Villagers pelt stones, damage police vehicle over girl's rape in Udaipur
Udaipur (PTI): An 8-year-old girl was allegedly raped here, police said, adding that the incident triggered protests by the locals on Monday who also damaged a police vehicle.
The incident occurred on Sunday evening when the minor, who is often accompanied by her mother to an agriculture field, went alone to a nearby field, police said.
Seeing her alone, the accused, Ramlal, took her to a nearby bush and raped her. The girl returned home and narrated the incident to her family, who rushed her to Maharana Bhupal government hospital. A case was also registered at the Dabok police station.
Police arrested the accused on Monday morning. However, enraged villagers gathered outside the police station, blocked the road and pelted stones, damaging a police vehicle.
SP Yogesh Goyal, along with other officers, reached the spot to control the situation.
Additional SP Anjna Sukhwal said police teams conducted raids at multiple locations overnight to apprehend the accused.
She said that some youths, involved in the stone-pelting, have been identified, and a case for obstructing public work has been registered against them.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
