# Uttar Pradesh

Molestation complaint against son, woman set on fire by parents

Kulpahar station house officer (SHO) Mahendra Pratap Singh said the parents were angry over the registration of the molestation case against their son

IANS | Mahoba (UP) | August 16, 2021 11:12 am

Molestation complaint against son, woman set on fire by parents

A woman, 30, who filed a molestation complaint against a man, was allegedly set ablaze by the accused’s parents.

The woman was admitted to the Jhansi medical college in a critical condition after the attack on Sunday evening.

Kulpahar station house officer (SHO) Mahendra Pratap Singh said that the parents of the man were allegedly angry over the registration of the case against their son.

“On Saturday, she had registered a case against her neighbour for beating and molesting her. The accused was taken into custody. The girl, later in a statement to police, said that angry over the registration of the case, parents of the accused poured kerosene over her and set her afire,” the SHO said.

The mother of the accused has been taken into custody and the matter is being probed.

# India

AAP to support SP candidates in UP bye -polls

The Aam Aadmi Party( AAP) has announced its support to the Samajwadi Party candidates in the Uttar Pradesh bye -polls. " Our stand is clear. Don't get divided but defeat BJP at any cost," announced AAP leader and in-charge of UP Sanjay Singh here on Monday while launching the party's membership drive.

# India

Political parties in UP get a week more to campaign in 9 assembly bye-polls

Political parties in Uttar Pradesh will now get one week's more time more for campaigning in the 9 assembly bye-elections after the Election Commission on Monday extended the date of polling to November 20 from the existing November 13.

# India

With UP bypolls drawing close, political rhetoric between SP, BJP intensifies

With the voting for Uttar Pradesh by-elections barely 10 days away, the battle between the Samajwadi Party and the BJP intensified through poster war and social media posts attacking each other.