Polling agent arrested in Haryana
Chandigarh: A polling agent was arrested for interfering with the voting process in a booth in Faridabad district. “Prompt action taken. FIR (first information report) lodged. Person behind bars. Observer enquired the matter personally and is satisfied that polling was never vitiated,” said the District Election Office, Faridabad on its official Twitter account. The action was taken after a video went viral in which the polling agent was seemingly trying to interfere three women voters inside a booth at Asawati in Faridabad on Sunday. The video captured the polling agent rushing into the booth as soon as the women voter goes in, pressing the button and rushing out back to his seat. “The accused was identified as Giriraj, a resident of Asawati village. A case was registered against him under Section 171C and 188 of the Indian Penal Code and 135 of the RP Act. He was later arrested,” said a police official. In Faridabad, Union Minister and BJP candidate Krishan Pal Gurjar is seeking a re-election.
Arresting road death campaign at Derabassi
Derabassi: To highlight the issue of pedestrian safety, NGO Drive Smart Drive safe and ArriveSafe in association with Hella India and Punjab Police organized Arresting Road Death campaign at Derabassi to make the relevant decision-makers understand the graveness of the situation of pedestrians on Dera Bassi highway and to appeal to them for construction of foot over bridge and barricading on from flyover till Bhushan Factory. Employees of Hella India Lighting, along with Volunteers from NGO Arrive safe, Sukhmani group, Longwal polytechnic, Derabassi Hotel association, Resident welfare association, citizens, civil society members, traffic police and scores of road safety volunteers participated in the in the event.
5-yr-old girl found murdered in Panchkula
Panchkula: A five-year-old girl was found murdered in a vacant plot in Haryana's Panchkula district on Monday, with police suspecting that she might have been raped before being killed, a senior police official said. The parents of the girl lodged a complaint with the police that their daughter had gone missing from her home on Monday. Later, her body was found lying in a vacant plot near a private school, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Panchkula, Nupur Bishnoi said.
"Investigations into the case are on. We are not ruling out sexual assault in the case. Prima facie, it appears that she was raped," she said. Bishnoi said a case has been registered in this regard. Asked if police had got any clue in the case, she replied, "We will nab the accused soon."
Army Chief calls on Himachal Governor
Shimla: Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat called on Governor Acharya Devvrat at Raj Bhawan, Shimla, on Monday. It was described as a courtesy call. The General was accompanied by his wife Madhulika Rawat, who is the president of the Army Wives Welfare Association. Lady Governor Darshana Devi and Shashi Kant Sharma, Advisor to the Governor were also present on the occasion.