New Delhi: In more embarrassment for the Mayawati government, BSP MLA from Bijnor, Shanawaz Rana has been suspended over a molestation case. Rana Has been suspended for alleged involvement in the abduction and rape attempt on two Delhi-based girls. The MLA's kin was involved in the abduction and rape attempt on the girls. Mayawati has also banned the entry of Rana in all party functions. "He has been suspended from...
04:08 PM, Jun 24, 2011
New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Anand Sen and two others have been held guilty in the murder case of 24-year-old law student Shashi. Sen has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the verdict announced by a Faizabad court on Tuesday. The two others have also been sentenced to life imprisonment. Pronouncing the verdict, Judge Matambar Singh also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 each on the MLA and his...
03:04 PM, May 17, 2011
Banda: Rahul Gandhi on Monday met the teenaged girl, who was allegedly raped by a BSP MLA, in her village here and assured her of all possible help after the victim claimed that she was getting threats from the legislator's henchmen. "Rahul arrived at the house this afternoon and had a glass of milk which I served," the 17-year-old girl, who belongs to a backward community, told reporters in Shahbajpur...
03:11 PM, Feb 07, 2011
Banda: A local court on Wednesday directed Uttar Pradesh health department to conduct a DNA test of jailed BSP MLA Purshottam Naresh Dwiwedi arrested on the charge of raping a minor backward community girl. Chief Judicial Magistrate Trapta Chaudhary directed the chief medical officer to get a DNA test of the MLA done within a week's time, prosecution sources said here. The order was passed on an application moved by...
11:23 PM, Feb 02, 2011
Banda: The quest for justice for the rape victim in Banda is going nowhere. An inquiry into why the Dalit girl had to spend 30 days in jail for a theft that looks like a cover up for rape is going on. But the shocker is why it took two weeks for the jailer to order a medical inquiry after the victim had informed the jail staff of her plight....
09:24 PM, Jan 18, 2011
New Delhi:Ravan Garg, the fourth accused in the Dalit girl rape case surrendered before the a local Banda court on Tuesday. Garg is the bodyguard of the BSP MLA Purushottam Dwivedi accused of rape. The police is on the lookout for one more accused in the case, who is a relative of Dwivedi. Meanwhile, the Allahabad high court will decide whether the confinement of the Banda girl was illegal. With...
11:08 AM, Jan 18, 2011
Banda rape victim claims she is 17-years old; court decision expected shortly. ...
01:26 PM, Jan 17, 2011
New Delhi: The 17-year-old Dalit rape victim, who was released from jail on Saturday, told CNN-IBN that she still fears for her life because BSP MLA Purushottam Dwivedi and his supporters are threatening revenge. The teenager says the MLA should be hanged for what he has done to her. She said that the she fled from the MLA's house when he tortured her for the third time following which the...
11:42 AM, Jan 16, 2011
Banda: A teenaged backward caste girl, who was allegedly raped by BSP MLA Purshottam Naresh Dwiwedi and was arrested in connection with a theft case, was released from the prison on Saturday evening after more than a month. The 17-year-old girl walked free from the Banda District Jail after an order for her release, issued by the District Judge, was handed over to prison authorities, officials said. The girl was...
08:24 PM, Jan 15, 2011
The decision to release the Banda rape victim was announced by UP cabinet secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh. ...
06:15 PM, Jan 15, 2011
New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi, accused of raping a 17-year-old Dalit girl, has threatened to take revenge against his opponents after he comes out of jail. After his arrest Dwivedi claimed that he was the victim of a political conspiracy. "There are conspiracies by political opponents behind the entire episode. I will take revenge," threatened Dwivedi. Defiant and brazan, Purshottam Dwivedi, made the statement just minutes...
08:41 PM, Jan 14, 2011
New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi, accused of raping a 17-year-old Dalit girl, has threatened o take revenge against his opponents after he comes out of jail. After his arrest Dwivedi claimed that he was the victim of a political conspiracy. "There are conspiracies by political opponents behind the entire episode. I will take revenge," threatened Dwivedi. Reacting to the threat by the MLA, National Commission for...
08:07 AM, Jan 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Mayawati government on Wednesday ordered the arrest of the BSP MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi accused of raping a teenage Dalit girl. The order, though, came 20 days after the alleged incident. The victim is still in jail on charges of robbery. Two more co-accused Rajendra Shukla and Surendra have already been arrested. The action came hours after CB-CID, which was probing the case, submitted its report to...
05:05 PM, Jan 12, 2011
New Delhi: The CB-CID has submitted it's report to the Uttar Pradesh government into the rape of the 17-year-old Dalit girl. The girl was allegedly raped by BSP MLA Purshottam Dwivedi last month. Indications are that rape charges could be framed against Dwivedi. The report also dismisses the charges of theft against the Dalit girl. The 17-year-old Dalit girl was raped last month and later lodged in jail on charges...
08:40 AM, Jan 11, 2011
New Delhi: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes may soon send a team to UP's Banda district to get a detailed report on the rape of a minor Dalit girl allegedly by BSP MLA Purshottam Dwivedi. The move comes after Lucknow Superintendent of Police Anil Das sent a preliminary report about the incident to the NCSC office a few days ago. "We may soon send a team to Banda for...
12:13 PM, Jan 07, 2011
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