Uttar Pradesh

Ghaziabad, Jun 14 (PTI) A septuagenarian was here arrested for allegedly molesting a five-year-old girl, police said Friday.

On the complaint of the girl's father, a case has been registered against accused Netrapal (76) under Section 354 of the IPC and the POCSO Act.

SP (City) Shlok Kumar said the accused lured the girl on the pretext of giving her a toffee and allegedly molested her.

In the meantime, the girl's father saw it and freed the child from his grip, police said.

Bareilly, Jun 13 (PTI) An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a village here, police said Thursday.

She was lured by the accused and raped at an unknown place under the Nawabganj police station on Wednesday, they said.

"The accused person knew the family members of the girl," a senior police official said.

The girl's family lodged a complaint after she narrated the sequence of events. Police have registered a case.

Police said a search is underway to nab the accused.

Bijnor, Jun 13 (PTI) A man has been arrested here for allegedly raping his seven-year-old niece, police said Thursday.

Superintendent of Police Laxminiwas Mishra said the incident occurred Wednesday in Nangla Chakka village.

Shahjahanpur, Jun 13 (PTI) A 13-year-old girl was raped by two men on June 7 at her home in a village here, police said Thursday.

SHO of Khutar Police Station Sanjay Singh said the minor was raped when her parents had gone out to purchase medicines.

When the parents returned home, the accused fled the scene flashing a countrymade pistol and sword, officials said.

Kanpur: Anti-land mafia drive is on. There is also effort to find ways for minimizing the flood relief works. Incomplete bridges are being completed fastly. The BJP is bent upon erasing corruption and  corrupt people, stressed the state deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Mauraya while speaking to the Press here on Thursday. 

Muzaffarnagar, Jun 13 (PTI) Four railway policemen, including a station house officer, were booked for allegedly beating up a journalist in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, an official said Thursday.

In a purported video of the incident, which went viral on social media late Tuesday night, the accused Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel, dressed in plain clothes, can be seen repeatedly slapping and punching television journalist Amit Sharma.

Subsequently, the scribe was detained by the railway policemen.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jun 12 (PTI) A local BSP leader was shot dead by unidentified men in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said Wednesday.

Shokat, 40, was returning to his village from Shamli on Tuesday night when motorcycle-borne men fatally shot him near Harar Fatehpur village, Additional Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Srivastava said.

He was a former BSP general secretary of Baghra area.

The body has been sent for post-mortem and the search for the accused is on, the officer added.

Lucknow, Jun 12 (PTI) Journalist Prashant Kanojia was released from a jail here on Wednesday, four days after his arrest for allegedly making objectionable comments against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media.

He was freed on bail on the Supreme Court's directive Tuesday to release him immediately.

Darvesh Yadav, a newly elected President of UP Bar Council was shot dead in Agra Civil Court yesterday evening, reports the IANS.

Yadav was the first woman to be the Chairman of UP Bar Council, who was elected two days back. According to reports, the attacker was Advocate Manish Sharma, who opened three rounds of fire at Yadav, inside the chambers of Advocate Arvind Kumar Mishra within Agra court premises.

Maharajganj, 12 June 2019: Owner of a restaurant in Adda Bazaar, was beaten severally by the brother and son of a BJP ex-president of Maharaja gang district.

The owner Phoolchand Madheshia and his family members, including the females, were beaten for asking money for the food duo have eaten at his restaurant.