The family of a 12-year-old girl raped allegedly by a local Samajwadi Party (SP) member and his employee in Ayodhya has given consent to terminate her pregnancy. The girl is 12 weeks pregnant and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Lucknow. Police, meanwhile, are planning to conduct a DNA test “to strengthen the case” against the two arrested accused. “The girl’s family has given consent (to terminate the pregnancy), and now the doctors overseeing her care will decide the next steps for the abortion. She was transferred to…
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Wayanad landslides: 8 unidentified bodies buried after taking DNA samples, massive search ops continue | India News
The death toll in Tuesday’s landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad district rose to 221 on Sunday, a day on which eight unidentified bodies were buried at a plantation in Meppadi panchayat after an all-religion prayer. About 1,300 uniformed personnel and 1,700 volunteers conducted extensive searches for bodies in the affected areas with the help of excavators and other equipment. They recovered two bodies on Sunday. Eight unidentified bodies were buried Sunday after DNA samples were taken from them. These would be matched with the DNA samples collected from close relatives of…