According to reports, the woman, a mother of two, had lodged a complaint against the Constable for her sexual exploitation at gunpoint for months.
There are about 60 upper caste families and four Dalit families in the village. The accused belong to upper castes and their community has been rallying support for them.
Additional Superintendent of Police RS Gautam said that accused Rishikesh Singh, 21, was arrested on the basis of information provided by his accomplice Dinesh Gautam,19, who was arrested earlier in the case.
Gonda SP Shailesh Pandey said that Samrat Das would be arrested once he is discharged from hospital for the treatment of a gunshot injury on his shoulder.
Seven persons were killed and more than 30 others injured when a bus collided with a van in Puranpur area of Pilibhit district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday.
Anjana Tiwari a.k.a. Aisha, the woman who had set herself ablaze in front of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday, has succumbed to burn injuries.
In his post, Chandan Singh Verma claimed that he was being harassed by his wife Kalpana Verma, who was demanding Rs 20 lakh for giving him a divorce. They got married in 2014.
Two police personnel in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot, including an SHO, have been suspended for not taking prompt action in the case of a minor Dalit girl who was gang raped last week and later committed suicide.
The SP supremo and his wife were recently hospitalized in Lucknow for comorbidities, including hypertension.
In a major relief to cinemas and multiplexes, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh government has announced an exemption of license fees from April to September.
The bike of the accused has been seized and a pistol and cartridges have been recovered from his possession.
The deceased have been identified as Sarita, 28, and her daughter 7-year-old Tanu.
Justice Siddharth, on Tuesday, ordered that Tanzeen Fatima and Abdullah Azam be released on furnishing bonds as per the order of the magistrate concerned.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday criticised Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the rising crime graph in the state.
The SDM said, “From July to September, I was the Nodal officer for COVID in Ghaziabad. In September I took 22 days- leave during my operation. Two weeks after the delivery, I joined the Tehsil.”
Lalta Prasad, the father, has two sons and four daughters. The 72-year-old man had given one house to Durgesh and another to his younger son Umesh while he lived with his wife in the third house.
According to preliminary information, the woman was earlier married to one Akhilesh Tiwari but the two had later got divorced.
Two of the girls received minor burn injuries while the third was injured in the face.
According to the Central Bureau of Investigation officials, the team will also recreate the crime scene and speak to the eyewitnesses present there on September 14.
The “Rasam Pagdi” ceremony is held days after the death of the eldest member of the family to fill the void left by him. The next surviving elder in the line wears the ‘Pagdi’ — a symbol of honour in the region.
Tripathi, who was arrested on Monday evening, is the fifth person to be arrested in the case.
Counselling sessions for the selection of teachers on 31,277 posts would be conducted on October 14 and 15 while appointment letters will be issued on October 16.
Lucknow, Aishbagh: In a shocking incident, more than 1500 shanties were destroyed by a massive fire that broke out at Dhobhi Ghat in Ramnagar area of Aishbagh.
The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested four men from Mathura last Monday night while they were on their way to Hathras from Delhi. They were allegedly linked to the PFI and its associate outfit Campus Front of India (CFI).
The initiative will begin in ‘Shardiya Navratri’ and will continue for the next six months till the ‘Chaitra Navratri’ in April.