The Tribune, January 16, 2002

Girl raped

Sonepat
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth, Anil Kumar, at Kheri Tagga village, about 25 km from here, yesterday. According to a report, the girl had gone to a field when she was caught by the youth and raped by him.

The police have registered a case against the youth who is still at large. A hunt is on to apprehend him. Later, the girl was medically examined at a community health centre at Ganaur.

Car stereos stolen

The spate of thefts in the city continues to worry both the police and residents. According to a report, stereos and cassettes worth several lakhs of rupees were stolen from the cars, which were parked outside the residences in Sector 14, Mission Chowk and other areas of the city, last night.

Mr Rajan Sharma, a resident of Chintapurni colony, lodged an FIR with the Sector 14 police saying that he had parked his car around 1.30 am outside his house. When he woke up in the morning, he found that the lock and windowpanes of the car were broken and the stereo and the cassettes were missing.

Similar thefts were reported to the police by owners of other cars in the areas near Mission Chowk and the mandi.

Body found

The highway patrolling police found the body of an unidentified man lying on the G.T. Road near Larsauli village, about 15 km from here, last night. According to a report, the police believe it to be a road accident. The victim has not been identified so far.

According to another report, Mr Suraj Bhan, a resident of Pritampura village, sustained serious injuries when he was hit by an unidentified vehicle on the G.T. Road near Bad Khalsa village, 13 km from here, yesterday.

The injured person was immediately hospitalised at Delhi where he is stated to be out of danger. The police have registered a case and further investigations are in progress.