16-year-old athlete raped
Tuesday, Sep 17, 2013, 21:38 IST | Agency: PTI

News 1

A 16-year-old Dalit athlete was allegedly raped by a youth of his neighbouring village while she was exercising with her younger sister.

The accused Charnpreet Singh has been arrested, SSP (Khanna) Sushil Kumar said.

The girl was forcibly taken to a secluded place in Palmajra village, some 45 kms from here, yesterday by the 22-year-old accused, who then sexually assaulted her, he said.

Her younger sister, who was with the athlete, informed the matter to her parents, who then rushed to the spot

News 2 – Foul play alleged in Dalit woman’s death

Relatives of a Dalit woman who died suspiciously five months after her marriage, besieged a police station here on Tuesday, demanding action against her husband and his parents.

Sources said, R Sakuntala (27), the only daughter of Dalit couple Ramasamy and Kaliammal of Venganur village near Tirumanur in Ariyalur district, was married to M Senthil Kumar (30) of Varanavasi in Ariyalur. Their marriage took place at Tirvanaikoil here on April 15, this year. It is said that soon after the marriage, the couple were living at Samayapuram No 1 tollgate here, with Senthil Kumar’s parents.

On Monday, Sakuntala died in a suspicious manner. Senthil Kumar and his parents told Sakuntala’s parents that she had committed suicide by hanging. Suspecting foul play, parents and relatives of Sakuntala gathered in front of the No 1 tollgate police station. They claimed that the woman must have been murdered by her husband and her in-laws, and later framed as suicide. Since the woman died within five months of marriage, Lalgudi special tahsildhar Jeyendrabanu Reddy, conducted an inquiry and held talks with the agitating relatives of Sakuntala.They refused to accept the body demanding the arrest of Senthil Kumar and his parents.

Following this, Senthil Kumar, his father Maruthi and mother Vijayarani, were secured by the police. Kaliammal, Sakuntala’s mother said there was no possibility of her daughter committing suicide. “She is very bold and will never take such extreme steps. We know her (Sakuntala) very well. It is undoubtedly a murder,” claimed Kaliammal.