Saurabh Singh resigns from BSP
Raipur: With a tacit assurance from Congress to get him accommodated in its fold, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Saurabh Singh resigned from the party on July 25 to join former as the State goes for Assembly polls by November. Meanwhile a fresh controversy erupted pertaining to the
BSP ticket sell out that it might be one of the reasons why he left the party. Saurabh, a key face of the BSP in Chhattisgarh was one of the two MlAs of the party in a 90-member State legislative Assembly.
Saurabh who represents Akaltara Assembly seat from Bilaspur district has resigned after Congress assured him to bring into party fold. He had also extended full support to Congress party during protest in the Monsoon Session of Chhattisgarh State assembly.
Cong workers clash with cop over CD fiasco
Raipur: Congress workers numbering hundreds clashed with police force on July 25 while they were trying to stage gherao at Chief Minister Raman Singh’s residence. Police fired water cannons and used batons to stall Congress protesters at Shashtri Chowk. The Congress protest was a part of a follow-up action of a CD which the party released recently claiming
that Raman Singh and his four Cabinet colleagues took cash to bail out scamsters of Indira Priyadarshini Mahila Nagrik Sahakari Bank. The Congress was seeking a CBI inquiry and resignation of the alleged pay off beneficiaries while the BJP is terming it ‘a purely political stunt in election year’. Congress claimed that two dozen of its workers suffered injuries in the police action and 11,870 were arrested.
Maoist held, memorial razed down
Raipur: Security forces arrested a Jan militia member who was allegedly involved in a number of criminal activities in the State. Meanwhile two memorials of the outfit were demolished in separate operations held in Dantewada and Bijapur districts. A combined team of District police and CRPF conducted a search operation in Madder and Awapalli thana areas. During operation the team received a tip off regarding
Maoists having built up memorials of their dead cadre at Konjed village, 25 km away from Madder Thana and Mujal Kanker village, 18 km away from Thana Awapalli. The security forces demolished the memorials.
In another incident a Maoist insurgent was nabbed by security forces during a search operation in Dantewada district. Formula of making bomb, Naxal literature, banner, posters and other incriminating substances were recovered from him.
Four areased in gang-rape case
Raipur: Four youths including two minors were arrested in connection with a gang rape of a 15-year-old girl on July 17 in Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar, informed DD Nagar Station House. Police said the incident took place when the girl returned home from her school in Rohnipuram area. The accused allegedly stopped her and took to a secluded area and sexually assaulted her. later the girl somehow managed to reach home and informed her ordeal to her parents.
After that her parents lodged a complaint with DD Nagar police. After the complaint a police team had started a hunt for the accused after which all of them were arrested, SHO said. “The medico-legal examination also confirmed their involvement in the crime,” claimed the SHO.
The accused Rakesh Kumar and Vijay Kumar Verma were produced in a local court and sent to Central Jail Raipur on judicial remand, the minors were sent to juvenile home, Mana, SHO maintained.