subsequently, late CM M Karunanidhi, who was instrumental in extending it as a paid holiday across the nation.
"Responding to the request of Kalaingnar (Karunanidhi), the then Prime Minister V P Singh accepted the plea and declared it (May 1) a paid government holiday not merely for Tamil Nadu, but for the entire nation," Stalin said.
