QAhmedabad: Doc Catches Congo Fever; Minor Held for Raping Minor
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Govt Hospital Doctor Tests Positive for Congo Fever in Jamnagar
A resident doctor of Guru Gobind Singh Government Hospital in Jamnagar has been diagnosed with Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) on Monday, 2 September, hospital authorities said.
Dr Nandini Desai, superintendent of the hospital, said that one of the resident doctors was suffering from high-grade fever for nine days. As the fever persisted, the hospital sent her blood samples to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune on Saturday. The test report returned positive of CCHF and the same were reported to the Guru Gobind Singh Government Hospital (GG) Hospital on Monday evening, the superintendent added.
“The doctor had attended to a patient with high-grade fever in the emergency ward on 22 August.
(Source: The Indian Express)
2. 16-Year-Old Booked for ‘Raping’ Minor Girl
Police have booked a 16-year-old boy for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, 3 September. The accused and the girl are residents of the same housing society and are known to each other, police said.
According to the complaint filed by the girl’s parents, the accused forcibly took the girl to his house and allegedly raped her. The girl later narrated the ordeal to her parents who then approached the local police station.
“A complaint was received late Monday night (2 September) regarding rape of an 11-year-old girl by a juvenile. We have conducted the medical test of the girl and the report is awaited. While the victim stays with her family on the ground floor, the accused lives with his family on the first floor of the same building. We booked the accused under the IPC section 376 and relevant sections of the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,” said the in-charge of the local police station.
The police have not detained the minor in the case.
(Source: The Indian Express)
3. Man Arrested for ‘Threatening, Raping’ 17-Year-Old Girl in Vadodara
The Vadodara city police on Tuesday, 3 September, arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly threatening and raping a 17-year-old girl. According to the complaint filed by the girl’s mother, the accused, a school van driver by profession, allegedly raped the girl multiple times between January and now.
In her complaint, she has alleged that the accused started stalking the girl two years ago, when she was studying in Class 11. He began following her to school and back and to her tuition classes as well and would incessantly honk when she would be around.
One day he told her that if she did not befriend him, he would kill himself and blame her for his suicide. Scared, the girl agreed to share her contact details, the mother claimed in the complaint. He then began calling her over thrice a day and kept threatening her, the mother alleged in the complaint. The threats continued even after she completed her school and joined a sewing class.
(Source: The Indian Express)
4. Avenging Aunt Morphs Niece's Pics Into Nudes
A 47-year-old woman from Shahibaug decided to misuse the reach of social media to get back at her niece with who she been engaged in a long-running dispute. She created a fake account in the victim's name on Instagram and posted her morphed photographs to ruin her image. She was arrested by Cyber cell on Tuesday.
According to the police, a complaint was lodged with the Cyber Cell on Monday by the 32-year-old victim who is a resident of Dudheshwar. As per the complaint, she received the morphed nude pictures from an unknown number a few months ago. She blocked the number and stayed mum about the incident.
However, her efforts to keep the incident a secret failed after her brother-in-law got an Instagram request from a fake account of the victim which contained her morphed pictures. Following this, a complaint was lodged.
(Source: DNA)
5. Devotees Arrested for Dancing Drunk, Brandish Beer Bottles
The Surat police on Tuesday, 3 September, arrested eight men after a video of them consuming liquor and dancing to songs during Ganesh sthapana went viral on social media.
The arrested revellers had been arrested from Gholvad area of Surat. In the video, they were spotted holding what appear to be beer bottles, passing them to each other and dancing in an inebriated state in front of Ganesh idol on road.
As per police officials, the video was shot on Monday late night, and the detainees are believed to be members of Shiv Ganesh Yuva Mandal. They were bringing the idol to Gholvad area for Sthapana.
(Source: DNA)
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