THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A six-year-old girl inmate of an orphanage near here suffered burns on her chest and arms allegedly after the staff of the institution applied a hot iron bar on her as ‘punishment for wetting the bed at night.’

Police have registered a case against the staff based on a complaint from the child’s mother.  The incident came to light when the child’s mother came to take her home for Onam festival vacation, police said. On questioning the child about the burns, she said orphanage authorities punished her for wetting the bed. However, authorities at the St Joseph Sai Matha Orphanage near Vattiyurkavu here, denied the allegation and said burns were caused after hot tea fell on her, police said.

PTI 1 September 2009, 02:18pm IST

JAMNAGAR/AHMEDABAD: A 17-year-old girl was gangraped repeatedly by seven persons in Jamnagar, Rajkot and Mumbai for six days according to a complaint lodged with Ahmedabad crime branch. After the complaint was transferred to Jamnagar city B-division police station, as the girl belongs to Jamnagar, six of the accused were arrested by Sunday evening. Police have started procedure to arrest the seventh person, who lives in Mumbai.

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RAJKOT: A 12-year-old girl was raped by a 54-year-old security guard of a hospital. The matter came to light in a dramatic revelation when the girl’s father caught him in the act and thrashed him before handing him over to the police.

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JAMNAGAR/AHMEDABAD: A local court on Monday sent six persons, who had been arrested for the gangrape of 17- year-old girl in Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Mumbai, to five days of police remand.

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PUNE: A seven-year-old girl died of swine flu in Pune on Tuesday, taking the viral infection toll in the city to 32.

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KANPUR: The cops of the Government Railway police (GRP) freed a child from the clutches of abductors and nabbed all of them from the Kanpur Central railway station, here on Monday.

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JAIPUR: Flouting traffic rules proved dear for a family. Four of the five members of a family, including a girl child, were killed after a speeding truck hit their motorcycle near Sheetla Mata temple in Chaksu area on Monday. A case has been registered against the truck driver, who managed to flee leaving the vehicle behind.

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CHANDIGARH: A girl, studying in class VIII in Government School, Hallomajra, tried to commit suicide on Monday by slitting her wrist apparently after a classmate saw her with her boyfriend on Saturday. Her boyfriend had reportedly beaten up the classmate afterwards, who is said to be a friend of the girl’s brother. Sources said she attempted suicide fearing her brother would get to know.

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