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Imphal: The Meghalaya Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has asked East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police, Vivek Syiem, to investigate claims that police personnel inflicted severe punishment on a 19-year-old while in custody. The SP must submit a detailed report within three weeks, by July 31. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Mildred Jyrwa, the mother of the youth, Getwin Jyrwa, lodged a formal complaint with the MHRC, alleging that officers at Sohra Police Station in Meghalaya seriously injured her son during his detention. "He was subjected to third-degree torture within the police station before being released," says the victim's mother. MHRC Chairperson, Justice (Retd.) T Vaiphei stated on Tuesday that the commission reviewed the complaint after receiving it on Monday and found sufficient grounds to act. "We will take appropriate steps based on the SP's findings," he told reporters. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Although Justice Vaiphei noted that the wording of the complaint lacked clarity, the commission considered the alleged incident a potential human rights violation. Before initiating a formal investigation, the commission chose to first seek a factual report from the district police chief. The MHRC also directed its staff to deliver the complaint and official order to the SP within 24 hours to ensure swift follow-up. Responding to the directive, SP Vivek Syiem launched an internal inquiry on Monday. He assigned the Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Pynursla, Baialamphang Wanswett, to lead the probe, with the findings expected by the end of the week. In her complaint, Mildred Jyrwa said she took her son to the Sohra Police Station around 9 am on July 3, after hearing that officers had been looking for him. Later that day, she claimed, she found him in a severely injured state. Due to the extent of his injuries, she rushed him to the Sohra Community Health Centre. Medical staff there referred him to Shillong Civil Hospital for further treatment. Doctors discharged Getwin on Monday.
Shillong: The Meghalaya State Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has directed the state police to submit a detailed report on the alleged custodial torture of a 19-year-old at the Sohra police station. MHRC Chairperson Justice (Retd) T Vaiphei stated that the commission has taken cognisance of the incident and instructed the Superintendent of Police (SP), East Khasi Hills district, Vivek Syiem, to submit an action-taken report by July 31. The commission will decide on further action based on the contents of the report. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledg ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognizance of a press release issued by the Press Club of India, New Delhi, highlighting the alleged brutal assault of two journalists by police in Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh. The incident reportedly took place on May 1, 2025, under the supervision of the District Superintendent of Police. 'NHRC, India takes suo motu cognisance of the reported assault of two journalists by police in Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh,' in a post in X, NHRC stated. https://x.com/India_NHRC/status/193056213 ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being silent on it since the accused monk had been reportedly close to the saffron party. The woman accusin ...Read More >
Gurgaon: MCG additional commissioner Yash Jaluka directed bulk waste generators (BWG) across the city to ensure proper disposal of waste by private agencies who are assisting them. Giving these instructions in a meeting held on Friday, he said it is often observed that BWGs hand over their waste to private agencies, which only sort valuable items and dump the remaining waste on roads, drains, vacant land or public places. This, he said, not only affects cleanliness of the city but also poses a threat to public health."Under the Solid Waste Management Rules-2016, it is the legal and moral respo ...Read More >
Shillong, Jun 5 (PTI) Rescuers on Thursday made no headway in the search for Sonam Raghuvanshi, a tourist from Indore whose husband was found dead in a gorge a few days ago, in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district, police said. Heavy rainfall and low visibility affected the search operation in Sohra area. Raja Raghuvanshi (29) and his wife Sonam had gone missing on May 23, hours after they checked out of a homestay at Nongriat village in Sohra area. His body was found on Monday in a gorge 20 km from the village, while a search is underway for his wife. "Extreme weather conditions at Sohra ...Read More >
A 27-year-old man allegedly died during police interrogation at Thirupuvanam here on Saturday. Sources said, B. Ajith Kumar, 27, was a temporary security personnel at Batharakaliamman temple at Madapuram near Thirupuvanam. On Friday, Sivagami, 75, along with her daughter Nikitha, of Tirumangalam, visited the temple in their car. Nikitha was assisting her mother Sivagami to walk inside the temple as the latter could not walk due to age-related ailments. They gave the key to Ajith Kumar for park ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Meghalaya government has designated three key locations to relocate over 400 eligible street vendors. Officials also confirmed that each vendor will receive a relocation allowance of Rs 20,000. A senior official from the Urban Affairs Department stated that the government selected the MUDA parking lot (both inside and outside the complex) and the municipal parking lot opposite the SBI Main Branch as designated relocation sites within the central areas of the city. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Between December 2023 and January ...Read More >
SHILLONG, July 8: The Meghalaya Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has directed the Superintendent of Police of East Khasi Hills, Vivek Syiem, to submit a detailed report within three weeks on the allegation that a teenager was subjected to first-degree punishment in custody. Mildred Jyrwa, the mother of Getwin Jyrwa, 19, had filed a complaint against the Sohra Police Station personnel. MHRC Chairperson, Justice (retired) T Vaiphei, confirmed that the commission took cognisance of the matter after receiving the complaint on Monday. He said the SP has been asked to submit the report by July 31, ...Read More >
MADURAI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who arrived in Madurai on Saturday night, will be taking part in the BJP's state core committee meeting during the day on Sunday, and address party functionaries at Velammal Global Hospital Ground in the evening. BJP sources said Shah will be visiting the Meenakshi Amman Temple on Sunday morning, where he is expected to spend around 30 minutes. He will then hold a meeting with the state's core committee, which includes union minister for state L Murugan, BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran, former governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, former state unit pr ...Read More >
SHILLONG, April 2: A local court on Thursday evening remanded Kennedy Khongsit (32), the prime accused in the murder of a seven-year-old boy from Nongrah, to eight days of police custody. Police had sought 12 days' custody for further investigation, but the court granted only eight days. Earlier in the day, East Khasi Hills police produced Khongsit for a medical examination at Shillong Civil Hospital before presenting him in court. Khongsit, a resident of Lum Marboh, Nongrah, and a neighbour of the victim, was arrested on Wednesday by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by the Superinten ...Read More >
SHILLONG, July 9: Five police personnel from Sohra police station, including one Sub-Inspector and four Unarmed Branch (UB) constables, have been placed under suspension following allegations of custodial torture of a youth accused of public obscenity and assault. The action was taken based on a departmental inquiry report submitted on Wednesday. A criminal case has also been registered against the five police personnel. The incident traces back to a written FIR lodged on July 1 by the Rangbah Shnong of Mawkisyiem, Sohra, reporting that Getwin Jyrwa, 19, of Mawkisyiem had assaulted an indivi ...Read More >
Bhopal, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day foreign visits to Dubai and Spain concluded on Saturday, and he is scheduled to return to New Delhi on Sunday, government officials said. Talking to media in Barcelona in Spain on Saturday, Chief Minister Yadav said that his visit has been successful as various memorandums of understanding were signed with investors to increase production, employment opportunity and farmers' income in the state. Speaking at the conclusion of his visit, the Chief Minister highlighted the state's focused efforts on developme ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) The NHRC on Wednesday said it has issued notices to the Punjab government and police authorities over reports that a stray dog was seen carrying the "severed head of an infant" near a government hospital in Patiala district last month. Reportedly, the attendants of the patients have alleged that stray dogs are "often found roaming" freely inside the hospital premises. And, they have also alleged poor sanitation, lack of security and negligence by the hospital authorities, the rights panel said. In a statement, the National Human Rights Commission said, it has taken suo ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Meghalaya police search team on Wednesday recovered a raincoat during their ongoing search operation. Police are searching for tourist Sonam Raghuvanshi (from Indore) in the Mawkma area near Sohrarim. Raja Raghuvanshi, a resident of Indore decomposed body was found in a deep gorge near Weisawdong Falls in Meghalaya's Sohra (Cherrapunjee). Police have confirmed that he was murdered using a dao (machete). The discovery follows the couple's mysterious disappearance on May 23 while vi ...Read More >
Shillong, Jun 7 (PTI) A tourist guide on Saturday claimed that the honeymoon couple from Indore, Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife Sonam, was accompanied by three men on the day they went missing from Meghalaya's Sohra area. An official confirmed that the guide had provided this information to the police. Also Read | Anti-Naxal Operation in Chhattisgarh: 7 Maoists Killed in Encounters in Indravati National Park Area of Bijapur District. While the couple went missing on May 23, Raja's body was found in a gorge on June 2 while a search for his wife was underway. Speaking to PTI, Albert Pde, a gu ...Read More >
Shillong, Jul 10 (PTI) A sub-inspector and four constables posted at Sohra Police Station in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district were suspended for allegedly assaulting a detainee and forcing him to drink water from a toilet earlier this month, a senior officer said on Thursday. They were suspended after a preliminary inquiry into a complaint filed on July 7 by the mother of the detainee who was injured during the alleged assault by the police personnel. Also Read | Maharashtra: Girl Students of Classes 5 to 10 Made to Strip for Menstruation Check at RS Damani School in Thane; Principal Am ...Read More >
Indore couple case: Meghalaya BJP minister backs families' CBI probe demand Shillong: Even as the hectic search for the missing Madhya Pradesh woman continued for over two weeks on Saturday, Meghalaya's lone BJP Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek has supported the families' demand for a CBI probe into the death of Raja Raghuvanshi, whose wife Sonam is still missing. The decomposed body of Sonam's husband Raja Raghuvanshi was recovered on June 2. The couple from Indoor in Madhya Pradesh went missing on May 23 while visiting Meghalaya's Sohra-Cherrapunji areas, a tourism hotspot in the northeaster ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that an Imam allegedly sexually abused a 7-year-old boy at a mosque in the Jhabreda area of Uttarakhand's Roorkee last week. According to the Press report, the boy had gone to the mosque for religious studies when the perpetrator allegedly took him to his room by force and committed the heinous act. The Imam also threatened the child with dire consequences if he disclosed the incident to anyone. The report further mentioned that the victim narrated the incident to h ...Read More >
SHILLONG, April 1: The State Police have cracked the case pertaining to the murder of a seven-year-old boy from Nongrah by arresting a neighbour in a case that had lingered for six months even as investigators were simultaneously credited with cracking other high-profile crimes. The breakthrough comes at a time when police had already drawn public attention for solving the Raja Raghuvanshi honeymoon murder case and an interstate ATM theft case, developments that had intensified pressure to resolve the Nongrah case that remained pending closer to home. The East Khasi Hills Police, through a S ...Read More >
Shillong, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the hectic search for the missing Madhya Pradesh woman continued for over two weeks on Saturday, Meghalaya's lone BJP Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek has supported the families' demand for a CBI probe into the death of Raja Raghuvanshi, whose wife Sonam is still missing. The decomposed body of Sonam's husband Raja Raghuvanshi was recovered on June 2. The couple from Indoor in Madhya Pradesh went missing on May 23 while visiting Meghalaya's Sohra-Cherrapunji areas, a tourism hotspot in the northeastern region. On Saturday, the Minister said that the CB ...Read More >
Shillong, Jun 7 (PTI) A tourist guide on Saturday claimed that the honeymoon couple from Indore, Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife Sonam, was accompanied by three men on the day they went missing from Meghalaya's Sohra area. An official confirmed that the guide had provided this information to the police. While the couple went missing on May 23, Raja's body was found in a gorge on June 2 while a search for his wife was underway. Speaking to PTI, Albert Pde, a guide at Mawlakhiat, said he had seen the couple accompanied by three male tourists as they were climbing over 3,000 steps from Nongriat ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin transferred the Sivaganga custodial death case probe to CBI on Tuesday after the state govt came under sharp criticism from the high court and opposition parties.Stalin also spoke to the family of Ajith Kumar, 27, the custodial death victim, and apologised to them. "Romba sorry ma," he told Malathi, the mother of Ajith Kumar over the phone. Ajith Kumar, a security guard at Bathrakaliamman temple in Madapuram near Tiruppuvanam in TN's Sivaganga district, was picked up as a suspect on June 27 by policemen in a gold jewellery theft case. He died in police custod ...Read More >
Jalandhar: While Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal recently alleged a secretive understanding between the Congress and the BJP in Gujarat -- calling it a "hidden romance" -- the Congress in Punjab has been bracketing AAP with RSS-BJP for over two years or accusing the Punjab chief minister of following the Centre's line on different issues.Even as the parties held a seat-sharing arrangement in Delhi, Haryana, and Gujarat, Punjab Congress leaders usually called AAP the 'B team' of RSS-BJP. They sharpened the attacks before the Lok Sabha elections. Amid these allegations, t ...Read More >
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and general secretary of the trade union 'Chandni Chowk Nagrik Manch', Praveen Shankar Kapoor, on Tuesday wrote to Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh complaining about the "poor condition" of the historic town and "lack of action by the MLAs and councillors" and seeking directions for its restoration. "The root issue in and around Chandni Chowk is that all MLAs and councillors are from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), under whose political patronage encroachments and illegal rickshaw menace continue. There is no concern shown by them [AAP leaders] towards clean ...Read More >