In yet another case of honour killing, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her brother in Shamli. The accused was reportedly opposed to her love affair hence he eliminated her in the name of saving family pride.
Reports said that Saima, a native of Gangeru hamlet of Shamli, was in love with a youth residing in the same locality. When her family members learnt of her affair they opposed it and had also threatened her with dire consequences. However, Saima continued with her affair. The matter took an ugly turn when she also went ahead and decided to get married with the youth despite of strong opposition by her family members. When her brother Raza Khan learnt of the move, he stopped movement of Saima outside the house which led to heated arguments between the two.
Finally on Tuesday evening, when Saima slipped outside her house to go and meet her lover but she was caught by brother who in fit of anger opened fire and gunned down his sister killing her on the spot. Surprisingly, when the family members learnt of the incident, they decided not to report the matter to the police to save Raza and went ahead to bury the victim’s body in a graveyard. However, some of their neighbours who were witness to the killing informed the local police which rushed to the spot and exhumed the body from the grave after they sought permission of district magistrate.
The body has been sent for postmortem and a case was registered against Raza Khan. However the cops failed to nab him as he absconded soon after the cops reached graveyard. Meanwhile eve-teasing led to communal violence in Meerut in which over half a dozen persons were injured on Tuesday night. luckily senior officers rushed to the spot along with heavy police force which was available with them to maintain peace during Holy month of Ramazan, which saved the day for them otherwise the tension might spread to adjoining areas also.
Heavy police force continued to man the area to avert any further clash. Reports said that some youths who were in an inebriated state said to have passed derogatory remarks at some female members of the other community which sparked tension in lal Kurti area of Meerut on Tuesday night. Members of both the communities came on road and fought a pitch battle for an hour pelting stones at each other besides damaging some vehicles parked in the area. The cops which reached the spot after getting the information claimed that over half a dozen were injured in the clash and they shifted them to District Hospital. In another case of rape in a private hospital, the doctor couple who too were accused in the report reportedly surrendered before a local court on Wednesday morning.
The couple - Dr Nishat and Dr Shalini, owning Gangasheep Hospital in Prem Nagar locality of Bareilly were named in a sexual assault case of a trainee. The case was registered on July 14 last in which a 17-year-old girl hailing from Kerala said to be gang raped by Shivraj, a worker at the hospital, and his brother Narsingh. Police had lodged a case against the doctor couple, the two rapists and one another medico Dr Dushyant, who performed surgery upon the victim after the incident. Main accused Shivraj was arrested earlier, while Narsingh was remanded to police custody after his surrender in court on Tuesday. Finally on Wednesday, Dr Nishant and Dr Shalini surrendered before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (VI) Vikas Goyal. The court accepted the bail of the accused on personal bond of Rs 20,000 each.