Haryana

Gurgaon, 23 Mar 2019; Two days after a group of Hindutva activists terrorised a Muslim family, vandalised their house, beaten the family members and their guests, and stole jewellery and cash, community members assembled outside the house of Shamshad, the victim.

Tension has prevailed in the area since the horrific attack even as police arrested six accused.

Members of a Muslim family in Gurgaon’s Dhamaspur village and guests were beaten with sticks and rods, allegedly by 20-25 men, who barged into their home and attacked them on Holi evening.

Incident happened after some of the accused approached the boys from the family, who were playing cricket outside. They harassed the boys  and told them to “go to Pakistan and play” there.

Gurgaon, Mar 12 (PTI) The Gurgaon police Tuesday arrested two persons for allegedly molesting a woman in Manesar, a police officer said.

Rajesh Kumar (24) and Inderjeet (28) were arrested from Manesar area. They had on Monday allegedly molested the woman, he said.

New Delhi, March 10 (PTI) A man wanted in a rape case for the past three years was arrested on Sunday in Gurgaon, police said.

Rahul Victor, presently working as a driver, was arrested in Sikanderpur, they added.

New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI) Two Kashmiri shawl vendors have claimed they were beaten up and called "stone pelters" by unidentified men on a train, forcing them to cut short their business trip to Rohtak, officials said Wednesday.

The incident comes amid reports of some Kashmiri people claiming they were being targeted in many parts of the country in the aftermath of the February 14 attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama that left over 40 personnel dead.

BJP contestant Krishan Middha has won Jind bypoll by 12,935 votes in the high-stakes election in Haryana.

His total vote tally was 49,229. Trailing BJP was JJP’s Digvijai Chautala with 37,681 votes.

Congress Randeep Singh Surjevala got 21692 votes, and Loktantra Suraksha Party settled with 13,582 votes.

Jind (Har), Jan 31 (PTI) The candidate of the month-old Jannayak Janata Party, Digvijay Singh Chautala, was leading over his nearest BJP rival Krishan Middha, as per early trends available for the high-stakes Jind bypoll in Haryana.

As per early trends available after counting of votes at the end of third of the total 13 rounds, Chautala was leading over Middha by margin of nearly 1,900 votes.

Gurgaon, Jan 28 (PTI) A youth has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a girl in Farukhnagar area here, police said on Monday.

The accused has been identified as Gaurav Saini (24), they said.

The incident came to light on Monday after the 16-year-old girl refused to attend school.

Jind (Har), Jan 28 (PTI) Nearly 25 per cent polling was recorded in the first few hours of the ongoing high-stake bypoll to the Jind assembly constituency in Haryana on Monday.

Polling began at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm.

In the first two hours, 15 per cent voters had exercised their franchise and by 10:30 am, the poll percentage rose to nearly 25 per cent, officials said here.

People, including nonagenarians, queued up outside polling stations since early morning despite cold weather conditions.

Jind, Jan 26 (PTI) AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his government's crop insurance scheme alleging it has failed to benefit the farming community and charged the NDA with dividing the society on caste lines.

The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) is aimed at enabling farmers avail insurance cover against crop loss due to natural calamities.