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Dec 30, 2012 Delhi gangrape: Victim's mother collapses, docs say now stable: "Unable to bear the loss of her daughter, the 45-year-old mother of the Delhi gang-rape victim collapsed today" Dec 29, 2012 India Gate and Raisina Hills closed for public: "Anticipating protests following the death of the 23-year-old gang-rape victim, Delhi Police on Saturday (December 29) stepped up security in the capital closing India Gate and Raisina Hill for the public besides 10 Metro stations. A large number of police personnel were deployed at Rajpath, the stretch connecting India Gate and Raisina Hill where large-scale protests were witnessed last weekend, and roads leading to this was closed." Dec 29, 2012 Rape row: Are politicians adding insult to injury?: "Politicians have made shameful and shocking statements over heinous crime like rape and the victims of it." Dec 29, 2012 Police reforms is the need of the hour: Kiran Bedi: "Former IPS officer and India Against Corruption member Kiran Bedi reacting to the news of the death of Delhi braveheart said that police reforms was the need of the hour. She said the first measure that needs to be taken is the introduction of a system where complaints in connection with crime against women could be registered for free." Dec 29, 2012 'Attitude of Indian society towards women needs to change': "Supreme Court lawyer Manali Bhandare has said that the Indian society needs to change as a whole in order to ensure the safety of women." Dec 29, 2012 What Delhi and India can do to improve its police: "Also requiring a review is the stipulation that the Delhi Police Commissioner will have to be only from the Union Territory IPS Cadre. The job is too big and contentious to restrict the field of choice to just a few." Dec 29, 2012 State as predator and an extortionist at will: " The way a person without money or power is treated in Government offices and police stations hardly requires any elaboration. The plight of women is particularly horrible." Dec 29, 2012 CNN: Teenager raped in India commits suicide: "A 17-year-old girl in India killed herself after she recently said that she was gang raped." Dec 29, 2012 CNN: Indians protest after rape victim dies: "Thousands across India demand changes from the government after a gang rape victim dies from her injuries." Dec 29, 2012 CNN: India files murder charges against suspects in brutal gang rape: "Reported rape cases in India -- where a cultural stigma keeps many victims from reporting the crime -- have increased drastically over the past four decades -- from 2,487 in 1971 to 24,206 in 2011, according to official figures. New Delhi alone had 572 rapes reported last year and more than 600 in 2012." Dec 29, 2012 अपनों की बुरी नज़र का शिकार होती बेटियां: "सरकारी आंकड़ों के मुताबिक 10 में से नौ बलात्कारी पीड़िता के दोस्त या घर के लोग ही होते हैं." Dec 29, 2012 How India treats its women: "Female foetuses are aborted and baby girls killed after birth, leading to an an appallingly skewed sex ratio. Many of those who survive face discrimination, prejudice, violence and neglect all their lives, as single or married women. TrustLaw, a news service run by Thomson Reuters, has ranked India as the worst country in which to be a woman." Dec 29, 2012 BBC: Protests in India after Delhi gang-rape victim dies: "Clearly, many Indian women face threats to life at every stage - violence, inadequate healthcare, inequality, neglect, bad diet, lack of attention to personal health and well-being”" Dec 28, 2012 BBC: Women's tales from brutal Delhi: "The mistreatment and abuse of women is a particular problem in Delhi and northern India. A stiflingly patriarchal social mindset, a brazen culture of political power, a general disdain for law, a largely insensitive police force and a rising population of rootless, lawless migrants are only some of the reasons." Dec 28, 2012 BBC: Delhi gang-rape victim dies in hospital in Singapore: "The victim and her friend had been to see a film when they boarded the bus in the Munirka area of Delhi, intending to travel to Dwarka in the south-west of the city. Police said she was raped for nearly an hour, and both she and her companion were beaten with iron bars and thrown out of the moving bus and into the street." Dec 28, 2012 ‘Hang them’ is no solution when 3 out of 4 rapists walk free: "Out of 1.27 lakh rape accused facing trial in various courts in 2011, verdicts were given in just 21,489 cases. Fast-tracking of rape cases is easier said than done. When the acute shortage of judges delays verdicts in even murder trials, where will we suddenly get extra judges for the proposed special courts for sexual assaults cases?" Dec 28, 2012 The silly season More biting than the coldest December day in 28 years, some public figures betray a chilling mindset… Dec 28, 2012 CNN: Condition of India rape victim worsens, doctor says: "Reported rape cases have increased drastically over the past 40 years -- from 2,487 in 1971 to 24,206 in 2011, according to official figures. New Delhi alone reported 572 rapes last year and more than 600 in 2012." Dec 28, 2012 Atrocity upon atrocity : "Don’t blame police alone; Ministers are as guilty" Dec 28, 2012 Police defiant in the Bangalore molestation case: "In an outrageous incident at Bangalore, two Bhutanese women were allegedly molested by the driver and conductor of a BMTC bus. The sisters were on their way to work when the alleged incident took place." Dec 28, 2012 Has power gone to their heads?: "In another case of limitless arrogance of power, the Health Minister of Punjab threatened a cop after he felt that he was "ignored" at an inauguration ceremony. The Minister, who expected 'Royal Tratment', was so infuriated that he even threatened to break ties with his coalition partner. From Mayawati getting her shoe cleaned by her Personal Security Officer to an MNS corporator slapping a contractor; from Azam Khan rebuking a top bureaucrat to Mulayam threatening a lady election official- all these instances speak of limitless political arrogance." Dec 28, 2012 Finally, authorities wake up in Punjab: "After much uproar over the rape and suicide case of a 17-year-old girl in Patiala, the Punjab police finally spoke out today (December 28). But instead of any promise of action, the cops chose to indulge in an endless round of self praise. The question is- why is the Punjab government silent now?" Dec 28, 2012 Dented-painted remark: Change in mindset needed, say activists: "President Pranab Mukherjee's son and Congress MP from West Bengal's Jangipur Abhijit Mukherjee sparked a row by calling the anti-rape protesters at India Gate in Delhi as 'dented and painted' women. Even as he said sorry for his 'dented-painted' remark, women rights groups have rejected his apology and said a change in mindset was required." Dec 28, 2012 Political leaders shame India with sexist comments: "Politicians have once again come under fire for their shameful and shocking comments." Dec 27, 2012 President's son's sexist remark sparks a major row: "President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit landed in a controversy today over his description of women protesters in Delhi against the gang-rape incident as 'highly dented and painted', sparking a massive outrage with his remark dubbed as "sexist"." Dec 27, 2012 Hundreds of rape victims await justice: "No matter what the Govt says, no matter how many assurances the Centre furnishes promising to tackle the issue, it is still an absolute free run for the brutes who think they can get away with a crime as heinous as rape. Even as the nation fights for the 23-year-old gangrape victim fighting for her life in Singapore, there are hundreds across the country who share her fate, her trauma and her helplessness." Dec 27, 2012 From Delhi to Gujarat, the same story: "Even as the nation fights for the 23 year old gang rape victim fighting for life in Delhi's Safdarjung hospital there are hundreds across the country who share her fate, her trauma and her helplessness. An 18-year-old girl raped and strangulated in Nav-sari, Gujarat is struggling to live. A 2 year old baby girl was raped by her relative and succumbed to injuries and a woman was allegedly raped by 12 men in Surat." Dec 27, 2012 BBC: India tea workers burn boss to death in Assam state: "Hundreds of tea plantation workers have set alight their boss's bungalow in north-east India, burning to death the owner and his wife" Dec 27, 2012 Assam tea estate MD, wife burnt to death by workers demanding salary: "Bhattacharya and his wife were staying in the house when the mob set fire to the house." Dec 27, 2012 Breaking The Silence : "The on-going anti-rape protests may have been triggered by a publicly enacted brutality, but they are about a much greater anger, a pent-up fury about many, many issues " Dec 27, 2012 10 Sexist Remarks By Indian Politicians: "The president's son Abhijit Mukherjee is only following in the footsteps of many illustrious and honourable names " Dec 27, 2012 'Just Save My Daughter, Please': " “Just save my daughter," 47-year-old Usha Saxena cried out when she saw cops pulling her 19-year-old daughter Shambhavi's hair and hitting her head against a wall. “Don’t let them harm her.”" Dec 27, 2012 Punjab: Minor rape victim commits suicide, 3 arrested: "The girl's family alleges that the police did not act on her complaint." Dec 27, 2012 First Son gets a Presidential denting: " the President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, who apparently pulled up his son and wanted to know “what prompted him to make such a statement”. Only a few days ago the President, while saying that “negative perception about women must end”" Dec 27, 2012 Abhijit slammed for his dented-painted women comment: "President Pranab Mukherjee's son and Congress MP from West Bengal's Jangipur Abhijit Mukherjee has created a controversy by calling the anti-rape protesters at India Gate in Delhi as 'dented and painted' women. The Jangipur MP was forced to retract his comments but not before he raked more controversy by trying to justify his statement." Dec 27, 2012 Tormented by cops and 'rapists', girl kills self: ""Cops at the Badshahpur police post used to summon her there alone late in the evening, and then asked her to narrate what had happened, in graphic detail,"" Dec 27, 2012 UP rape victim raped by cops probing case: "A gang-rape victim from Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar, who was again violated by the investigating officer (IO) probing her case, has now alleged that she was also raped by the inspector in charge of the police station where she had lodged her complaint. While the IO was arrested on December 14, no action has been taken against the inspector. Now the victim has written to the chief minister for justice." Dec 27, 2012 Pranab's son Abhijit Mukherjee sorry for remarks on anti-rape protesters, daughter Sharmistha 'shocked and anguished': ""Those who are coming in the name of students in the rallies, sundori, sundori mahila (beautiful women), highly dented and painted," Abhijit Mukherjee, an MP from Jangipur seat which the President had vacated before his election, told a vernacular news channel." Dec 27, 2012 Outrage over Delhi rape: Will it change mindsets?: "President Pranab Mukherjee's son and Congress MP Abhijeet Mukherjee calls protesters at India Gate dented and painted women." Dec 27, 2012 Woman who had escaped molestation in a DTC bus recalls horror: "In a case similar to the Delhi gangrape in 1988, a woman was attacked by 4 men in a DTC bus. However, she had jumped off the bus and escaped." Dec 27, 2012 Is there a complete breakdown in trust between police, public?: "The post mortem report of Subhash Tomar countered eyewitnesses' accounts, and suggested that the injuries could have led to the cardiac arrest causing Tomar's death." Dec 25, 2012 Fight for justice continues: "The capital has vowed to fight on as protests to demand justice for the 23-year-old rape victim continue." Dec 25, 2012 Kanpur girl claims abuse by cops: "Anger spills onto the streets on Lucknow after two incident of rape came to light in Uttar Pradesh. The victims waiting for justice for far too long as outrage peaks in the capital." Dec 24, 2012 कब जागेगी सरकार, हिंदुस्तान मांगे इंसाफ...: "पिछले आठ दिनों से पूरा देश एक ही मांग कर रहा है." Dec 24, 2012 How the Indian system, society works against rape survivors Dec 24, 2012 गैंगरेप मामले पर सरकार की पांच नाकामियां : "सरकार सभी आंदोलनों के साथ ऐसे ही व्यवहार करती है कि मानो वो विपक्षी दलों के स्वार्थ से प्रेरित और कुछ किराए के लोगों द्वारा किया गया आंदोलन हो." Dec 24, 2012 Watch: Shinde justifies police crackdown, compares anti-rape protesters to Maoists: "Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, while justifying the disproportionate use of force on protesters at India Gate, said he cannot be expected to go meet the demonstrators or the Maoists." Dec 24, 2012 Now, schoolchildren defy policemen, reach Jantar Mantar, shock with demands: "The schoolchildren expressed their shock at the depraved nature of the Delhi gangrape and highlighted problems faced by young girls in their schools when they travel to and back from school." Dec 24, 2012 Delhi gangrape: Has our political leadership failed us?: "MoS Home Affairs RPN Singh apologised to the protesters for the police action but added that anti-social elements were trying to indulge in violence." Dec 24, 2012 Watch: Delhi policemen attack anti-rape protesters: "Many anti-rape protesters, including women, were lathicharged by policemen at India Gate after the protest took a violent turn. Over 140 people were inured as police also fired tear gas shells and water cannons on protes" Dec 23, 2012 CNN: Indian prime minister calls for calm after violence erupts during anti-rape rallies: "Official data show that reported rape cases have increased more than tenfold over the past 40 years -- from 2,487 in 1971 to 24,206 in 2011." Dec 23, 2012 BBC: India PM appeals for Delhi calm after rape protests: "Police figures show that, in Delhi, a rape is reported on average every 18 hours and some form of sexual attack every 14 hours." Dec 23, 2012 Rape and the crisis of Indian masculinity: "As women assert their identity and enter his bastions of power, the traditional Indian male is reacting with violence" Dec 23, 2012 CNN: Rape protesters hit with water cannons: "Protestors in New Delhi, India, want justice for a 23-year-old woman who was gang-raped at a bus stop last Sunday." Dec 23, 2012 CNN: Women on alert after gang rape in India: "Mallika Kapur reports on the uproar among New Delhi's women after a mass-rape on a bus." Dec 23, 2012 There is no woman in India who hasn't been harassed: Kiran Bedi: "The former IPS officer and activist Kiran Bedi appealed to police to exercise patience and said the protesters need to be addressed properly by people like Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Police Commissioner." Dec 23, 2012 Delhi gangrape: Protesters beaten up by police: "Angry protesters, who were demonstrating against the gangrape and assault of a 23-year-old girl in a bus in Delhi, returned to India Gate just a few minutes after the police crackdown and vented their ire agai" Dec 22, 2012 Rage @ Raisina Hill: "Instead of any neta addressing the concerns of anti-rape protests in Delhi, the cops crack down with lathicharge, tear-gas and water cannons on young students" Dec 22, 2012 Inept police flex muscle on protestors: "Police fired teargas shells and used water cannons as several hundreds of young students on Saturday (December 22) marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan for the second day demanding justice for the 23-year-old gangrape victim. The shameful police action came after a day after their Chief, Neeraj Kumar and Home Secretary's praise for the Delhi police came under question." Dec 22, 2012 Video: Police lathicharge protesters at Rashtrapati Bhawan: "As hundreds of protesters gathered at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi to protest against the bus gangrape incident, police lathicharged them and opened water cannons at them to disperse them from the site." Dec 22, 2012 Woman gang-raped, stripped naked in Tripura; seven arrested: "the accused dragged the housewife from her home and took turns to rape her before many people, including women. But no one dared to come forward to save the mother of a five-year-old." Dec 21, 2012 Nearly 1,000 rape cases await light of justice in Delhi’s courts: "Sunday night’s gang-rape has brought under intense scrutiny every aspect of the enforcement and legal system whose lack of prompt and fitting action are seen as being responsible for the brazenness with which crimes, especially against women, continue to be committed." Dec 21, 2012 पूर्व विधायक पर फिर लगा रंगदारी मांगने का आरोप: "बिहार के वैशाली जिले में स्थित पटना साहिब कॉलेज ऑफ इंजीनियरिंग के निदेशक संत लाल यादव ने एक बार फिर जनता दल यूनाइटेड (जदयू) की विधायक अन्नू शुक्ला के पति और पूर्व विधायक मुन्ना शुक्ला पर दो करोड़ रुपये बतौर रंगदारी मांगने और जान से मारने की धमकी देने का आरोप लगाते हुए एक प्राथमिकी दर्ज कराई है." Dec 21, 2012 Outrage spreads & protests intensify: "Angry protests in New Delhi reaching the doorstep of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Security officials tried in vain to hold them back. A protester who slipped inside intent on going inside the Presidents house being turned away by the guards. It's showing that the outrage has spilled over the country." Dec 21, 2012 From streets to Raisina Hill, call for justice grows for rape victim: "women activists and students tried to enter the high-security Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace on Raisina Hill" Dec 21, 2012 Delhi Police out of sync with reality?: "The Union Home Secretary calling the Delhi Police action 'outstanding' 9 times in his address today, even when the High Court has pulled up the police force in the gangrape case. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police seemed to be totally oblivious to the rising horror of rape in the Capital despite the registered number of rape cases going up by 800% between 1971 and 2011." Dec 21, 2012 Amitabh Bachchan condemns violence against women: "Condemning violence against women, actor Amitabh Bachchan said the time has come that people speak against such incidents." Dec 21, 2012 बलात्कार को लेकर कुछ नेताओं पर भी हैं कीचड़: "एनईडब्ल्यू की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार छह विधायकों ने चुनाव के वक्त भारतीय चुनाव आयोग में दिए गए अपने शपथ पत्र में स्वीकार किया है कि उनके खिलाफ़ बलात्कार का आरोप है." Dec 21, 2012 'The govt needs to tell us 20 steps how not to get raped': "A group of doctors protesting at India Gate demanded that the government, if it cannot help, tell women 20 steps how not to get raped." Dec 21, 2012 Delhi is unsafe, I am ashamed: Sheila Dikshit: "As the whole country remains shocked and angry after the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in the heart of national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said that the incident h" Dec 21, 2012 Delhi gangrape: Protests continue, have you joined yet?: "Nationwide protests continue over the shocking gangrape of a young 23-year-old medical student who was assaulted with an iron rod, stripped and thrown off a moving bus by a group of men in the national capital" Dec 21, 2012 Rail attendant lodges FIR against UP minister Azam Khan: "he slapped me and pinched me while locking into the coupe. He told me that he would let me go only if I would hold my ears and do sit-ups 50 times." Dec 20, 2012 Two MPs, 6 legislators face rape charges: Think tank: "parties like the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) gave tickets to candidates with charges of rape and other atrocities against women in different states." Dec 20, 2012 Judicial system failed me, says a rape victim's mother: "As the 23-year-old victim - a paramedical student from Dehradun - of Delhi's bus gangrape case continued to fight for her life, CNN-IBN spoke to the mother of another rape victim who told how the judicial sys" Dec 19, 2012 Security only for VIPs, not common man?: "According to the Bureau of Police Research and Development, in 2010 50,059 police personnel were deployed for the protection of 16,788 VIPs across 25 states and Union Territories including ministers, MPs, MLAs, bureaucrats and judges." Dec 19, 2012 Will death penalty for rapists be a deterrent?: "The opposition has demanded that those involved in rape case must be given capital punishment.", "our police foces have become the armed militia of the ruling party." Dec 19, 2012 Delhi gangrape: Anger across the nation; victim critical: "It has been over two days since a 23-year-old girl was gangraped, beaten and thrown of the bus. The police claim to have arrested four people. While the victim's health deteriorated on Tuesday night, shock an" Dec 19, 2012 FTN: Are governments failing to curb crimes against women?: "Attack after attack on women and yet the system remains inert and apathetic. All we hear is about dress codes, women must dress this way and behave in a certain way, but this is not about dress codes anymore, this is abo" Dec 19, 2012 Delhi gangrape: Women say they don't feel safe in the city: "It's been 48 hours since the bus gangrape case horrified Delhi. The city administration has, like always, promised to make Delhi safer for women. But has that happened? CNN-IBN's correspondent Priyanka Dube travelled o" Dec 19, 2012 More police patrolling needed in Kolkata, say citizens: "Women commuters in Kolkata say that they think twice before getting into a cab, taxi or any other public transport because street sexual harassment has become very common in the city." Dec 19, 2012 Bangalore: Women avoid travelling in night, carry pepper sprays: "In comparison to other metros, Bangalore is comparatively a safer city possibly because the city ends its day early. But do the women feel safe in Bangalore? Watch what women in the city have to say about it." Dec 19, 2012 Watch: Women commuters in Delhi say they are groped even in day time: "Women who travel in buses are harassed, teased and groped almost every day with absolutely no sense of security. In NCR, lakhs of women who travel in packed buses have their own horror stories to tell. Watch." Dec 19, 2012 Public transport is not safe in Hyderabad: Women: "Women in Hyderabad say that the city is definitely safer than many other cities but still they can't afford to travel alone in the night as public transport is not reliable." Dec 19, 2012 Delhi gangrape: 3 accused confess to their crime: "Three accused in the gangrape and brutal assault of a 23-year-old girl inside a private bus in Delhi on Sunday have confessed to their crime in a Delhi court on Wednesday. The accused Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma" Dec 19, 2012 Rapes on the rise as trial is slow: Soumya Vishwanathan's mother: "In September 2008, 26-year-old journalist Soumya Vishwanathan was found shot dead in her car while on her way back from work. Four years on, her mother says that justice has not been done. In fact, road safety for women" Dec 19, 2012 I am socially ostracised: Kolkata rape victim: "Do authorities live up to their promises to rape victims after the initial outcry? A single mother was raped in Kolkata's Park Street a few months back. Now she says that she feels lonely and defeated. The Park Street r" Dec 19, 2012 Delhi gangrape: Scared to go out at night, says MP Jaya Bachchan: "Actor-turned MP Jaya Bachchan told CNN-IBN that she is afraid of going out in Delhi. This after a 23-year-old was mercilessly gangraped and who is now battling for her life in a government hospital." Dec 19, 2012 Delhi gangrape: Students, activists protest on streets, demand justice: "Students and activists in Delhi protested on Wednesday on the streets of the national capital, raising their voices against the heinous gangrape of the 23-year old paramedic students, and demanding justice for" Dec 19, 2012 Cong MLA, aides thrash commuters: "Three persons, including the gunman and driver of a local MLA, were on Monday (December 17) booked for allegedly thrashing a person at a railway crossing in Jind, Haryana." Dec 19, 2012 Speak up to demand change in law: "Two days after the heinous crime of gangrape in a moving bus in Delhi, even as the culprits are being rounded up, the victim is battling for her life in this hospital. As the nation prays for her speedy recovery, she is still battling between life and death at New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital." Dec 19, 2012 India TV reality check reveals rampant eve-teasing on Delhi roads: "Under India TV's Operation Delhi, a model posing as a lone female officegoer stood at a bus stop in Dhaula Kuan at 8 pm, where she was openly harassed by three men in a car and later at 8:55 pm by a motorbike rider." Dec 19, 2012 Dear VIP, instead of shedding tears for rape victim, shed your inflated security: "7,315 cops are dedicated to keep just 416 of you safe, often bolster your ego, sometimes even run your errands. If some of them were on Delhi streets on Sunday night, the 23-year-old girl would perhaps not have been gangraped on a moving bus" Dec 19, 2012 India protesters demand action over gang rape of student: "demanded action from authorities who have long ignored persistent violence and harassment against women." Dec 18, 2012 Delhi rape: Why can’t we think above candlelight marches?: "One more gangrape. It does not matter where – New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai or anywhere in the country. For God’s sake, let’s not cry ‘shame’ anymore – it sounds so fake and insincere." Dec 17, 2012 Delhi gangrape: Police identify four suspects: "Delhi Police have made some progress in the brutal assault and gangrape of a medical student on Sunday night. Sources say police have identified four men who raped and assaulted the girl. The bus, inside which" Dec 17, 2012 Delhi gangrape victim critical after intestinal damage: "The victim of the brutal gangrape in south Delhi's Vasant Vihar area is said to be in a critical condition and fighting for her life in the ICU of the Safdarjung hospital after suffering intestinal damage dur" Dec 16, 2012 J&K: 2 infants die in hospital, parents allege negligence: "Grief and anger was witnessed in a government hospital in Baramullah after two infants on ventilator support died at. Families allege the authorities failed to switch on the back up when power failed." Dec 15, 2012 Quota in promotions: 18 lakh employees on strike in UP: "bout 18 lakh employees and officers of UP government on Thursday (Dec 13) went on a flash strike boycotting work in protest against attempts at "forcible passage" of the SC/ST quota bill in Rajya Sabha, saying the stir will continue." Dec 15, 2012 Doctor kills newborn baby in J&K?: "A government doctor and two of his accompalices were arrested for allegedly killing a new born baby in Kupwara district of north Kashmir. What's worse is that the doctor was allegedly paid by the mother to commit the gruesome crime." Dec 15, 2012 B'lore: 4-yr-old allegedly raped by father's friend: "In a shocking incident, a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father's friend in Bangalore. The child was admitted to a hospital with bite marks and other injuries. The police said that the accused "
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