YET ANOTHER PROMISING LIFE CUT SHORT BY THE CRUEL HANDS OF FATE......

The younger they are; the harder they fall........
Following in the wake of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes premature departure owing to a fatal injury caused to the back of his skull by a rapidly rising delivery; here comes the harrowing news of yet another promising young cricketer collapsing on the field and breathing his last before the much desired and sought after medical aid reached him.......
Lukhanya Tsiki; 22 an up and coming speedster who was undergoing fitnesstraining at the Fort Hare Academy run by the former South African pacer Mfuneko Ngam in Eastern Cape Town after running 17 laps on the yo yo (or bleep machine) on which he normally ran twenty laps or more without breaking his stride or collapsing in an unceremonious heap........
Tsiki had just finished running 18 or so laps on the training machine when he decided to take a break from his pre-ordained fitness regimen and resume the same after hydrating himself and resting for a few minutes..........
He had just about pulled off his sweat soaked shirt and imbibed his first sips of his preferred energizer (electrolyte restoring drink) when he abruptly broke into a prolonged bout of coughing clutched at his chest and collapsed in an unceremonious heap before his dismayed and alarmed fellow cricketers on the fateful morning of April 20;2016.........
Realising that all was not well with their mate; five or so fellow cricketers belonging to the afore mentioned academy carried him to the nearest car and rushed him to the nearest available medical facility where the doctors pronounced him brought dead on arrival and surmised that a massive cardiac arrest had caused the untimely demise of this promising cricketer in his prime........
Tsiki is survived by his siblings (two brothers and one sister) Khaya; Cebo and Neliswa who also happen to be budding cricketers who were taking giant strides towards establishing themselves in the highly demanding and exacting South African domestic cricketing scene........
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family members; relatives and friends of this highly promising young cricketer who left for his heavenly abode before marking his presence on planet earth.......

ERRANT FATHER GETS HIS JUST DESSERTS........

When will erring and deviant father's mend their erroneous ways and begin doing things in the right manner.......
Ludhiana city police sleuths apprehended yet another 56 year old father in the wee hours of April 20; 2016 for allegedly trying to establish sexual relations with his 32 year old happily/blissfully married daughter......
According to the case's investigating officer; Vijay Gupta (the accused) was a long term resident of the city's sprawling SAS Nagar area addicted to alcohol and had been turned out of his house by his long suffering son who was not willing to put with the ruckus created by him every night after consuming copious amounts of his favourite tipple........
Homeless for the last few days; Gupta decided to seek refuge in his younger daughter's house (the same belonged to her in-laws who had since settled down for good in their village) and she more than willingly provided him with both food and shelter little suspecting his sinister and incestuous motives........
As per his habit; Gupta sauntered into his new home in a drunken stupor and crudely/boorishly demanded that his daughter who was home alone at the moment sleep with him and satisfy his unfulfilled/unquenched carnal desires as his beloved wife had departed for heavenly abode a little over three years ago........
Fearing for both her life and chastity; the doughty 32 year old woman firstly brushed her father away locked him in the room in which he had made his sexual advances on her and made a beeline towards her younger siblings (sister's) abode as she also happened to reside in the same locality with her husband and only offspring.........
Both sisters decided to take the bull by the horns and arrived at the informed decision of lodging an official police complaint against their criminally inclined father who had taken to making such demands with nauseating regularity and even gone to the extent of threatening to defame both his daughters and besmirch their characters and reputations if they did not give into his demand for sexual favours........
Swinging into action with remarkable alacrity; the police sleuths on duty at the local police station not only proceeded to record the two wronged woman's statements; registered cases against their father under sections 356-A and 504 of the Indian Penal Code; apprehended him without further ado and initiated detailed and painstaking investigations into this unholy imbroglio........
One wonders when Indian men will start realising the fact that a woman means no when she says no and that she and only she has the right to decide with whom and when she wants to have consensual and lawfully ordained sex according to her fancies and desires..........When will erring and deviant father's mend their erroneous ways and begin doing things in the right manner.......
Ludhiana city police sleuths apprehended yet another 56 year old father in the wee hours of April 20; 2016 for allegedly trying to establish sexual relations with his 32 year old happily/blissfully married daughter......
According to the case's investigating officer; Vijay Gupta (the accused) was a long term resident of the city's sprawling SAS Nagar area addicted to alcohol and had been turned out of his house by his long suffering son who was not willing to put with the ruckus created by him every night after consuming copious amounts of his favourite tipple........
Homeless for the last few days; Gupta decided to seek refuge in his younger daughter's house (the same belonged to her in-laws who had since settled down for good in their village) and she more than willingly provided him with both food and shelter little suspecting his sinister and incestuous motives........
As per his habit; Gupta sauntered into his new home in a drunken stupor and crudely/boorishly demanded that his daughter who was home alone at the moment sleep with him and satisfy his unfulfilled/unquenched carnal desires as his beloved wife had departed for heavenly abode a little over three years ago........
Fearing for both her life and chastity; the doughty 32 year old woman firstly brushed her father away locked him in the room in which he had made his sexual advances on her and made a beeline towards her younger siblings (sister's) abode as she also happened to reside in the same locality with her husband and only offspring.........
Both sisters decided to take the bull by the horns and arrived at the informed decision of lodging an official police complaint against their criminally inclined father who had taken to making such demands with nauseating regularity and even gone to the extent of threatening to defame both his daughters and besmirch their characters and reputations if they did not give into his demand for sexual favours........
Swinging into action with remarkable alacrity; the police sleuths on duty at the local police station not only proceeded to record the two wronged woman's statements; registered cases against their father under sections 356-A and 504 of the Indian Penal Code; apprehended him without further ado and initiated detailed and painstaking investigations into this unholy imbroglio........
One wonders when Indian men will start realising the fact that a woman means no when she says no and that she and only she has the right to decide with whom and when she wants to have consensual and lawfully ordained sex according to her fancies and desires..........

CAN ONE JUSTIFY THIS DEMONIC SAVAGERY.........

Can one apportion unto oneself the triple role of judge; jury and executioner notwithstanding the severity; depravity or barbarity of the circumstances that forced the person's hand.....
In the latest instance of a gent apportioning the afore mentioned triple roles unto himself and undoing the alleged atrocities committed against his beloved and esteemed family members an irate and incensed father of an one year old rape survivor allegedly hacked off the hands of the 17 year old accused with a sword before fleeing from the spot on Tuesday........
According to the case's investigating officer this barbaric incident occurred outside the court premises in Punjab's Bhatinda city when both the accused as well as the father of the survivor had reached the same to attend the hearing of the case which was slated to be held from 11 am onwards on the fateful day........
Police sleuths who were stationed on duty within the court premises said that the toddler's (rape survivors) father more than put on a convincing act and led the family members of the accused to believe his devious tale of arriving at a compromise (out of court settlement) by thrashing out matters with the accused in a nearby village.......
Minutes after stepping out of the court's precincts with the accused youth in tow; the irate; incensed and infuriated wronged child's father tied the accused to a stout tree whisked out a sword and started inflicting grievous injuries on the victim's persona with a blood thirsty vengeance........
He successfully managed to inflict life threatening injuries on the 17 year old's head; neck; face; chest; abdominal area and compounded his savagery by hacking off both the helpless youths hands before taking to his heels as he spotted a mob of people as well as police personnel rushing to the spot on hearing the youths pitiful pleadings for help.........
They (both the mob as well as the police personnel who reached the crime scene) untied the copiously bleeding and semi-conscious youth and rushed him to the district government hospital where the team of doctors treating him listed his condition as critical and said that the next 72 hours were crucial in this case.........
As is the norm in all such cases; the local police registered an attempt to murder case against the absconding father of the rape survivor who was allegedly sexually assaulted by the accused two weeks or so before this gruesome fate befell him and also constituted three teams to nab the murderous avenging devil at the earliest.........
One wonders what would happen if most if not all of us took a leaf out of the crazed savages book and started donning the role of judge; jury and executioner as our faith in out judicial system has eroded and abated as a consequence of the inordinately long delays in bringing the perpetrators of deviant sexual crimes to book and with so called juveniles getting away with murder and a lot worse as a consequence of the prevalent juvenile justice laws in this regard.........Can one apportion unto oneself the triple role of judge; jury and executioner notwithstanding the severity; depravity or barbarity of the circumstances that forced the person's hand.....
In the latest instance of a gent apportioning the afore mentioned triple roles unto himself and undoing the alleged atrocities committed against his beloved and esteemed family members an irate and incensed father of an one year old rape survivor allegedly hacked off the hands of the 17 year old accused with a sword before fleeing from the spot on Tuesday........
According to the case's investigating officer this barbaric incident occurred outside the court premises in Punjab's Bhatinda city when both the accused as well as the father of the survivor had reached the same to attend the hearing of the case which was slated to be held from 11 am onwards on the fateful day........
Police sleuths who were stationed on duty within the court premises said that the toddler's (rape survivors) father more than put on a convincing act and led the family members of the accused to believe his devious tale of arriving at a compromise (out of court settlement) by thrashing out matters with the accused in a nearby village.......
Minutes after stepping out of the court's precincts with the accused youth in tow; the irate; incensed and infuriated wronged child's father tied the accused to a stout tree whisked out a sword and started inflicting grievous injuries on the victim's persona with a blood thirsty vengeance........
He successfully managed to inflict life threatening injuries on the 17 year old's head; neck; face; chest; abdominal area and compounded his savagery by hacking off both the helpless youths hands before taking to his heels as he spotted a mob of people as well as police personnel rushing to the spot on hearing the youths pitiful pleadings for help.........
They (both the mob as well as the police personnel who reached the crime scene) untied the copiously bleeding and semi-conscious youth and rushed him to the district government hospital where the team of doctors treating him listed his condition as critical and said that the next 72 hours were crucial in this case.........
As is the norm in all such cases; the local police registered an attempt to murder case against the absconding father of the rape survivor who was allegedly sexually assaulted by the accused two weeks or so before this gruesome fate befell him and also constituted three teams to nab the murderous avenging devil at the earliest.........
One wonders what would happen if most if not all of us took a leaf out of the crazed savages book and started donning the role of judge; jury and executioner as our faith in out judicial system has eroded and abated as a consequence of the inordinately long delays in bringing the perpetrators of deviant sexual crimes to book and with so called juveniles getting away with murder and a lot worse as a consequence of the prevalent juvenile justice laws in this regard.........

KEVIN OR CABIN.......

Kevin Pietersen simply cannot keep himself out of the headlines and media glare for reasons that range from the sublime to the ridiculous........
 This dapper; dashing; stroke full and belligerent 35 year old Twenty 20 specialist who is turning out for the Rising Pune Supergiants in the ongoing ninth edition of the Indian Premier League certainly got a lot more than he bargained for at a local coffee shop (a franchise of an international chain of coffee shops/cafes)...........
 Kevin who has been contributing handsomely with the bat to his beleaguered team's cause decided to spend a relaxing and rejuvenating evening at the afore mentioned coffee shop with his skipper Dhoni and a few other team mates and was asked to name his favourite brew so that the same could be served in a jiffy........ As is the norm in all the outlets sporting this international brands name and logo; Kevin was asked to spell out his name so that the same could be inscribed on the plastic glass/container in which his preferred poison was served so that there was no confusion about him not being served the concoction of his dreams......... But what happened when the coffee brewer manning the counter called out his name and handed over his steaming cup of coffee took this rather rumbustious and often riotous naturalised Englishman by utter surprise and consternation........
 Much to his and his friends amusement; Kevin found that the staff at the said coffee shop had rechristened or then renamed him as "CABIN" instead of his given name; but being the sport he is he took the same in his stride with his trademark smile and a few wisecracks thrown in for good measure rather than raising a furore as most others would have done under similar circumstances........
 Sharing the joke on himself with the rest of the world; Pietersen even tweeted a photograph of himself proudly brandishing the container of coffee which sported his name as "CABIN" and forgave the staff member who had committed this seemingly unpardonable gaffe by quipping; "just a simple misunderstanding; happens with/to me all the time".........
 Kevin or "CABIN"; why don't you decide which nomenclature suits him the best or then does justice to his effervescent personality.....

RANDEEP HOODA UNDERGOES EMERGENCY SURGERY.......

Strapping actor Randeep Hooda was rushed to Delhi's Fortis Hospital a little after 1 pm or so on April 18; 2016........
The dashing; dapper; suave and sophisticated Haryanvi who has more than carved out an unique niche for himself within the starry corridors of the Hindi film industry was in the midst of filming an intense scene on the sets of Yashraj film's "Sultan" co starring the darling of the masses Salman Khan when he experienced excruciating and acute pains in his abdominal region.........
 Dismissing the crippling pains as yet another occupational hazard Randeep proceeded to consume a few antibiotics/painkillers and decided to continue shooting for as long as he could; to his dismay and disbelief he soon realised that his condition was far worse than he had initially foreseen as he found himself doubling up in sheer agony and nearly passing out from the intensity of the pains being experienced by him.........
Being the good samaritan that he is a concerned and alarmed Salman Khan summoned his driver and long standing bodyguard Shera and made the necessary arrangements to rush the convulsed with pain fellow actor to the afore mentioned hospital post haste.........
 Doctors at the said hospital proceeded to conduct a series of tests on the Haryanvi chhora and came to the conclusion that he had inflamed and aggravated an already/pre existing herniatic (hernia) condition beyond all reasonable and endurable limits and an immediate surgical intervention was the only panacea/solution for this grave condition........
The very same doctors successfully performed the much required surgery late in the evening (18 April 2016) and duly confirmed that the much sought after doctor would be duly discharged from the hospital after being kept under observation for the next 24 hours or so.........
They also dissuaded the macho Randeep from indulging in any strenuous physical activity for the next three to four weeks and to take things easy and relax for as long as possible even though Randeep vehemently protested against the same instructions as he would not be able to promote his forthcoming film "Laal Rang" (slated to hit the screens on April 22) and might just end up delaying the much awaited Sultan which is slated to be released during the Eid/Ramadan period later this year.........
 Here's wishing one of my favourite actors a complete/speedy recovery and many more years of unprecedented professional success and glory........

IS THIS THE COST OF A PRECIOUS HUMAN LIFE?????

Beware of avowed vegetarians who abruptly transform themselves themselves into carnivores as their newly acquired penchant for non vegetarian gourmet meals can have deathly consequences....
31 year old Ganesh a life long resident of Hassan (Karnataka) district's Betadalli village was a strict vegetarian for 30 and more years of his hitherto uneventful and nondescript existence; but had developed a craving for non vegetarian delicacies and alcohol over the last six months or so after being introduced to the same by his childhood friends.......
Ganesh's insatiable craving for pungent and delectable non vegetarian dishes literally forced him to commit the supposedly cardinal sin of sauntering into his humble dwelling with a little over a kilo of fish on a fateful and sinister Sunday night.......
Sozzled to the gills and in less than complete control of his mental faculties he then crudely demanded that his 26 year old wife Shobha who had been his soul mate for the last nine and a bit years conjure up a concoction of masalas/pastes marinate the fish in the same and serve the steaming dish he desired as soon as possible.........
Taken aback by her husband's obnoxious and dastardly demands the indomitable Shobha proceeded to inform him that her modest home was akin to a temple in her humble opinion and that she would not allow her husband to defile the same by bringing animal flesh into the same and hence the matter or question of preparing the meal sought by him did not arise as she did not know the first thing about preparing the fish curry/masala that her spouse wanted.........
Incensed beyond belief by her point blank refusal to accede to his unreasonable demands; Ganesh proceeded to arm himself with a stout stick and insanely brought the same down on his loving wife's head and other parts of her anatomy more times than one could count thereby reducing Shobha to a profusely bleeding and senseless mass of human misery and a telling testimony of Ganesh's depravity and savagery.........
Leaving her lying on the floor in a rapidly spreading pool of her own blood and life sources; Ganesh made good his escape before his fellow villagers who rushed to the spot on hearing Shobha's blood curdling entreaties for help lifted her off the floor and rushed her to the district government hospital where the doctor on duty at the time declared her brought dead on arrival...........
The very same doctor then proceeded to inform the local police sleuths about the deathly developments and the senior police officer who reached the hospital recorded the villager's statements which surmised that Ganesh and only Ganesh could be wholly and solely responsible for this ghastly cold blooded murder as he was seen making his departure from the scene post haste by fellow villagers who rushed to the aid of his now deceased better half..........
A case has since been registered against the absconder under section 302 of the IPC and two police teams have been expressly constituted in order to nab/apprehend him at the earliest..........
One is appalled and dismayed at how cheap and insignificant the cost of irreplaceable and invaluable human lives has become in our motherland as the same seem to have become less precious than a preferred meal of jeera rice and yellow lentils or then fish curry/masala as the case may be..........

DEATHLY REFUSAL.......

Do not commit the cardinal sin of denying you beloved husband his favourite dishes for dinner or he may end up resorting to such extreme measures that could leave you repenting for the rest of your life........
30 year old Dinesh Dantani a long term resident of Ahmedabad's sprawling AUDA colony (Naroda area) returned home in an inebriated state late on Friday night and beseeched his lawfully wedded wife of seven odd years to prepare his favourite meal of jeera rice and yellow lentils (dal) fo his final repast of the day.......
Thoroughly vexed with his offensive behaviour and bitterly complaining about his nocturnal tendency of returning home well past 11 pm on most weekends his irritated and incensed wife coldly apprised him of the fact that she had already prepared subji (vegetables); dal and roti for his dinner and was least inclined towards indulging him by preparing his desired meal........
A rather crestfallen; dejected and diffused Dinesh proceeded towards his bedroom following his wife's tirade and proceeded to lock/ensconce himself within the confines of the same and refused to step out despite his better half pleading with him........
After about half an hour or so Dinesh's thoroughly shaken and terrorised wife saw smoke emanating from beneath the door of the same room and started relentlessly banging the door while screaming at the top of her voice for help.........
Fellow residents of the colony who were both mystified as well as petrified by the lady's increasingly intense screams for help soon rushed to the spot and proceeded to break down the door of the said bedroom only to be confronted with the hellish site of a raging human inferno.........
Yes; you certainly have drawn the right conclusion; a thoroughly disillusioned and distressed Dinesh had doused himself from head to toe with the can of kerosene that was more often than not kept in the bedroom to be used during power cuts and unforeseen emergencies in the kitchen and then proceeded to set himself ablaze with the lighter that was an inescapable part of his persona........
Somehow or the other; the fellow residents of the colony who had rushed to Dinesh's modest residence successfully managed to douse the flames and rush a grievously injured or then should I say mangled Dinesh to the city's civil hospital where the doctors on duty at the time ruled his chances of survival as extremely bleak to nil as he had suffered more than 80% burns as a consequence of his seemingly insane and eccentric/quixotic actions.......
Police personnel from the adjoining police station who were alerted about the ghastly incident by the hospital authorities duly proceeded to record Dinesh's dying declaration (he passed away within six hours or so after being admitted to the hospital) in which he held himself directly responsible for the gruesome fate that had befallen him and blamed none else apart from himself for his heart rending plight.......
He also elucidated the fact that he had resorted to this extreme measure in a moment of insanity and that he forgave his loving and caring wife for the real/imagined slights that she had committed by steadfastly and vehemently refusing to prepare his desired meal.......
Which brings us back to the moot question about whether or not wives should refuse their husband's pleadings for their favourite/desired meals irrespective of the prevalent/present circumstances..........

RICHA CHADHA TURNS CHOREOGRAPHER FOR SARABJIT.......

An actress to reckon with; budding director; and last but no the least choreographer worth her salt; one of my favourite actresses Richa Chadha certainly keeps surprising me by donning new avatars by the day......
Richa who is one of the rare breed of actors without two left feet was in her elements and dancing away with gay abandon to the folksy and foot stomping beats of Tung Luk Tung Luk from the eagerly awaited Sarabjit when she happened to notice co star and male protagonist Randeep Hooda's plight........
Randeep who is a self confessed "dancer with more than three left feet" was struggling with the steps allotted to him by the designated choreographer when the dapper and creative Richa came to his rescue by not only simplifying his rather intricate steps with moves that he could master within a few minutes but also innovated her very own latkas and jhatkas so that they were in tandem with Randeep's (after all it takes to tango doesn't it)........
Director Omung Kumar who was awestruck by the lissome Punjabi kudi's wondrous dance moves not only effusively praised the now blushing Ms. Richa Chadha to high heavens but also entrusted her with the responsibility of choreographing the rest of the song in harmony with the official choreographer so that the afore mentioned song that started off as yet another peppy and rumbustious dance number was elevated to lofty heights and gave it all together extra terrestrial dimension that none of the folks present on the sets could ever imagine........
Here's wishing Richa many more such heady and intoxicating successes as she surely deserves all these and a lot more besides.........

HERE'S HOPING THAT SANITY PREVAILS........

Is yet another Hindi film industry couple on the verge of terminating/ending their marriage legally??????
Speculation is rife that the supposedly much in love Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu who accorded legitimacy and legality to their six odd year long live in relationship by exchanging wedding vows on January 25; 2015 are on the verge of terminating their marriage and going their separate ways........
One may recall the rather unpleasant and discomforting fact that the Hindifilm industry is yet to recover from the twin shocks inflicted upon it by the abrupt and totally unexpected Arbaaz-Malaika Arora Khan and Farhan-Adhuna Akhtar divorces or dissolution of their long standing marriages........
According to sources close to this lovey dovey couple damning trouble erupted in their idyllic and tranquil paradise on the somewhat vexing issue of expanding their family or then adding a new member to their family........
While Kunal and his parents are said to be more than enthused by the idea/concept of increasing their family by one (giving birth to their very own child); Soha who is enjoying a renewed lease of life following a lull in her career does not want to get pregnant now as she is being offered plum though somewhat off beat roles that are gaining her international recognition as an actor to reckon with.........
Particularly heated; incensed; irate and abusive quarrels have become the norm rather than the exception between the two and Soha has reportedly moved in with her mother (Sharmila Tagore) as a result of the differences of opinion on this rather complicated issue and friends; well wishers and fellow family members of the couple are making earnest efforts towards reconciling the couple and arriving at a lasting solution before their relationship hits a dead end or point of no return........
Here's hoping that better sense and wise/sage counsel prevails and that the couple maturely and sensibly end the differences that have cropped up between them off late thereby giving their relationship and marriage the much needed impetus and a renewed lease of life.......

CULPRIT OR VICTIM; YOU DECIDE......

Never make the cardinal mistake of pushing a patient and forgiving woman beyond a point as she may just end up donning Chandi Mata's role and cause you untold harm........
This precise scenario unfolded in Hubbali's Vijayapura locality when the largely peaceful and serene atmosphere that had prevailed in this locality for decades was shattered for eternity when a perennially wronged and abused woman ended up ending the years of torture and humiliation inflicted upon her by ending her tormentor's life on a fateful Thursday night........
 According to long standing neighbours; the now deceased 54 year old Sitaram Badiger who was a chronic alcoholic who did not mend his ways despite two lengthy stints in government run rehabilitation centres got particularly abusive and beat his long suffering and constantly battered wife a mite too savagely for her liking........
Though the stoic and stately woman had borne these daily physical assaults and beatings for the last 29 and a bit years matters came to a head on the afore mentioned Thursday night when she decided to put a full stop to the atrocities meted out to her by firstly bludgeoning her alcoholic husband's head with a voltage stabiliser and then pumping two bullets into his shattered skull from point blank range with his very own licensed revolver.....
 She then proceeded to the local police station at around 11:30 pm or so surrendered voluntarily handed over the murder weapon (revolver) to a stunned and believing sub-inspector (who was the senior most police officer on duty at the time) and subsequently proceeded to record her confessional statement in which she clearly enumerated the multiple reasons that forced her to take recourse to this extreme measure.......
 A case was booked against her under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and she was duly produced before a judicial magistrate who remanded her to fourteen days of judicial custody with effect from Friday morning onwards........
While I for one staunchly believe that no human being has the right to ignonimously and cold bloodedly snuff out a fellow human beings life; I am more than certainly willing to make an exception in this case as the wife was the victim and not the perpetrator and hence deserves all the due mercy and forgiveness that the judge who ultimately decides her quantum of sentence is able to muster up in view of the mitigating circumstances preceding this murderous instance.........

GALLANT SIKH TO THE RESCUE........

Sikhs have always been known for their doughty; selfless and humanitarian deeds and here is one more Sikh who has done both his community as well as humanity proud with his emulatory and noble deed........
April 14; 2016 (Ashtami) is widely celebrated and observed as the last day of the "Chhota Navratras" that precede the holy and auspicious festival of Ramnavami that more often than not succeeds the Punjabi harvest festival of Baisakhi by a couple of days or so almost every single time........
Most if not all Punjabi families immerse the khetri (wheat saplings grown over an eight day period) as well as other pooja samagri in flowing fresh water sources on this highly auspicious day and one Satish Kumar and his pious family members were doing the same when their seemingly idyllic and tranquil world seemed to come crashing down in an abrupt and unforeseen life threatening instant........
Kumar who was immersed in the process of immersing the afore mentioned khetri lost his balance in the process of bending over and soon found himself caught in the vortex of the swirling waters flowing in Ludhiana's Sidhwan Canal near the city's iconic Verka Bridge.........
Fearing for her beloved husband's survival (Kumar didn't know the basics of swimming) his distraught wife threw her dupatta into the strong currents but all her efforts cam to naught as her rapidly drowning husband failed to latch onto the same........
Alerted by the screams and cries for help uttered by the scores of bystanders; the hero of the moment 55 year old Satnam Singh rushed to the spot and proceeded to don the role of the proverbial knight in shining armour........
Setting aside all religious precedents and laid down practices in this regard; the doughty and alacritous Satnam unfurled his turban within the batting of an eyelid weighed the same down with a couple of strategically placed stones and threw the same towards the rapidly drowning Kumar who somehow or the other managed to hang on to the same this time around.........
Lo and behold!!! he then proceeded to drag the thoroughly shaken and petrified potential victim from his prospective watery grave bashfully waved aside the profuse and heartfelt thanks of the indebted family; proceeded to retie/refasten his now sodden turban and progressed on his merry way leaving in his wake legions of unabashed admirers who were extolling the virtues of his presence of mind and selfless act of valour that ended up saving a precious and invaluable human life........
Here's hoping that the rest of us take a leaf out of this valiant Sikh's book and reach out to fellow human beings who find themselves encircled/engulfed/overwhelmed by similar life threatening occurrences/instances whenever and wherever the same may occur.......

UNWITTING VICTIM OF NEEDLESS WATER WARS........

All those wise and far sighted souls who predicted that the next lot of wars will be fought over the issue of precious water were certainly spot on with their dire predictions..........
In a gory; ghastly and heart rending murderous and bizarre incident; a 13 year old teenager (fledgling girl) lost her budding life as she allegedly committed the cardinal sin of drawing life sustaining water from a neighbour's hand pump in Chhota Batawata village of Madhya Pradesh's Alirajpur District........
According to the case's investigating officer; this horror occurred at around 11 pm or so on Wednesday night when the now deceased Surmada sat astride a motorcycle along with her 20 year old brother Nirmal and paternal uncle Suresh........
The ill fated trio were on their way to draw precious and life sustaining water from one of the village's three hand pumps belonging to one Inder Singh (55) and his rowdy and criminalistic son the infamous 30 year old Mesta.......
They were more than half way through their self ordained task of filling up three pots of drinking water (as all the drinking water in their humble abode was exhausted) when they were abruptly and rudely accosted by the inebriated and sozzled father and son duo who raised an unseemly ruckus on seeing their three fellow villagers drawing water from the hand pump that happened to be Inder Singh's personal property according to the father and son.........
A heated; ugly; incensed and irate spat broke out between Nirmal; Suresh; Inder Singh and last but not the least the notorious Mesta and the same culminated with an arrow fired by Mesta from his customised bow pierced Surmada's left eye and lodged itself in her brain........
Distressed and dismayed beyond belief; Nirmal and Suresh proceeded to rush the now unconscious and senseless Surmada to the district government hospital where the on duty doctor at the time pronounced her brought dead on arrival........
Local police sleuths who were summoned to the hospital by the on duty doctor proceeded to record Nirmal's as well as Suresh's statements and registered a case of wilful and wanton murder against the absconding father and son duo (Inder Singh and Mesta) on the basis of the eyewitness accounts rendered by the afore mentioned grieving and distraught uncle and nephew........
I for one woefully fail to understand the hue and cry associated with the sharing of a precious and invaluable life nurturing resource that is meant for everybody and certainly cannot end up becoming someone's personal property and prized possession by any stretch of the imagination.........
It is high time that the Shivraj Singh Chauhan led state government steps in; ensures the prompt apprehension and trial of the two accused while making sure that the scarcity of water in parts of the state does not result in the loss of precious and irreplaceable human lives as a result of a few satanic incarnates who have abrogated the ownership of this common/precious resource unto themselves in contravention of all the laid down laws in this regard..........

YET ANOTHER UNTOLD HORROR UNFOLDS.......

If you can't lay your hands on the perpetrator/culprit then lay your hands on his cousin and then proceed to murder him with satanic intensity and intent or so seems to be the convoluted/warped logic in this diabolic crime........
Kamlesh Pandagre; 24 a determined; bright and promising young man paid the price for his amorous cousin's philandering ways and carnal desires as the supposedly wronged teenager's family tied him to a tractor and cold bloodedly set him ablaze in one of their numerous agricultural fields in Betul district's (Madhya Pradesh) Ambada village on a fateful Monday night........
According to alarmed; petrified and distraught fellow villagers; the allegedly harassed young woman's male kith and kin waylaid the unsuspecting youth; roughed him up and then proceeded to unceremoniously bundle him to the crime scene where they securely bound him to the tractor in question with the aid of both ropes as well as rags; doused him from head to toe with kerosene and then callously proceeded to set him alight with a lighter insanely and uproariously laughing and braying at the tormented young man's harrowing plight and pitiful deathly paroxsyms........
Fellow villagers who summoned up the courage to raise their voice against this inhuman and ghastly atrocity were silenced into grudging submission with implied death threats and the sinister threat of meting out the same plight to them if they did as much as interfere in a matter that involved a slighted family's so called honour and prestige........
According to a source who claims to know it all the antecedents of this hellish crime can be traced back to the two instances of the now deceased Kamlesh's 21 year old womanising cousin Ajay being arrested and later released on bail on two separate occasions (September 2015 and January 2016) on the grave charges of allegedly sexually molesting the teenaged girl despite dire warnings about the consequences that could befall him owing to his nefarious deeds and actions.........
Kamlesh was summoned by the young lady's male family members and haughtily ordered to ask his cousin to mend his loose and unpleasant ways or else the girl's family would be forced to initiate such measures that they deemed fit and appropriate to protect and uphold their family's invaluable "izzat and maryada" that was at stake according to their ancient thought processes........
Ajay continued to make advances towards the young woman notwithstanding his brushes with the law and implied threats of death and his blameless cousin Kamlesh ended up paying with his life for his cousin's follies as he ended up suffering 98% burns in the blazing inferno that engulfed his entire persona and ended up taking his last breath two hours or so after being admitted to the district government hospital by the very same villagers who were subdued into silence........
Local police officials who reached the above mentioned hospital on time (thank the lord for small mercies) duly recorded the brutalised 24 year old's dying declaration and proceeded to register cases of murder against five male members of the wronged young woman's family as well as four other unidentified men who were more than willing accomplices in this barbaric atrocity........
Three police teams have been duly constituted and entrusted with the onerous responsibility of apprehending all the nine accused who have been on the run ever since they made good their escape from the crime scene.......
And to think that we continue to pretend and persist with the tasteless and hypocritical charade of being denizens of a supposedly civilised; ancient and traditional culture; society and nation where human lives are valued; venerated; worshipped and celebrated.......

POLITICAL LEADERS LEAD THE WAY.......

Our political leaders insatiable lust for material wealth and tangibles certainly seems to be growing by leaps and bounds.......
What however is most dismaying and disturbing is the fact that they are willing to go to any lengths to satiate this seemingly insane quest for material wealth and riches........
Sample this for example; cases under sections 498A; 406; 323; 354; 506 and 511 ( all pertaining to atrocities committed against women as well as holding out the implicit threat of violence or violent conduct) were booked against a local level Indian National Lok Dal party leader based upon a complaint filed against him by his long suffering better half in a Faridabad (Haryana) based police station on a sweltering Tuesday afternoon........
According to the written complaint filed before both the Police Commissioner as well as the District Education Officer; the doughty and daring woman elucidated the harrowing fact that she entered into supposedly holy and sacred matrimony with this beastly man Kesar Dagar who incidentally happens to be the former president of the INLD's Palwal sports wing on the fateful day of May 18;2014 and had been constantly barraged for a sum of Rs. 1 crore in cash as well as a SUV by her usurpous husband and in-laws.........
She further goes on to allege that undue and relentless pressure was exerted on her to establish a sexual dalliance/relationship with a "close" relative of her husband who happens to be a teacher in a local government run school and frequented their sprawling residence in Faridabad's sector-16 with nauseating regularity......
The very same written complaint also cites instances of her husband roughing her up on numerous occasions and getting slap happy every time she outrightly rejected his unreasonable and criminal demands to establish physical intimacy with his "favourite" relative.........
Taking due cognisance of the wronged woman's written complaint the said Police Commissioner duly instructed the station house officer in charge of Faridabad's sector-16 police station to file multiple cases against the accused politico under the afore/above mentioned sections of the IPC; thoroughly and professionally investigate the vexed and contentious matter as well as apprehend the accused as well as his parents who have gone underground fearing their impending arrest........
Our wise men often quote the dictum about the subjects following in their leader's footsteps or then servilely following in his wake and it is any wonder then that domestic violence cases continue to grow with alarming and annoying regularity as our esteemed leaders are guiding us and showing us the light in matters pertaining to the treatment of legal married wives within their supposedly loving and caring husband's households.........

ARISE; AWAKE AND SHED YEARS OF LETHARGY........

I for one have never stopped wondering or pondering over why we prefer sweeping the unpleasant and stark truth pertaining to our increasingly violent and barbaric nation and society under the carpet and pretending as if everything around is hunky dory; peaceful and tranquil.........
Newspapers; twenty four news channels; the social media and all other avenues of circulation and dissemination of news/information are abuzz with stories/anecdotes/incidents of mindless/senseless/wholly unnecessary and undesired violence and yet our preferred and so called response is that the same did not befall me or my immediate family so why should I bother or then take due cognisance of the same........
Why don't we fail to read the writing on the wall and conveniently shrug off the undeniable fact that whatever happened or befell somebody/someone else today can also happen to us our beloved and irreplaceable family members; friends; relatives and other people you care for even before you can begin to imagine or envisage the same.........
Place yourselves in the shoes of the family members of the 31 year old Delhi resident who was unerringly knocked down and killed within an instant by a speeding Mercedes car driven by a raving maniac who was a week or so short of his eighteenth birthday when his satanic obsession with speed and cheap thrills ended up costing a fellow Delhiite his precious and irreplaceable life.........
What is even more galling is the inglorious fact that the Delhi Police who ceaselessly claims to be with you and for you till eternity and beyond proved that it was once again on the side of the high and the mighty as it always has been and will continue to be as the very same people are primarily responsible for their economic prosperity and overflowing coffers........
They compounded the misery of the accident victim's grieving and disconsolate family by firstly registering cases against the so called minor who did not even possess the mandated and requisite driving lesson to begin with under bailable and seemingly comic sections of the Indian Penal Code as well as the Motor Vehicles Act thereby facilitating this charade of his being bailed out by his scavenging and money grabbing lawyer a mere three or so after he was taken into custody by the Delhi Police sleuths........
In an effort to save face and plaster over their inadequacies and penchant for giving all cases involving the moneyed and privileged folks a quiet and dignified burial they then proceeded to indulge in the farcical exercise of apprehending the so called minors father and booking a case against him for enabling his beloved son to drive the "deathly" car despite being aware of the fact that his son had been booked for rash; negligent and reckless driving on a minimum of three occasions in the past one year or so.........
As was widely expected and anticipated; the case registered against the father of the victim ended up falling flat on it's face and getting laughed out of the court by a judge who took the Delhi Police to task for wasting the court's precious and invaluable time by filing a case that was not even worth the paper on which the very same was filed..........
Their (the Delhi Police's) latest ploy is to file an affidavit seeking permission to try the accused as an adult as he turned eighteen a mere four days or so after causing the victim's untimely demise and seeking permission to file a case against him under the section of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to culpable homicide not amounting to murder or some such........
Friends/fellows/countrymen and women; the time for procrastination; lethargy; indifference; callousness and classic ostrich mentality is well past us and it is incumbent on us to take a well thought out; cultivated; logical and unequivocal stance about unflinchingly and determinedly standing up for every fellow Indian who suffers either a supposed or then palpable injustice no matter however insignificant or trivial the same may seem at the time.......
We are fast on our way towards becoming a banana republic where the supposedly high and mighty have their way every single time notwithstanding the enormity or the consequences of the crimes caused by them more times then they can count........
Don't believe me; then pause tarry a moment and conjure up the image of a Salman Khan who remains scot free despite causing the death of a pavement dweller and critically injuring four others by running them down under the wheels of his high end SUV more than a decade and a half ago or so..........

YET ANOTHER MANIFESTATION OF OUR CASTEIST MINDSETS........

Will we ever be able to rise above and beyond the self imposed bonds and restrictions of caste; creed; religion; language; sect; sub-sect; nationality; economic status; social status so on and so forth??????
In yet another mindless and barbaric manifestation of our rabidly communal and casteist mindsets; an ageing; unassuming; harmless and nondescript Dalit Sadhu was brutally assaulted by a group of eight so called "upper caste" men in such a dastardly and demonic manner that puts humanity to shame.........
According to the victim's grieving and disconsolate niece her Uncle who answers to the name of Dharamdas was enjoying a peaceful siesta in the verandah of his rather modest dwelling in Shahjahanpur district's (Uttar Pradesh) Jalalabad town when he was set upon by the eight accused on a peaceful and tranquil Tuesday morning.........
Lo and Behold; the eight marauders grabbed the pleading and beseeching old man by his hair; dragged him outside the precincts of his beloved dwelling and started mercilessly thrashing him with iron rods; lathis and the like while dragging him through the the town's bustling streets at the same time.....
The victim's horrific and harrowing ordeal ended when a menacing group of good samaritans came to his aid thereby forcing his assaulters to take to his heels as they feared for their own safety and well being......
This very same group of gallant people rushed the copiously bleeding and critically injured aged gent to the district's government hospital where the doctors attending upon him pronounced his condition as highly critical and his chances of survival as "slim".........
Local police sleuths who were summoned to the hospital somehow or the other managed to record the highly critical old man's incoherent and rambling statement which attributed the deplorable assault upon him to a long standing and age old property dispute with the family members of the eight accused who beat him up to within an inch of his unremarkable and uneventful life........
Taking due cognisance of the statements made by the victim and his other family members the local police authorities have booked/registered cases under all the applicable sections of the Indian Penal Code against the eight accused youth who are on the run and launched a massive manhunt in order to nab/apprehend them at the earliest.........
One can only wonder when this carnal and bloody desire for tracts of land that legally belong to others; unending quest for material wealth/possessions and casteist/racist violence will cease as the same is not only giving our beloved motherland a bad name but also highlighting our medievalistic behaviours and actions time and again

ROCHELLE RAO'S NEWEST AVATAR IS HERE FOR ALL TO BEHOLD........

Former Miss India Rochelle Maria Rao's budding career seems to have taken off with supersonic speed after her more than successful stint as a contestant in the recently concluded season of the supposedly controversial and infamous "Bigg Boss"........
One may do well to recall the fact that the charming and ravishing Rochelle was one among the four finalists in the Salman Khan hosted reality show and is currently charming the entire nation in her current avatar as one of the anchors/co-hosts of the just begun ninth edition of the Indian Premier League.........
News emanating from the sets of the revamped and refurbished "The Kapil Sharma" show which will be relaunched on the Sony Entertainment Channel (SET) at 9 pm on Saturday April 23; 2016 and continue it's uninterrupted run on the channel on every Saturday and Sunday thereafter (as long as both the channel and producers of the show are on congenial terms with each other) alludes to the fact that the beatific damsel might just end up adding that much desired touch of oomph and glamour to the nation's favourite comedy show.........
More than willingly confirming the news Rochelle remarked that she will indeed be an integral part of the show and don the avatar of a bumbling though enticing nurse for the first few episodes of the season and the subsequent progression of her character/avatar would entirely/purely be based on the response the same elicits from the fawning audiences who cannot seem to have enough of the same/show.........
"I ardently and fervently hope that this golden opportunity accorded to me by none other than Kapil Sharma and his co-producers will not only help me take giant strides in my career but also help me gain recognition as an actress of repute; I cannot flaunt too much of my glamorous side as the show is primarily meant for family audiences but am supremely confident that my bumbling and somewhat foolish over the top antics will have the audiences eating out of my hands and rooting for more", the articulate and effusive Ms. Rao signs off.......
Here's wishing Ms. Rao all the very best for a bright and dazzling future while hoping that all her dreams and aspirations attached with/to "The Kapil Sharma Show" do come true and have the desired results and more..........

ADD ONE MORE TO THE TALLY........

Young Indian women certainly seem to be damned if they do and pay with their budding or then fledgling lives if they don't.......
A fateful and deadly late Monday evening witnessed the National Crime Records Bureau statistics pertaining to the number of young women callously; senselessly and brutally murdered while bravely resisting attempted rapes go up by one as a young and innocent 17 year old teenager ended up paying the ultimate price in her attempts to ward off her 22 year old cousins lecherous attempts at sexually assaulting her within the precincts of her rented accommodation in Greater Noida's Kulesra Village........
According to the case's investigating officer this ghastly incident occurred at around 8 pm or so on the afore mentioned late evening when the 17 year old valiant teenager was home alone and going about performing her daily routine without a care in the world.........
Trouble with a capital "T" or then should I say impending death; danger and mayhem with a capital "D" walked in unannounced in the form of the accused 22 year old Anil a long term resident of the national capital's Mandawali area who had made a furtive attempt at molesting the very same teenager some six or so months ago and was strictly dissuaded from frequenting their residence ever since.........
Anil's deathly game was up when the deceased's mother who toils in a local garment factory (the girl's father passed away five years or so ago after a prolonged illness) wandered into her humble abode after winding up her professional duties for the day.......
She was taken by utter surprise and consternation when she saw her less than favourite nephew frequenting her residence and alarmed as well as suspicious when she saw the deep and bloody gouges and scratch marks spread over his face and neck........
Alerted and dismayed by his elusive and convoluted replies pertaining to the whereabouts of her beloved and only daughter (offspring) the recently deceased teenager's mother stepped out of the main door surreptitiously locking the same behind her and proceeded to summon seven or eight of her male neighbours who pounced upon the youth and started roughing him up.........
Realising that his goose was cooked; the accused confessed to having savagely murdered his cousin by throttling her with her very own stole when she more than capably warded off his ponderous advances and amateurish attempts to force himself upon her; he also admitted that he had dumped her lifeless and senseless body in an adjacent empty plot so that the needle of suspicion did not point towards him........
A few conscientious and concerned neighbours immediately made a beeline towards the nearby police station and returned with a sub inspector and three constables who proceeded to take the accused into their custody without any further ado........
The accused was then produced before a judicial magistrate at around 11 pm or so (at his residence) and remanded to 14 days judicial custody by the legal luminary........
Cases under sections 376 (rape) and 302 (murder) have since been registered against the accused and he is staring at the bleak and desolate prospects of spending the next twenty years or so of his life behind bars at the very least.........
Like I remarked at the very beginning; young woman indeed seem to be damned any which way you look at the alarming at sinister scene pertaining to the alarmingly increasing or burgeoning number of rapes and attempted rapes reported in/from various states;cities and villages dotting the length and breadth of our beloved and venerated motherland..........

YET ANOTHER TEEN IS SEXUALLY RAVAGED........

Minors or then should I say girls in their teens certainly seem to be at the receiving end of rapacious men's criminal tendencies if this horrifying incident is any yardstick/parameter to go by........
In the latest instance of a minor being brutally and savagely sexually assaulted a 15 year old girl resident of Ludhiana's (Punjab State) Rania village by two of her marauding neighbours on the fateful afternoon of Sunday April 10; 2016........
According to the doughty survivor's mother; she was initially taken aback and then shocked beyond belief when she heard her daughter repeatedly screaming for help and simultaneously pleading for mercy.........
"The shrieks/screams seemed to be emanating from a room adjoining our modest and nondescript government allotted residential quarters and I rushed there guided by the sound of my beloved daughters piteous cries only to be confronted by the ghastly sight of one Ravi sexually ravaging my nubile daughter"..........
" I immediately raised an alarm and began screaming for help when both my daughter's assaulters; the afore mentioned Ravi and his comrade in arms one Manish rushed out of the said room pushing me to the floor in their attempt to make good their escape from the crime scene"..........
"Keeping my wits about me; I immediately rushed to my daughter's help; got rid of her torn and tattered vestments; dressed her in new clothes and somehow or the other managed to vend my way to the neighbouring police station where I filed a complaint against the accused duo who happen to be casual labourers by profession; naming; shaming and accusing them of committing a hellacious and satanic act against my 15 year old daughter who knew no better".........
Lo and behold; the area police swung into action and duly recorded the rape survivor's statement in which she candidly and haltingly admitted that the accused duo managed to lure her into an empty room adjoining the quarter in which she resided along with her mother (the girl's father had passed away a good eight or so years ago) on the pretext of showing her the latest Punjabi blockbuster on their 40 inch full HD television and then proceeded to force themselves upon her and have their way with her........
She was admitted to the city's government hospital by the very same sleuths where the doctors attending upon her confirmed the occurrence of the alleged sexual crime beyond all reasonable doubt and duly registered cases against the accused duo under section 376D of the Indian Penal Code (Gangrape) as well as section 4 of the POCSO Act as the victim happens to be a minor..........
A massive manhunt has since been launched in Ludhiana as well as the adjoining cities/districts in order to apprehend the two accused at the earliest and three police teams have been expressly constituted for this very purpose.........
One only wonders when this unending or unceasing horror will end and when the Indian male will forsake this reprehensible and regressive mindset of rape being the chosen way and means of proving both his so called masculinity; virility as well as his deemed superiority over the supposedly weaker sex.........

GETTING IT'S SIGNALS MIXED UP........

Now here is something that these parents to be did certainly not bargain for on their designated visit to a local hospital........
 23 weeks pregnant Loredana Sueleru and her husband who were on a scheduled visit to North London's Northwick Park Hospital owing to the onset of excruciatingly painful stomach pains in Loredana's abdominal regions witnessed the last thing they expected during the twenty odd minutes they spent in the one of the hospital's numerous waiting rooms on the fateful day of April 10; 2016.........
To their utter; shock; dismay and consternation the parents to be found a graphic; titillating;explicit and voyeuristic pornographic film being played on the gargantuan plasma television screen strategically mounted on the wall of the same........
"This (the film in question) is certainly the last thing either my husband or me expected to see or witness while waiting for our doctor to wrap his earlier appointment; in my humble opinion the hospital would be much better served by playing informative and educative films on such subjects like breast feeding and nursing new born babies rather than screening these explicit porn movies that only end up causing disdain and heartburn"; Loredana fumed.........
 More than seconding his loving and adoring wife's expressed concerns and sentiments Loredana's husband said " I literally had steam coming emanating out of my ears as soon as I witnessed the gory and grotesque images flashing across the afore mentioned screen I found a good five minutes or so in trying to locate a member of the hospital's administrative staff with whom I could raise this matter but soon gave up my pursuit as I failed to spot any such notable during my furtive search for them"..........
They however brought his vexatious issue to the notice of the gynaecologist who professionally assuaged and addressed Loredana's concerns about the abrupt onset of abdominal pains during the course her third trimester; issued a prompt and much sought after apology on behalf of the hospital and rendered a lame duck explanation by blaming the hospital's cable network provider for getting his/her signals and programmes mixed up as these graphic and disturbing images were certainly not the one's that the hospital was paying them for.........
 Matters were brought to a satisfactory and conciliatory conclusion owing to the explanation rendered by the concerned doctor who showed the dexterity of mind and gift of the gab to bandage or plaster over the distressed couple's hurt feelings but one only hopes that the said hospital gets it's act right soon and sets it house in order before it encounters a wilful and headstrong patient who ends up suing the hospital for screening such inappropriate and contentious images that can leave indelible impressions on impressionable and nascent minds and souls.........

"GODLY" (??????) RECIPE FOR MURDER AND MAYHEM.........

One is really forced into sitting back and wondering whether our beloved motherland has indeed entered the 21st century or still continues languishing in the dark ages while pondering over such brutal and bloody instances........
An irate; incensed; vexed; vengeful; slighted and more importantly gullible and highly superstitious father bludgeoned his 9 year old son to death in Chhattisgarh's Tilda village (about 45 kms or so away from the state's capital Raipur) on the intervening night of Thursday/early Friday morning as he wasconvinced that his "jinxed" progeny was the root cause of all his earthly woes.........
According to senior police officials the accused one Sravan Satnami (38) who voluntarily surrendered at a local police station late on Friday afternoon and more than willingly confessed to the ghastly crime was deeply influenced by a self styled local godman who brainwashed him into committing this horrendous crime........
According to the accused's confessional statement; he walked into his humble abode sozzled to the gills and more than considerably angered by the so called godman's statements pertaining to his "jinxed" progeny........
Taking undue advantage of his wife's absence (she was away at a wedding being held in the same village); he proceeded to wake up his unsuspecting son from his blissful slumber and proceeded to bash his head on the floor till he was reduced to a copiously bleeding semi conscious mass of humanity owing to the grievous injuries inflicted on his head by the very person who significantly contributed to his creation........
He subsequently proceeded to strangulate his senseless son with his bare hands and continued throttling him till he had expelled his last breath before surreptitiously escaping into the dark and deathly night.........
In the meanwhile; the victim's mother who had returned home a short while after the murderous father fled the scene started shrieking like the proverbial banshee when she was confronted with the unceremonious spectacle of her bleeding and senseless son lying on the floor in a pool of his very own blood.........
Alarmed and startled by her piteous screams and cries for help; fellow villagers rushed to her aid and rushed the unconscious 9 year old to a nearby government hospital where the doctor on duty at the time declared him brought dead on arrival.........
The accused was produced before a local court/magistrate on Friday evening and remanded to fourteen days of police custody so that the investigating authorities can successfully complete their ongoing investigation and register a case against the accused under the applicable sections of the Indian Penal Code.........
Notch up one more wild; wanton; barbaric; seemingly insane and utterly needless murder to the self styled godmen and legions of followers who seem to believe that the sun and moon rise and set at their behest.......

SPURNED LOVER CUM WANNABE MURDERER.......

Beware of lovers or rather wannabe lovers especially if they happen to be of the obsessive or frenzied kind........
In the latest instance of a woman being attacked by a spurned or rejected suitor a 30 year old woman was shot at from extremely close range and critically wounded by her motorcycle borne suitor on a fateful Friday afternoon in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly city.......
According to the case's investigating officer 30 year old victim who is recuperating from her grievous wounds at a city hospital was residing in the city's Bhojpura tehsil with her parents and other family members for the last three years or so after her acrimonious divorce from her legally wedded husband some three or so years ago........
She was on the lookout for a suitable job since quite a while and decided to appear for an interview for a suitable opening at one of the numerous private coaching institutes dotting the Bareilly-Nainital Highway and was making a beeline towards the same braving the scorching Friday afternoon sun when one of her old acquaintances one Prem Kumar (a long term resident of the city's Radha Kunj locality) happened to spot her and gallantly offered her a lift on his motorcycle till the said institute.......
He also offered to chivalrously wait for her while she wrapped up her slated interview and offered to drop her home and little doubting his less than honourable intentions the lady accepted his noble gesture with a beatific smile........
Prem started his motorcycle and rode along the designated route towards the woman's modest residence when he abruptly stopped upon reaching a rather secluded and forlorn spot; he then proceeded to propose to the stunned victim who was taken by utter surprise and consternation and immediately spurned his marriage offer with the utter contempt it deserved declaring her intentions of never repeating the mistakes she had made in this regard in the first instance.........
Enraged and incensed beyond all reasonable belief the main accused in this attempt to murder case (Prem Kumar) whipped out a country made revolver and fired two bullets at her from point blank range which grievously wounded her in the abdominal area and caused her to shed copious amounts of blood........
He then proceeded to make good his escape from the crime scene following which the critically injured brave heart made furtive attempts to stench the life blood flowing out of her wounds and started painfully dragging herself towards the first available hospital that she could find........
She somehow or the other managed to find her knight in shining armour in the form of an anonymous motorcyclist who stopped his motorcycle on noticing her alarming condition and made a beeline towards a nearby corporate hospital post haste........
Doctors at the very same hospital performed a life saving surgery on the 30 year old victim and successfully managed to extricate the two bullets lodged in her anatomy before proceeding to inform the area police about the unsavoury and unpalatable episode.......
A senior police officer who reached the hospital within no time at all duly recorded the victim's statement in which she named Prem Kumar as her attacker; filed a FIR and also booked a case against the accused who is still at large under section 307 of the IPC (attempt to murder)..........
Police teams have fanned across the city and also alerted other police stations in the neighbouring/adjoining cities in an effort to apprehend the murderous Prem Kumar at the earliest.........
There is certainly a lesson in it for all of us; a lesson about supposed friends turning foes on being spurned and rejected and more significantly to stop judging books (people/friends) by their visages (covers)..........