Updated Jan 12, 2021 | 17:56 IST
Shortly after her family received a message that she has been kidnapped and demanded Rs 5 lakh as ransom for her release, they added. Police said a thorough investigation is underway and the perpetrators would not be spared (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Aligarh: The body of a minor girl, who was allegedly gang-raped and then killed, was recovered from near railway tracks in the Gandhi Park area here, police said on Tuesday.
They said efforts are on to nab three persons accused of the crime.
According to police, the girl student, aged 15-16 years, had gone missing from her house in a village under the Harduaganj police station area on Sunday morning.
2446 SC DIRECTIVE: No police officer or jail warder on his own volition can fetter or handcuff a prisoner. A magistrate’s order has to be obtained for handcuffing. Reuters
Sankar Sen
Ex-Director, National Police Academy
The Indian Police Foundation (IPF), a police think tank, has been asked by some senior police officers to move the Supreme Court for a review of the court’s directives on the handcuffing of prisoners. In the case of Citizens for Democracy vs the State of Assam, the apex court had earlier issued detailed directives regarding the handcuffing of the arrested persons and jailed prisoners.
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The first consignment of Covid-19 vaccine Covishield will land in Delhi at 9pm on Thursday. This comes a day ahead of second nationwide mock drill on the coronavirus vaccination scheduled to be held on January 8.