Rajasthan

Jaipur, Mar 16 (PTI) Amid fears of horse-trading ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, 22 Gujarat Congress MLAs arrived here on Monday, party sources said.

The Congress has been shifting its MLAs out of Gujarat after some of its legislators resigned from the state assembly.

Jaipur, Mar 16 (PTI) Three persons have been apprehended for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Rajasthan's Churu district, police said Monday.

An FIR was lodged by family members of the minor, following which a case was registered under sections 376(D) (gangrape) and 365 (kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code and the three were detained, said Station House Officer, Taranagar, Radheshyam.

Jaipur, Mar 11 (PTI) A minor girl was allegedly raped by two men in a village in Banswara district of Rajasthan, police said.

The incident occurred around 2 am on Tuesday in Lunawada village of the district where the accused took the girl from her house to a nearby farmland where the duo allegedly took turns to rape her, Kushalgarh Deputy Superintendent of Police Sandeep Shaktawat said.

The 14-year-old victim underwent medical examination and the accused are absconding with police looking out for them, he added.

Jaipur, Feb 28 (PTI) Barmer Superintendent of Police Sharad Chowdhary and a circle officer were removed from their posts over the custodial death of a 25-year-old Dalit man, the Rajasthan Assembly was told on Friday.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal informed the House during the Zero Hour that no case was registered against scrap dealer Jeetu Khateek, who was detained by the police on Wednesday evening over suspicions that he was involved in a theft.

Khateek's family has alleged he was taken into illegal custody and beaten to death.

NEW DELHI, Feb 26 (NNN-PTI) – As many as 24 people were killed and five others injured, when a bus fell into a river, in India’s western state of Rajasthan on Wednesday, confirmed a local cop.

The mishap occurred in the Lakheri area of the state’s Bundi district.

The bus, carrying 29 passengers, was on its way from Kota area to Sawaimadhopur district of the state.

The accident took place at around 10.00 hours (local time).

The injured passengers were admitted in a local hospital. Further details are awaited.

Jaipur, Feb 23 (PTI) A 14-year-old girl allegedly hanged herself on Sunday after being raped by a man in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, the police said.

The girl had gone to collect feed for cattle in the fields in an area under the Halena police station limits on Saturday when the man allegedly raped her, they said.

Kota, Feb 21 (PTI) A 50-year-old man was awarded life sentence by a POCSO court here for raping a nine-year-old girl while he was staying at her parents' house in May 2019.

Following a trial that lasted nearly nine months, the court of Special Judge Kailash Chand Misra also imposed a penalty of Rs. 30,000 on the convict, who is a government employee in the Archaeological department, while delivering the verdict on Thursday

Udaipur, Feb 19 (PTI) A physical training instructor of a government school was arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl in the district on Wednesday, police said.

The accused, Prem Singh (45), posted at a government senior secondary school in Chansda area, had allegedly molested the girl on Tuesday.

She narrated the incident to her family members after which her relatives and villagers reached the school, demanding action against the accused.

The accused was arrested under Section 354-A of the IPC and the POCSO Act.

Jaipur, Feb 18 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said the people of Delhi have taught a lesson to the BJP which the party will remember for a long time.

He claimed that the Constitution was being attacked and it was a matter of concern.

The chief minister also hit out at the vitriolic attacks made by the political opponents against each other in the recent Delhi assembly elections.

Kota, Feb 15 (PTI) A POCSO court in Rajasthan's Jhalawar sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the abduction and rape of a minor.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 70,000 on the convict.