Unidentified attackers stab female student inside college in UP's Aligarh; protest erupts
Aligarh (UP) (PTI): Tension gripped a prominent women' degree college in Aligarh district on Monday after an undergraduate student was allegedly stabbed by unidentified attackers within the college premises.
The incident triggered protests outside the college, prompting police intervention.
The victim, an undergraduate student of Sri Tika Ram Kanya Mahavidyalaya, whose identity has not been disclosed by the police and college, sustained stab wounds and managed to call her family before collapsing.
Her relatives rushed her to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital, where she was admitted for treatment.
According to hospital officials, she is currently out of danger but is unable to provide further details due to her condition.
Pratima Shrivastava, a college official, said the girl was at the college's NCC complex when the administration was alerted about the incident.
As news of the attack spread, a crowd gathered outside the college gate on Ramghat Road under Kuwarsi police station limits.
Protesters blocked traffic, demanding action and the arrest of the culprits, who they claimed could be identified through CCTV footage from the campus.
Senior police officials reached the spot and succeeded in pacifying the protesters, restoring normalcy later.
Circle Officer Sarwam Singh told reporters that a case was registered against unidentified persons based on a complaint filed by the victim's family.
"CCTV footage is being thoroughly examined, and we expect a breakthrough soon," he said and added that security around the college has been stepped up in the wake of the incident.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
