Rajasthan

Sikar, May 30 (PTI) A man has been arrested Thursday for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter for the last two years in Kochhor village of Rajasthan's Sikar district, police said.

The girl shared her ordeal with her mother at her maternal grandmother's residence where she had gone for summer vacation, Ranoli Police Station in-charge Pawan Kumar Chaube said.

A case was registered against the accused Shankar Lal Meena on the complaint of the girl and her mother.

Jaipur, May 30 (PTI) The Rajasthan government has decided to ban production, distribution, advertisement and sale of e-cigarette in the state.

The decision, which comes a day before the World No Tobacco Day, will be an important step to curb addiction among youths, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said in a statement.

Gehlot said the Congress had promised to take steps to curb use of tobacco among youths in its election manifesto and the step will prove effective.

Jaipur, May 28 (PTI) A 26-year-old woman, who was allegedly tortured and gang-raped last week, on Tuesday demanded justice and speedy arrest of the accused, including a doctor and a police constable.

Addressing a press conference here, the woman accused the police of not providing protection to her even after being directed by a court following her complaint of rape against suspended constable Kapil Sharma last year.

Jaipur, May 29 (PTI) The state executive of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee will meet Wednesday and would endorse the CWC resolution urging Rahul Gandhi to continue as party chief and steer the party out of its current state, a top party leader said.

The meeting will be chaired by PCC chief and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, he said.

Jaipur, May 28 (PTI) A 10-month-old baby was allegedly raped by her 15-year-old neighbour in Rajasthan's Karauli district, police said Tuesday.

The accused took the baby to an isolated area on Sunday evening and committed the crime, investigating officer and SHO of Kotwali police station Roop Singh said.

An FIR in the case was lodged on Monday, he said, adding the accused has been detained and will be produced in a court Tuesday.

The girl is admitted to a hospital in Karauli, he said.

Jaipur, May 26 (PTI) A married woman was allegedly abducted and raped by six men in Rajasthan, police said Sunday.

The woman, who was reported missing for over a month, on Saturday filed a complaint against six men -- Vikas Kumar, Rajuram, Deshraj, Balveer, Motaram and Vidhyadhar -- at Ladnu police station in Nagaur district, alleging that she was kidnapped by them and then taken to different places in Sikar and Churu districts where she was raped, they said.

Jaipur, May 25 (PTI) The Rajasthan police Saturday conducted raids at several places in the country and arrested 11 current and former office bearers of Mukesh Modi's Adarsh Credit Co-operative Society Ltd in connection with a multi-crore fraud, officials said.

The special operations group of Rajasthan police raided premises at several locations including Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Sirohi, Gurgaon and Jaipur, an SOG official said.

The SOG had begun the probe in July last year and registered an FIR December last year.

Jaipur, May 25 (PTI) Three men were arrested for allegedly hunting a pregnant deer in Rajasthan's Nagaur district, forest officials said Saturday.

The accused hunted the animal in Kundlota village in the district on Thursday night. Locals caught the accused and informed the forest department, they said.

Shivlal, Laxman and Umaram were arrested under the Wildlife Protection Act on Friday and sent to judicial custody for 15 days by a local court Saturday, assistant conservator of forest, Nagaur, Sunil Gaur, said.

Bikaner, May 25 (PTI) A woman was allegedly raped by two persons here, police said Saturday.

The woman on Saturday lodged an FIR against Devendra and Ajit Singh, accusing them of raping her a few days ago, police said.

She alleged that the suspects took some obscene pictures of her. The matter is being investigated, police added.

Ajmer, May 24 (PTI) Two persons were booked here on the charge of rape, police said Friday.

The accused were identified as Kamal Meghwanshi (20) and Ramesh Meghwanshi (21), both residents of Kanwali village in Pushkar, police added.

The victim had lodged a complaint Thursday, accusing them of raping her in March, police said.

"Kamal allegedly abducted the victim and took her to Gujarat in March, where he along Kamal raped her," police said.