‘Cop’ joins rape in moving car

Ghaziabad (PTI): Three persons, among them a policeman, kidnapped a schoolgirl and raped her in a moving car in Ghaziabad on Monday.

The girl’s father, who runs a public telephone booth, said the 15-year-old was going to school when the men forced her into a car. She was later dumped in an unconscious state, he said.

The girl told her parents and the police that one of the three was in police uniform. The girl has been sent for medical examination, the police said.

A case has been registered against an 18-year-old, Sonu, and two others whose names were not disclosed. No one has been arrested so far.

Woman delivers under tree

Gurgaon (PTI): A woman gave birth under a tree on the Gurgaon civil hospital premises after she was allegedly denied proper treatment.

Kamal was admitted to the hospital around 7 pm on Sunday but not given any medicine or first aid, though she was in an advanced stage of labour, her relatives alleged.

They had taken her out of the hospital and she gave birth to a baby girl around 8.30.

Gurgaon civil surgeon Dr D.V. Saharan has ordered an inquiry into the alleged dereliction of duty by the attending doctors. A three-member team would submit its report within three days.

After the delivery, the doctors took the mother and child inside the hospital where both were reported to be in good health.

Haj subsidy

New Delhi (PTI): The government has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on an Allahabad High Court order restraining it from providing financial subsidy to Haj pilgrims.

It said the entire arrangement for the pilgrimage has been done and if it did not materialise it would be a big setback to the country’s international image.

Remarriage feud

Muzaffarnagar (PTI): Six persons have been arrested after they opposed the remarriage of a widow with her brother-in-law in a village in Uttar Pradesh. The panchayat had also opposed Lata’s marriage with Babloo after her husband’s death.

Pawar daughter

Mumbai (PTI): Supriya Sule, daughter of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, was formally declared elected to the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Sule had a smooth sailing to the upper house as no political party put up a candidate against her.

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will be present at the IIT alumni’s global conference in Mumbai during December 23-25. The event is expected to draw 5,000 people from across the world.