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News Updates -04.10.12
Two women working for Rs. 15 a month for 42 years - The Hindu
Another Dalit woman violated in Narwana - The Tribune
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121004/haryana.htm#5
Raj to introduce prevention of atrocities against - Zee News
Corporators booked for threatening Lucknow Muncipal Corporation employee - The Times Of India
Four rapes in 24 hrs, Dalits and minors among victims - Indian Express
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/four-rapes-in-24-hrs-dalits-and-minors-among-victims/1011647/0
The Hindu
Two women working for Rs. 15 a month for 42 years
Special Correspondent
Here is a classic case that will reveal how the "high-handedness" of a few officials has affected the lives of two Dalit women in Udupi.
The two women, Akku and Leela, have put in about four decades of service at the Government Women Teachers' Training Institute on a monthly salary of Rs. 15. Although they were promised that their services would be regularised, they did not get any benefits even after 42 years of service.
After the women approached the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT) seeking relief in 2001, the Education Department stopped paying them even that meagre salary of Rs. 15.
Their plight came to light after Ravindranath Shanbhag, president of Udupi-based Human Rights Protection Foundation, took up the matter and followed up the case right up to the Supreme Court.
Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Mr. Shanbhag said that although the Supreme Court, the High Court of Karnataka and the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal ruled in favour of the women and directed the government to regularise their services, the order is yet to be implemented by the government.
Meanwhile, the women continue to clean the 21 toilets in the institute all through the year without any payment, he said.
"The Karnataka Administrative Tribunal asked the government in 2003 to regularise them in 90 days and the Karnataka High Court ordered the government to pay their salaries in 2004. Notices were also issued for contempt of court when the directions were not implemented. Instead of paying them salaries, the government filed a special leave petition before the Supreme Court in 2005.
"The Supreme Court ruled in the women's favour in 2010. Despite all this, the women are still waiting to get their benefits," Mr. Shanbhag said. "Now, the authorities say that the women were not employable because they had reached the retirement age. I am surprised that the government spent lakhs of rupees on fighting the cases against the hapless women rather than pay what is due to them.
Is there any other court above the Supreme Court that can give justice to these women?" Mr. Shanbhag asked and urged the government to pay what is due to the women.
The Tribune
Another Dalit woman violated in Narwana
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121004/haryana.htm#5
Tribune News Service, Jind, October 3
In an unabated spate of crime against women in Haryana, another rape incident has surfaced in Narwana subdivision of Jind district. This time, a 26-year-old Dalit woman who became the victim of the lust of a man on Tuesday.
The accused, who was nabbed from the spot with the help of local people, was remanded in three days' police custody by the local court this morning.
This is the third such incident in Jind, while the number of such cases across the state has reached seven in the past 40 days.
The shocking incident took place when the victim, a resident of Gurthali village, was being taken to another village on the pretext of meeting a relative. It is alleged that she was sent by her kin for selling her to some persons in Belarkha village. The victim was married to Leela of Gurthali a month back after she was allegedly trafficked from Bahna village of Kaithal district and sold for marriage.
Her husband is the brother-in-law of one of the accused in this case, Seeto Devi. According to the complaint lodged with the police, she was lured by the accused, identified as Dhanwa of the same village, to a field near Belarkha and raped while they were returning to Gurthali after visiting a relative in Belarkha.
It is learnt that she was taken to this village by the three accused identified as Dhanwa, Kala, son of Banta, and Seeto Devi, wife of Banta, on some pretext, but the deal to sell her did not materialise. "The victim was presented before some persons who had come from Singer village of Tohana subdivision of Fatehabad district, but they rejected her," it is revealed. When she and the three accused were on their way back to the village in a vehicle, the accused got the vehicle stopped at a secluded spot and took her to a nearby field and raped her.
The driver, Gurtej, ran towards the village seeking help for the victim. The accused was nabbed by the locals who rushed to the spot. The rapist was beaten up and handed over to the police, said the police.
"We have arrested the three persons, including main accused Dhanwa. They were remanded to three days police custody by the court at Narwana," said senior superintendent of police Saurabh Singh. He said Seeto Devi, sister-in-law of the victim, and her son Kala were the other two accused. They are Dalits. The medical examination of the victim has confirmed rape, said the police.
This is the third such incident in the past eight weeks in the district. The police had arrested five persons in connection with the gangrape of a married woman at Pillukhera last week.
Zee News
Raj to introduce prevention of atrocities against
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 03, 2012, 22:11
Jaipur: Rajasthan government is slated to introduce 'Rajasthan Women (Prevention of Atrocities) Bill 2012' in monsoon session of the Legislative Assembly beginning October 10.
The draft Bill, which seeks to provide timely disposal of cases related to women atrocities, set up special courts for trials of such cases, relief and rehabilitation of victims and penalty on accused, was approved by the state Cabinet in its meeting here Wednesday.
In the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, it was also decided that a campaign 'Prashashan Shahron Ke Sangh' (Administration with cities) will be held from November 21 to December 25 to redress public grievance related to government departments.
The Cabinet also decided to regularise houses constructed before June 1999 on agricultural lands during the campaign.
Decisions regarding modifications in different models of affordable housing policy, approval to Rajasthan Urban Transferable Development Rights (TDR) policy for ensuring free land for community halls, parks, play grounds and other public facilities were also discussed in the meeting.
Apart from this, transfer of drinking water distribution work from public health and engineering department to municipal bodies in eight cities and towns and formation of Rajasthan State Power Finance Corporation were also taken up.
The government also decided to issue directives to regularise direct selling business activities in the interest of consumers, according to an official.
The Times Of India
Corporators booked for threatening Lucknow Muncipal Corporation employee
TNN | Oct 4, 2012, 05.18AM IST
LUCKNOW: The tussle between corporators and safai karamcharis is set to escalate in days to come, as another incident of criminal intimidation was recorded at Aliganj on Wednesday.
A case under SC/ST Act was registered against two Samajwadi Party corporators for allegedly threatening a safai karamchari with a revolver at Aliganj in the morning.
Consequently, high drama unfolded at Lucknow Muncipal Corporation in the afternoon as about 30 to 40 municipal employees, including women, protested against administration and unruly public representatives of the civic body.
According to complainant Rajendra Valmiki, SP corporators Prakash Gupta from Bajrang Bali ward along with Mohammad Saleem from Begum Hazrat Mahal ward, threatened him with dire consequences and made casteist remarks at him.
A case under SC/ST Act and various IPC sections, which amount to intentional insult and provocation, preventing public servant from discharging duties and criminal intimidation, was registered against the two.
ASP Aliganj Anees Ahmed Ansari said, "We have registered the case and will take necessary action post conducting inquiries into the allegations."
In his defence, Gupta said Valmiki had not been carrying out his duties properly in the area and added that the inquiry will prove his innocence.
Indian Express
Four rapes in 24 hrs, Dalits and minors among victims
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/four-rapes-in-24-hrs-dalits-and-minors-among-victims/1011647/0
Express news service : Chandigarh, Thu Oct 04 2012, 01:49 hrs
Despite stern instructions from the Director General of Police to identify and keep an eye on "loafer youth", in the last 24 hours four incidents of rapes have come to light, including two in Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's home district, Rohtak.
In a case registered on Wednesday at Gohana in Sonepat district, a 19-year-old Dalit woman, who got married three months ago, was allegedly raped by four men. Her sister-in-law was allegedly involved in hatching the conspiracy. Said the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Gohana, Yashpal Singh: "The victim's parents are daily wagers. She had recently got married and her husband works as a labourer in Idhana village. According to the complaint, she was forced to go along with one Sarwan, who is a resident of Hathali village, by her sister-in-law. Sarwan took her to the fields on Jind road, where four men — Sanjay, Anil, Sarwan and an unidentified person — allegedly raped her. While Sarwan, Anil, Sanjay and the victim's sister-in-law, Maafi, have been arrested, one accused is at large. There is no evidence of any MMS having been made of the crime, but we are investigating that aspect ."
In another incident, a 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped on Wednesday at her residence in Shastri Nagar, Rohtak, by one of her neighbours. According to the police, the accused, Prakash (40), runs a shop. "The accused being a neighbour was allowed entry by the girl, who is a student of Class VI at a government school. Her parents are daily wagers and were out of home when the incident took place. While the accused was allegedly raping the girl, her aunt reached home. When she tried to catch hold of the accused, he assaulted her and escaped. The girl's face was also scratched allegedly by the accused. The matter was reported to the police, on basis of which, a case was registered. The victim has been medically examined. The accused will be arrested soon," said Sub Inspector Rajbir Singh, the SHO of City Police Station, Rohtak.
Two cases of rapes were reported in Rohtak and Jind districts on Tuesday. A 30-yr-old married Dalit woman was allegedly raped at Balerka village in Narwana sub-division of Jind district. The accused, Dhanwa (50), a resident of Gurthali village in the same sub-division, was arrested after residents caught him. "The rape victim belongs to the Dalit community and the accused, who has been arrested, belongs to the same community," said SI Suresh Kumar.
In another case of rape on Tuesday, a 15-yr-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by 26-year-old Binder in a car on Rohtak-Hisar road. The girl's three aunts were part of the conspiracy leading to her kidnapping and rape. The prime accused in the case was arrested along with the victim's two aunts.
7 rapes in 3 weeks: DGP says crime not rising
On A day when three more cases of rape were reported — taking the number of such incidents to four in last 24 hours and seven in three weeks — from different parts of the state, Haryana's Director General of Police Ranjiv Singh Dalal asked media not to use words like "increasing graph of crime" and stressed the "need for parents to keep an eye on the activities of their children."
"The media should cooperate with the police and exercise restraint in using words like 'increasing graph of crime' while reporting certain untoward incidents. The number of rape cases in the state has reduced by 80 this year as compared to 2011. Therefore, it was wrong to say that the numbers have increased," Dalal said.
He was talking to reporters after the first meeting of State Police Board. The Board, headed by the Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has DGP as its member and was constituted in 2009 on the orders of the Supreme Court.
The DGP, who is retiring on October 31 this year, said Haryana Police was committed to safeguarding women and children and "the police is very sensitive towards them".
He, however, blamed parents, for not being able to keep an eye on their boys "Parents usually do not give proper attention to the boys and remain unaware of their activities. There had been cases where the young boys consume liquor in the day and are involved in violent activities. The parents need to take strict note of the daily activities of their children," he added.
Ironically, even as the National Commission of Women recently criticised the Haryana Police and the state government for failing to curb the crime against women, Dalal claimed that the commission "has expressed satisfaction over the prompt action taken against the crimes."
The Director General of Police also cited severe "staff crunch" in the police department for the spate of heinous crimes in the state and said that "as against the required 82,000 police personnel in the state, we have only 56,000".
Dalal further said that the government has sanctioned a proposal to recruit 11,000 police personnel, for which, the process would commence soon. He added that it was necessary to further improve force multiplying efficiency, for which latest Close Circuit TV (CCTV) cameras were required in towns.
"Rs 200 crore have been sought to implement this five-year plan to install the cameras," he added.
Meanwhile, Hooda also condemned the rape incidents and said "any culprit, and whoever else are involved in such heinous crimes would not be spared at any cost."
The Chief Minister said that he has reviewed the working of the police organisation and said that "not only the perception of the police should be good, but it should also be visible and easily accessible".
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.Arun Khote
On behalf of
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