Children below 18 years at risk in Covid 3rd wave. Experts explain why
Children below 18 years at risk in Covid 3rd wave. Experts explain why
Experts say that children and newborns are at risk in the possible third Covid-19 wave as they are yet to be inoculated against the Covid-19 infection.
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UPDATED: May 8, 2021 16:51 IST
In the last seven days, 10-12 per cent of cases were below the age of 18 in Maharashtra s Akola and Amravati. (Representational Image: Reuters)
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Former Congress minister s daughter rescued from his residence after complaint to DCW
Former Congress minister s daughter rescued from his residence after complaint to DCW
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday said it rescued the daughter of former Congress minister Rajkumar Chauhan from his Paschim Vihar residence on Monday night.
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Rajkumar Chauhan, a four-time former MLA, was a minister in the Sheila Dixit government.
Delhi Commission for Women, on Monday night, rescued a woman from Delhi s Paschim Vihar. The rescued woman is the daughter of a former Congress minister and four term MLA Rajkumar Chauhan. The complainant, through a letter to the Delhi Government, sought help and requested the authorities to rescue her from her paternal residence. The complainant wrote that she is being held captive and is often mercilessly beaten up by her father and brother. Taking cognizance of the matter, DCW constituted a team and visited the given address along with D
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Taking cognisance of her letter, the joint team of DCW and Delhi Police rescued the woman and took her to Paschim Vihar West police station
The complainant has two daughters from the marriage and a divorce case is pending in a Chandigarh court for many years
The allegations were also confirmed by the woman`s younger daughter, according to the DCW
New Delhi: Daughter of former Congress minister Rajkumar Chauhan sought help from government authorities requesting them to rescue her from the paternal residence in Paschim Vihar. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) rescued her on Monday night from the residence of the former Congress minister.
Women’s panel said complainant had requested to rescue her
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) said that former MLA Rajkumar Chauhan’s daughter was rescued from Paschim Vihar on Monday after she reached out to the women’s panel alleging captivity and domestic violence by her family members.
In a statement on Tuesday, the DCW said that the complainant had sought help through a letter to the Delhi government requesting authorities to “rescue her”.
“The woman alleged that her father did not want her divorce case to be settled and her husband had married someone else. The complainant wanted to start a new life but was unable to do so because of the family’s prestige issues. She alleged that her father had illegally confined her to the house and would not allow her to go out of the house,” a DCW official said.
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