The Mumbai Police on 24 July booked Deputy Inspector General Sunil Paraskar for allegedly raping a model. Paraskar is an IPS officer of the 1997 batch, and a state service promotee who currently holds the charge as Deputy Inspector General (Protection of Civil Right). The case has been transferred to the Crime Branch for investigation. The model reportedly approached Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria on 22 July and submitted a written application claiming that Paraskar had raped her last year when he was holding the post of Additional Commissioner of Police (North Region). A probe was initiated against him by the Crimes Against Women’s Cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch.
VHP LEADER HELD ON WAY TO KANTH IN MORADABAD
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Sadhvi Dr Prachi was arrested at Najibabad while on her way to Kanth in Moradabad to offer ‘Jal-abhishek’ at a temple that is at the centre of a row after a loudspeaker was removed from there last month. Sadhvi blamed senior minister Azam Khan for her arrest. She was, however, released soon.
“This is Hindustan and not Pakistan. No one can survive by hurting the sentiments of Hindus. I have been arrested at the behest of Azam Khan. I was going only for jal-abhishek at the temple in Kanth village, which is my right,” Sadhvi Dr Prachi said after she was arrested. “Mine was a peaceful programme but the administration did not allow it,” she added.
RICH ENCOURAGE FEMALE FOETICIDE, BIHAR CM
Chief Minister of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi on 20 July claimed rich families were encouraging female foeticide. The Poor are God-fearing believe children are gifts of God, said Manjhi while speaking at a political conclave on ‘No children born to die’. The CM said those influenced by the western civilization were responsible for female foeticide. Illiterate people were more conscious about saving children. Dr Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, president of Bihar chapter of Indian Medical Association, in his keynote address on ‘Bihar – state of newborn and child survival’, said Bihar was at the 21st position out of 23 states covered in Indian Human Development report of the Planning Commission.
Meanwhile, in a statement filed in the apex court, the NIMC on 17 July alleged that in most cases, the state authorities were hand-in-glove with clinics engaged in this lucrative business. Worried about the skewed sex ratio in the country, the Supreme Court has sought detailed affidavits from all states and the Centre on steps taken by them to curb female foeticide.