Three get death for rape in Jharkhand in less than a month of crime
Dumka (Jharkhand): A Jharkhand court on Tuesday handed down death sentence to three men for raping a six-year-old girl, killing her, and burying her body, a judgement that came in less than a month after the crime was committed.
Dumka district and sessions judge Taufik ul Hassan awarded capital punishment to Mithu Rai, an uncle of the victim, Pankaj Mohali and Ashok Rai, and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of them after convicting them of the crime under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The convicts are aged between 19 and 26 years.
The crime came to light after the police found the girl's body from a place under Ramgarh police station of Dumka district on February 7, 2020.
During interrogation, the three men confessed they had raped the child on February 5, strangled her, and buried the body.
They were arrested on February 12 and police filed charge sheet within 14 days. The trial had begun on February 28, assistant public prosecutor Ramkinker Pandey said.
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Delhi's minimum temperature at 16.6 deg C
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 16.6 degrees Celsius, one notch below normal, on Tuesday as the city is expected to see partly cloudy sky, with daytime temperatures set to cross 30 degrees Celsius, the weather office said.
Minimum temperatures across other stations showed slight departures from normal levels. Palam recorded 17.4 degrees Celsius, 0.5 notch above normal, while Lodi Road logged 16.1 degrees Celsius, also one notch above normal.
At the Ridge station, the minimum temperature stood at 17.1 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal, whereas Ayanagar recorded 16.7 degrees Celsius, one notch below normal.
The maximum temperature likely to settle around 31 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Rainfall activity was negligible, with only trace amounts recorded at Safdarjung and Lodi Road, while Palam received 0.4 mm rainfall. Ridge recorded 2.0 mm and Ayanagar 0.8 mm in the 24-hour period ending 8:30 am.
Delhi's air quality was recorded in the "moderate" category with an AQI of 168, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
As per CPCB standards, an AQI of 0-50 is considered 'good', 51-100 'satisfactory', 101-200 'moderate', 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very poor', and 401-500 'severe'.
