The child’s mother had approached the court alleging that the SCST Atrocities Act police had deliberately omitted the accused in the case.
Kochi, First Published Mar 9, 2022, 10:51 PM IST
Kochi: The High Court has rejected a petition seeking the inclusion of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Torture Act against Arjun in the Vandiperiyar Rape Case in which a six-year-old girl was raped and hanged. The court also said that the department would not exist as the accused Arjun also belonged to the SC category. The child’s mother had approached the court alleging that the SCST Atrocities Act police had deliberately omitted the accused in the case. The High Court had earlier sought an explanation from the government in the incident. Accordingly, the caste certificate issued by the Revenue Department to the accused and his sister was submitted to the High Court by the police.
Last June, a six-year-old girl from Vandiperiyar Churakkulam Estate was hanged after being molested by a young man in the neighborhood. The police immediately arrested the accused Arjun and charged him with rape, murder and pox within 45 days. However, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Torture Act was not enacted to further strengthen the case. The section was omitted on the ground that the accused Arjun also belonged to the same category. But years ago, the family of the accused Arjun converted to Islam.
Despite the girl’s parents and public activists pointing this out, the department refused to add. The complaint was lodged with the DGP and the Chief Minister. Yet no action was taken. With this, the parents approached the High Court. Following this, the High Court rejected the demand to include the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Torture Act against Arjun.
- The one who received the heart of the pig died; He lived for two months after the surgery
New York: A patient who received a Pig Heart from a genetically modified pig has died. David Bennett, 57, of the United States, died after two months in hospital. The hospital was quoted by the International News Agency as saying. The seven-hour operation on January 9 marked a turning point in the medical world. The surgery was performed at the Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
It is estimated that about a dozen people die every day in the United States because organ transplants do not happen on time. This is due to lack of organ availability. 3817 American citizens had their hearts transplanted last year. But there are many who are waiting for the heart. With this, the scientific world sought alternatives other than the human heart. New gene editing and cloning technologies led to the idea of the pig heart. The kidney of a genetically modified pig had been successfully transplanted earlier into a brain death. The new surgery was performed after that.
Last Updated Mar 9, 2022, 10:54 PM IST
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