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NewsUpdates29.01.12
Pipili gang rape victim stable: SCB- The Times Of India
Minor girl abducted for 'human sacrifice'- The Times Of India
Ambedkar statue will only be shifted temporarily: DVS- The Times OF India
The Times Of India
Pipili gang rape victim stable: SCB
CUTTACK: The condition of Pipili gang rape victim is stable, the SCB Medical College and Hospital authorities told the Orissa high court on Wednesday. In a status report on the health of the 19-year-old victim, they said her blood pressure was normal and all her vital organs stable.
The report stated that the hospital has started allied treatment procedures like music therapy and sleep disorder treatment for the victim's recovery. A music therapy specialist, Dr Lakshmidhar Roul, and sleep disorder specialist from VSS Medical College and Hospital have been roped in for the victim's treatment.
The hospital authorities are regularly taking the advice of neurologists from AIIMS through video conferencing and treating the patient accordingly. The hospital authorities also informed the court that noted neurologist Dr Bhawani Shankar Das has said that the girl's recovery is slow because she is suffering from irreversible brain damage. The neurologist has also stated that the extent and time of recovery of the patient cannot be predicted.
Similarly, the crime branch also submitted a status report on the investigation before the division bench of Chief Justice V Gopala Gowda and Justice B N Mohapatra. It informed the court that all four accused have been arrested and lodged in Nimapada jail. Also, the polygraph test of the main accused, Prasant Pradhan alias Pasei, has been conducted.
"The high court has adjourned hearing of the case to February 7 and directed the SCB hospital authorities and crime branch to file status report on that day," said petitioner Prabir Das.
Meanwhile, two PILs were filed in the high court on Wednesday seeking CBI probe into the incident. One of the PILs has been filed by Congress leader and former MLA of Pipili Yudhistir Samantray and while the second one has been filed by a social organization, Nationalist Lawyers' Forum.
Samantray has alleged that judicial inquiry ordered by the state government is just an "eye-wash"and demanded a CBI inquiry into the entire incident. He has also prayed for a compensation of Rs 20 lakh for the victim. The petitioner has also demanded stringent action against the erring government officials.
The Times Of India
Minor girl abducted for 'human sacrifice'
man and his son were today arrested for allegedly abducting a minor girl for "bali" (human sacrifice), police said.
Nathulal Martha and his son Rajesh kidnapped the five- year-old girl, Bhumika, from their neighbourhood in Durganagar here. They were arrested last evening, a police official said.
The victim's father, Ghanshyam, alleged in his FIR that his daughter, who was missing since afternoon, was abducted by the duo for the purpose of "bali" (human sacrifice), he said.
Police were ascertaining the exact reason behind the kidnapping, the official added.
The Times OF India
Ambedkar statue will only be shifted temporarily: DVS
MANGALORE: Even as the government's decision to shift Dr Ambedkar's statue from Vidhana Soudha premises has evoked objections from various corners, especially from Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (DSS), chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Saturday promised that "the statue will be re-installed at the same spot on the Vidhana Soudha premises after the completion of Metro Rail work."
"Ambedkar's statue will have to be shifted temporarily as the design of Metro passes through that spot. The government will re-install the statue at the same spot after the completion of Metro work. Arrangements have been made in this regard. Also, the cabinet has taken a decision to remove the statue temporarily and in a careful manner," Gowda told reporters here on Saturday.
It may be recalled that DSS had threatened to launch a statewide protest, condemning the government for giving its nod to shift the statue for Metro work. Members of various backward classes, led by DSS, had taken out a march from Mahatma Gandhi statue on MG Road to Raj Bhavan in Bangalore, protesting the government's decision. They also submitted a memorandum to governor H R Bhardwaj, urging him to direct the government not to shift the statue.
The cabinet gave the green signal for temporary shifting of the statue inside the Vidhan Soudha premises as has been done to two other statues by the public works department. Meanwhile, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd also promised to install the three statues at the same positions after the Metro work.
"We have already discussed the issue and a study was also conducted through social welfare department. Metro rail is essential for Bangalore city, which is developing fast. Hence, we will have to shift Ambedkar statute temporarily," the CM added.
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.Arun Khote
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