UP: Man gets life term for raping minor Dalit girl
Pratapgarh (UP) (PTI): A local court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a minor Dalit girl in 2017.
Additional District Judge (POCSO Act) Alok Dwivedi on Friday convicted Ram Awadh Maurya, a resident of Rae Bareli, and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him, Additional District Government Counsel (ADGC) Devendra Tripathi said.
A case regarding the matter was lodged at Udaipur police station alleging that on November 20, 2017, Maurya gagged and raped the minor when she was alone at home.
An FIR was registered against Maurya under sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, POCSO Act and SC ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Tripathi said.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
