Dalit woman stripped, forced to drink urine
Chhatarpur: A Dalit woman was allegedly beaten, stripped and forced to consume urine in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district last month. The victim along with a group of people belonging to her caste on Tuesday met Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Chhatarpur, Neeraj Pandey and lodged a complaint, accusing the local police station of not taking action against the accused. According to the victim, the accused named Vijay Yadav and his wife Vimla Yadav beat, stripped and forced her to drink urine in their home when the victim went to complain about the cattle eating crops at her farm. The incident occurred at Village Mudwara which falls under the jurisdicition of the Nowgong police station of the district on August 26. Superintendent of Police (SP), Chhatarpur, lalit Shakyawar has ordered an investigation into the case after considering the gravity of the issue.
HPP begins supply of 361 megawatt power to UP
Bhopal: The Hindustan Power projects (HPP) has on Wednesday commenced supply of 361 megawatt power to Uttar Pradesh from its flagship 2,520 MW Anuppur Thermal Power Project almost a year ahead of schedule. The power is being supplied through the recently-commissioned WR-NR Inter-Regional link (765 kV Gwalior-Jaipur Transmission line). With this supply, HPP becomes the first Inter-Regional Independent Power Producer (IPP) to supply power to UP on long-term basis, among the PPAs (power purchase agreements) signed by the State for an aggregate capacity of 2,175 MW. The total capacity of the flagship thermal plant is 2,520 MW – to be developed in two phases of 1,200 MW (2x600 MW) and 1,320 MW (2x660 MW). The first phase has been commissioned at a total cost of INR8,000 crore.
Increasing bike thefts trouble police
Bhopal: Increasing number of bike thefts has put the cops on toes, but the police failed to reach any conclusion till date. Surprisingly police have failed to trace vehicle lifters who have stolen 155 two wheelers in the past five years. In the past years 155 motorbikes were stolen and surprisingly the police have not been able to trace even one percent of the stolen motorbikes which raises suspicion over the functioning of the police in tracking and nabbing the vehicle lifters. In the year 2012, 54 motorbikes were stolen, in the year 2013, 29 motorbikes were stolen, in the year 2014, 47 motorbikes were stolen and in the year 2015 from January to July 25 motorbikes were stolen.