Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
By Dheeraj Fartode
A 38-year-old farmer was booked by Veltur police of Nagpur Rural for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl by first luring her with promise of a chocolate at his home at Channa village of Kuhi taluka. The girl has been admitted to city hospital as she sustained critical injuries due to this heinous crime committed by a perverse minded man.
The accused has been identified as Vasanta Urkuda Gaikwad (38), a resident of Channa village of Kuhi taluka. Vasanta is a farmer and has been arrested by cops. According to police, the incident took place on October 12 at 1 pm. the victim was playing in front of her house when the accused asked her to come to his house and promised to give her chocolate. As Vasanta is neighbour of the girl, without any suspicion she followed him innocently.
The girl’s parents, farm labouers, had gone to their respective works and no one was present even at Vasant’s place. He forced her into the house and sexually abused her. The accused also threatened her of dire consequences if she dared to narrate this incident to anyone including her parents.
The girl did not utter a word to her parents. However, her health started deteriorating at night. Her parents rushed her to a private hospital in Dighori area of Nagpur where doctors informed them that their daughter had been brutally raped. The parents were shell shocked and tried to persuade the girl to narrate the harrowing episode. However, the girl who was under severe trauma just broke up and started crying. After much persuasion from her parents, the girl finally narrated the incident and informed them about Vasanta’s cruelty.
On the basis of complaint lodged by victim’s parents, Veltur police have registered the case under section 376 (2), (I), (m) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) read with sub section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and arrested the accused. Police informed that the girl is still under shock and her condition is still critical.
A 38-year-old farmer was booked by Veltur police of Nagpur Rural for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl by first luring her with promise of a chocolate at his home at Channa village of Kuhi taluka. The girl has been admitted to city hospital as she sustained critical injuries due to this heinous crime committed by a perverse minded man.
The accused has been identified as Vasanta Urkuda Gaikwad (38), a resident of Channa village of Kuhi taluka. Vasanta is a farmer and has been arrested by cops. According to police, the incident took place on October 12 at 1 pm. the victim was playing in front of her house when the accused asked her to come to his house and promised to give her chocolate. As Vasanta is neighbour of the girl, without any suspicion she followed him innocently.
The girl’s parents, farm labouers, had gone to their respective works and no one was present even at Vasant’s place. He forced her into the house and sexually abused her. The accused also threatened her of dire consequences if she dared to narrate this incident to anyone including her parents.
The girl did not utter a word to her parents. However, her health started deteriorating at night. Her parents rushed her to a private hospital in Dighori area of Nagpur where doctors informed them that their daughter had been brutally raped. The parents were shell shocked and tried to persuade the girl to narrate the harrowing episode. However, the girl who was under severe trauma just broke up and started crying. After much persuasion from her parents, the girl finally narrated the incident and informed them about Vasanta’s cruelty.
On the basis of complaint lodged by victim’s parents, Veltur police have registered the case under section 376 (2), (I), (m) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) read with sub section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and arrested the accused. Police informed that the girl is still under shock and her condition is still critical.
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