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Girl raped in Nagpur’s MLA Hostel
Nagpur: A 17-year-old girl has alleged that she was raped by two men in the MLA Hostel in Civil Lines area of the city on April 14, following which they were arrested on April 18, police said today.
According to the police, one of the accused, identified as Manoj Bhagat (44), is known to the girl as she works in his shop in the city. Another accused is identified as Rajat Madre (19).
Bhagat and Madre are the residents of Gittikhadan area in the city.
“The incident occurred on April 14, when Bhagat took the girl along with him after telling her family members that he wanted her to accompany his family members to attend a marriage,” Gittikhadan police station sub-inspector Shalini Kinake told media persons.
However, Bhagat took the girl to the MLA Hostel and allegedly raped her inside a car in the parking area on its campus, the officer said quoting the girl’s complaint.
“Bhagat was then joined by his accomplice Madre. The duo raped her in a room booked by them in the MLA Hostel,” Kinake said.
The officer said that the girl returned home after the incident, but didn’t disclose her ordeal.
On April 17, Bhagat went to the girl’s house drunk and told her family members that she didn’t accompany him on April 14.
Scared by the ruckus created by Bhagat, the girl went missing on that day, the PSI said.
The girl’s mother then lodged a missing person complaint, following which a case of kidnapping was registered by the Gittikhadan police station.
Police traced her near Katol railway station, about 55 kms away from here, in the wee hours of April 17.
On the basis of her statement, the police arrested Bhagat and Madre on April 18.
They have been booked under sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping) and 376 (punishment for rape) of IPC.
According to the police, Bhagat and Madre pretended as outsiders before the staff of the MLA Hostel to get the room booked.
When asked how is it possible that nobody noticed Bhagat and the girl in the car in the parking area, the police said they are investigating all the details.
Police are also investigating whether the car in which the alleged incident occurred belonged to Bhagat or Madre.
The winter session of the Maharashtra legislature is held every year in Nagpur, the second capital of the state.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.