Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: To construct transparency CCTV cameras with sound recorders are being put up at all police stations here. Only police officers will be able to monitor activities happening at police stations via mobiles and ipads.

This structure will come into effect within four days," Additional Commissioner of Police Anand Prakash Tiwari has said.

The work of installing CCTVs began on Tuesday. All the police stations will have this facility in which the entire activities of the police stations will be caught, reports said.

Kanpur: A woman accused of theft allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the bathroom ceiling at a state-run shelter home here.

She was lodged by police at the shelter home, as reported.

A 23-year-old woman, a resident of Magar Wara in Unnao, worked as domestic help. 

Following the death, relatives of the deceased reached the mortuary and staged a protest.

'We are planning to conduct an inquiry to get all the facts in the case,' said DCP West (Kanpur) BBGTS Murthy.

Kanpur: Kanpur university Examinations admit card disbursement work was being conducting at DAV College premises here on Monday. Hours later there was an uproar and the work was disrupted.

When the office clerk was approached he simply said I could do nothing. They disturbed the process. 

The students who did not get the admit card remained real sufferers of the noisy spectacle.

First, there was slogan shouting by striking employees of the college and later the students raised the slogans in protest.

Aligarh (UP), May 8 (PTI) A policeman was suspended on Sunday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl related to him in a village here, officials said.

The action against the constable, who was posted in Bulandshahr district, came after a report from the Aligarh senior superintendent of police about the incident that took place on Friday.

According to the police, the girl is from Kasgunj district, and she was visiting a relative in the village near Atrauli.

Ballia (UP), May 9 (PTI) A 23-year-old married woman was allegedly raped by her relative in the Rasra area of the district, police said on Monday.

An FIR was registered and the accused has been arrested, they said.

According to police, the incident took place on Sunday when the woman (23) was alone in her house and her relative Ashwani Ram (21) reached there and raped her.

A detailed probe is on in the matter, they said.

Kanpur: A girl student fell from the fourth floor of DG College at Civil Lines here in a suspicious condition on Monday morning.

The incident caused a stir on the spot. On getting information about the incident, the police reached the spot and started an investigation.

She has been admitted to the hospital in a serious condition. There were injuries all over the body and the head.

The girl jumped herself or was pushed by someone or is it an accident. A police investigation is underway on all these three aspects.

Jaipur/Noida, May 8 (PTI) A team of Rajasthan Police is in Noida in Uttar Pradesh to arrest TV journalist Aman Chopra for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups and hurting religious sentiments, an official said on Sunday.

Budaun, May 7 (PTI) A 20-year-old man has been arrested for alleged raping a minor girl in a village in Islamnagar Police Station area, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place Friday evening, when the 13-year-old girl was playing with her friends, and the accused entered her house and allegedly raped her, they said.

The accused was caught by neighbours and others when her playmates told her brother about the incident who raised an alarm and drew their attention, Superintendent of Police (rural) Siddhartha Verma said.

Shravasti (UP), May 7 (PTI) A 40-year-old widow was allegedly raped and severely beaten up by a youth in the Sonwa area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Saturday.

The woman had gone to a nearby house in her village for some work on Friday when the youth there allegedly raped and beat her up badly, they said, adding she suffered injuries in her face and head and her eyesight was also damaged.

Superintendent of Police Arvind Kumar Maurya said the youth raped the woman and assaulted her, causing injuries on her face and head.

Kanpur: Four teenagers drowned while bathing in the Ganga river on Friday, police said.

According to police, a group of seven friends from Kanpur had come to bathe in the river but slipped into deep water.

Hearing their audible cries, locals rushed to help and rescued three of them but the others drowned, police said.

The bodies have been fished out and handed over to Kanpur Police, Additional Superintendent of Police Shashi S Singh said.

Those who died have been identified as Arslan Ansari (17), Akid (16), Ayas (17) and Rehan (17), police said.