Man held for raping 13-year-old orphan

Our Correspondent

Dasuya, July 13

A 13-year-old orphan girl, studying in Class V, at a village under the Dasuya police station, has been raped by her uncle. The police held the accused and produced him in the court from where he was sent to the judicial custody.

The victim has lodged a complaint in the police station in which she mentioned that she studied at a government school in the village. Her parents had died and she was living with her aunt. On Sunday, she was at her house when her aunt came to her house and took her to another woman’s house. Her aunt’s brother Jaskaran, alias Laddu, was also present there, who later raped her when she was alone.

When she tried to raise her voice, her aunt rescued her from Jaskaran. After this, she was rushed to the Civil Hospital, Dasuya. A case has been registered against Jaskaran, alias, Laddoo, under Section 376 of the IPC and the POCSO Act. He was arrested and produced in the court on Monday from where he was sent to jail in judicial custody.

One arrested with 1.5-kg poppy husk, two on run

Hoshiarpur: The Sadar police on Monday arrested a person on charge of smuggling 1.5kg of poppy husk, while two managed to escape. The suspect is identified as Gurpreet Singh Bains, a resident of Shergarh village.

Investigating officer Dharampal said the police had laid a checkpoint near the Bajwara bypass on the basis of a tip-off. Accordingly, the car was stopped and the two persons aboard managed to flee, while the third was nabbed. Upon searching, the said amount of poppy husk was seized. “The absconding ones are identified as Suraj Grewal alias Sodi, a resident of Bilaspur village, and Gurcharan Singh, a resident of Hoshiarpur,” the SI revealed.

The suspect was produced before a court and was brought on two-day police remand for further interrogation.