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Scratch marks found on IIT-BHU victim’s private parts: Doctor tells court | Latest News India

Scratch marks found on IIT-BHU victim’s private parts: Doctor tells court | Latest News India

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A government doctor told a court hearing on Friday that she found scratch marks on the private parts of the IIT BHU sexual assault victim. Students protesting at IIT-BHU campus.(File photo) Assistant district government counsel Manoj Gupta said that Dr Anamika Singh, who examined the victim, recorded her statement in the fast-track court of Judge Kuldeep Singh. In her statement, the doctor said she didn’t find marks of internal injury. However, she found some scratches on the outside, reported PTI. Gupta said the doctor surmised that rape-related violence cannot be ruled out. Also read: IIT-BHU gang rape: Third accused granted bail after 11 months in jail The court has fixed January 20 as the next date of hearing in the case that triggered national outrage. The victim is a student at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University. She had gone out of the hostel with her friend on the night of November 1, 2023, when three men riding a motorcycle accosted her. They forced her to remove her clothes and gang-raped her. Also …

IIT-BHU Student Hangs Self in Hostel Room

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Last Updated: February 02, 2024, 23:28 IST He was taken to the hospital by our team where doctors declared him brought dead, said police (Representative Image) “According to the student’s teachers and his family, he was suffering from depression for a long time,” the SHO said A male student of IIT-BHU died allegedly by hanging himself in his hostel room, police said on Friday. The deceased, identified as Utkarsh Raj (23), was suffering from depression, the police said, quoting the university officials and his family members. Station House Officer (SHO) of Lanka police station Shivkant Mishra said, “A student of architecture course committed suicide by hanging himself inside his hostel room on Wednesday. He was taken to the hospital by our team where doctors declared him brought dead.” “According to the student’s teachers and his family, he was suffering from depression for a long time,” the SHO said. Utkarsh Srivastav, public relations officer, IIT-BHU, also said that Raj was suffering from depression, adding that he was taking counselling sessions at the university. “We are cooperating …

Congress demands PM Modi’s apology in IIT-BHU sexual assault case

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A view of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) premises. File image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh on Monday targeted the ruling BJP over the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-BHU molestation case demanding bulldozer action on houses of the accused apprehended days ago and asked why the car carrying these BJP workers never overturns. Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai said his party workers would gherao and protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency office in Varanasi on Tuesday against the alleged involvement of the BJP’s IT cell office-bearers in the case. “Women and children are being molested and raped in Varanasi, the Lok Sabha segment of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To bring the real face of the BJP, on how they are patronising their criminal workers, our Banaras district unit and city unit will demonstrate outside the Prime Minister’s Varanasi office on Tuesday,” said Mr. Rai in Lakhimpur Kheri, while undertaking the Uttar Pradesh Jodo Yatra. He said the Prime Minister must apologies to the …

3 charged with rape of IIT-BHU student; Opposition says linked to BJP | Latest News India

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The Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday arrested three people and charged them with gang-rape for allegedly sexually assaulting a student inside the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) campus in November.  The arrests, which came two months after protests broke out in the institute, triggered a political row, with the Opposition saying that the accused were being shielded as they were linked to the BJP, a charge denied by the ruling party. IIT-BHU students take out a protest march demanding justice on November 8. (ANI) In the early hours of November 2, a 22-year-old student was allegedly waylaid, stripped, and sexually assaulted by three men when she stepped out of her hostel to meet a friend, according to the FIR. The complainant said that the three accused, who were riding a motorcycle, also recorded the assault. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here The incident triggered protests by students, who demanded better security inside the campus. On the basis of the woman’s complaint, an FIR was …

Three arrested in IIT-BHU molestation case, Opposition alleges accused linked with BJP

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Nearly two months after a female student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU) was allegedly disrobed and molested on campus, three men were arrested by the Varanasi Police in connection with the incident. “The accused are identified as Kunal Pandey, Anand alias Abhishek Chauhan, and Saksham Patel. Necessary action is being taken as per law,” said Shivakant Mishra, an officer of the Lanka police station in Varanasi. Opposition parties said the accused are members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and that the party has been protecting such anti-social elements. “These are the new group of BJP workers, roaming freely under patronage of senior BJP leaders, but amid pressure due to solid evidence and growing anger among the public, the BJP government has finally arrested these criminals,” wrote Leader of Opposition in the Assembly and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on X (formerly Twitter). The post included the picture of a local media report, which said Pandey is convenor of the BJP IT cell’s Varanasi Metropolitan unit, while Patel and Anand …