Uttar Pradesh

Amethi (UP), Dec 6 (PTI) Some people defaced a statue of Dr BR Ambedkar on his 64th death anniversary here, police said on Friday.

The statue installed at Ambedkar Park in Janta Nagar of Bhadar block under the Amethi assembly segment was found defaced on Friday morning.

Circle Officer Piyush Kant Rai told PTI that on the complaint of the president of Ambedkar Kalyan Samiti, a case was lodged under Section 295 of the IPC against unknown persons.

As the news spread, followers of the Dalit icon rushed to the spot and staged a dharna.

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 7 (PTI) Three girls have been reported missing to police by their parents in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh in the past three weeks, according to police.

The parents of a 14-year-old girl, missing since Nov 14, have alleged that their daughter has been abducted by a youth in Kahikhedi village in Purkazi area, they said.

Police have booked the youth and officials are trying to locate the girl.

Unnao (UP), Dec 7 (PTI) A rape attempt was made on a three-year-old girl in a village under Makhi police station area in Unnao, police said Saturday.

The minor was playing near her house on Friday when a youth of a neighbouring village tried to rape her in an adjoining agriculture field but the locals, who rushed on hearing her cries for help, managed to save her, SHO Makhi Raj Bahadur said.

The locals informed the police and a case has been registered, the SHO said, adding that the girl has been sent for medical examination.

Bareilly (UP), Dec 6 (PTI) An FIR has been registered against nine persons, two of them unidentified, for allegedly trying to rape a law student in Izatnagar area here, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Thursday evening when the girl was returning home after appearing in an examination. Some persons stopped her scooter and tried to drag her near a brick kiln, the girl said in her complaint to police.

Lucknow, Dec 5 (PTI) The rape victim who was set on fire by five men in Unnao was airlifted to Delhi hospital on Thursday evening.

The woman who sustained 90 per cent burn injuries and was in a "very serious" condition was taken to Delhi's Safdarjung hospital by an air ambulance, Lucknow Commissioner Mukesh Meshram told PTI.

Allahabad, Dec 6 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court on Friday dismissed the petition that had challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency.

Justice Manoj Gupta passed the order on an election petition filed by Tej Bahadur Yadav, a dismissed CRPF constable who was declared by the Samajwadi Party as its Varanasi candidate in the last Lok Sabha elections.

He could not contest the elections as his papers were rejected by the returning officer.

Firozabad (UP), Dec 4 (PTI) A 20-year-old girl was gangraped by four men and thrown at a secluded spot in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district, police said on Wednesday.

The girl, hailing from neighbouring Agra, was on her way to a coaching centre situated under the Hari Parvat police station area.

The accused told the victim that her brother had met with an accident and asked her to accompany them in their car. They then took her to Atamadpur where she was gangraped, SP, City Prabal Pratap Singh said.

Allahabad, Dec 5 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted bail to the law student charged with trying to extort money from Swami Chinmayanand, the BJP leader whom she has accused of rape.

Chinmayanand, whose trust runs the Shahjahanpur law college where the woman studied, was arrested under section 376-C of the IPC and continues to be in judicial custody.

Lucknow, Dec 5 (PTI) Five men have been arrested for allegedly setting on fire a woman, who was raped a year ago in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, police said on Thursday.

The woman, who is battling for life in a Lucknow hospital, had named five men, including two of the accused who are out on bail, police said.

Sonbhadra, Dec 3 (PTI) A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a 70-year-old woman in this district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

The accused, 27, sexually assaulted the women when she was alone at her home, Circle Officer Gyan Prakash Rai said.

The incident took place on Sunday, he added.