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,...
A 13-year-old girl was gang raped at a crematorium in Hingna area when she was going to attend nature’s call on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. The girl was admitted at the hospital and her condition is critical.
The accused have been identified as Amit Jaiprakash Thakur (18) and Balwant Gond (20) and two other juveniles.
According to police, the girl had gone to attend nature’s call in the bushes on Sunday at 11.30 pm. Amit and Balwant stopped the girl and forced her to sit on the motorcycle. The boys took the girl to crematorium where they raped her for two hours. They also threatened her of dire consequences if she narrate the incident to anyone. The girl somehow managed to reach the house and informed her parents about the crime. The parents informed the police about the incident and rushed her for medical check-up. The girl was admitted to the hospital.
A police officer informed that one of the accused was in contact with the girl. The accused have been booked under Sections 376 (d) (a), 354 (a), 323, 363, 504, 506 of Indian Penal Code, sections 6, 8 and 12 of POSCO act and Sections 3 (a) (w) (I)(II), 3 (2) (v) of The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The accused have been identified as Amit Jaiprakash Thakur (18) and Balwant Gond (20) and two other juveniles.
According to police, the girl had gone to attend nature’s call in the bushes on Sunday at 11.30 pm. Amit and Balwant stopped the girl and forced her to sit on the motorcycle. The boys took the girl to crematorium where they raped her for two hours. They also threatened her of dire consequences if she narrate the incident to anyone. The girl somehow managed to reach the house and informed her parents about the crime. The parents informed the police about the incident and rushed her for medical check-up. The girl was admitted to the hospital.
A police officer informed that one of the accused was in contact with the girl. The accused have been booked under Sections 376 (d) (a), 354 (a), 323, 363, 504, 506 of Indian Penal Code, sections 6, 8 and 12 of POSCO act and Sections 3 (a) (w) (I)(II), 3 (2) (v) of The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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