Uttar Pradesh

Mau (UP) Dec 5 (PTI) A case has been registered against Samajwadi Party spokesperson in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district for allegedly making derogatory comments against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, police said on Saturday.

Two days ago, the spokesperson, Rajiv Rai, had raised a question mark on the action being taken against criminals by the district administration and the police. He allegedly made some objectionable remarks against Adityanath, Assistant Superintendent of Police Tribhuvan Tripathi said.

Allahabad, Dec 4 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has observed that the attempt to murder charge slapped against a Mau resident, who participated in the religious congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat at New Delhi in March, was reflective of "abuse of the power of law".

Mahoba (UP), Dec 5 (PTI) The police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district, officials said on Saturday.

SHO, Ajnar police station, Shashi Kumar Pandey said the incident took place late on Thursday evening and the 22-year-old accused was arrested on Saturday.

"A 14-year-old girl was raped when she had gone to pluck vegetables. Later, the accused had also threatened to kill her, if she told anyone about the incident. Thereafter, the accused had fled from the spot," the SHO said.

Sitapur, Dec 5 (PTI) Seven people were arrested under Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion law for allegedly abducting a Hindu girl from her home in Sitapur district, police said on Saturday.

The main accused, whose brother and brother-in-law are among those arrested, is absconding, they said.

The incident took place on November 24. According to the girl's mother, Jabrael has also been missing from the village ever since, the police said.

Kanpur: Disturbed with the insanitation in front of their houses, the locality residents thought it out to first clear the dirty spot and then furnish it by encircling the place with green cotton.

The whole space has been developed as a badminton court. Talking to the youths who were playing badminton in the evening hours told: We are happy to change the use of space. Now there is no dirty smell and filth here. Everyone appreciates our efforts.

Banda (UP), Dec 4 (PTI) A 55-year-old debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide in a village here by hanging himself from a tree in his field, police said on Friday.

Chunbaddi had taken a loan of Rs 2.5 lakh from a bank and could not repay it, his wife Gangia Devi told police.

The body was found on Friday morning in Barai Maanpur village in Girwan area here, a police officer said.

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Mau (UP), Dec 4 (PTI) Fourteen people have been booked under the new anti-conversion law here, police said on Friday.

Shabab Khan aka Rahul (38) and 13 of his acquaintances were booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, police said.

Lucknow, Dec 4 (PTI) Days after the Uttar Pradesh government promulgated a stringent anti-conversion law, the police here stopped an interfaith wedding, saying the couple did not complete legal formalities.

The families of the bride and the groom were called to Para police station and informed about the new law. They decided to defer the wedding and follow the norms laid for an interfaith marriage under the Special Marriage Act, the police said.

Noida (UP), Dec 4 (PTI) Scores of farmers opposing the Centre's new farm laws stayed put at the Noida-Delhi border for the fourth day on the trot on Friday, even as a key road connecting Uttar Pradesh and the national capital remained partially shut due to the stir.

The protesters, including some women, are camping at one carriageway of the Delhi-Noida Link Road at the Chilla border, while some are demonstrating at the nearby Dalit Prerna Sthal near the Mahamaya Flyover, according to officials.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Dec 3 (PTI) A man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a minor girl at Morna village here, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place Wednesday evening when the 12-year-old girl had gone to attend a wedding event, SHO Sube Singh said.

The accused took the girl to a nearby sugarcane field and tried to rape her. The girl, however, raised an alarm and the villagers caught hold of the accused.

He was then handed over to the police, the officer said.