Muzaffarnagar:

He went to bed as a man but woke up as a woman. For 20-year-old Mujahid, life took a drastic turn when he was deceived into undergoing gender reassignment surgery. This was orchestrated by another man in collusion with doctors from a local medical college in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar.

This sensational case has sparked outrage and led to protests by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU).

The incident took place at Begrajpur Medical College in Mansoorpur. Mujahid, 20 and resident of Sanjak village, alleged that he was deceived by Omprakash on June 3. Omprakash allegedly convinced the doctors at the medical college to perform surgery on Mujahid, which involved the removal of his genitals and a forced gender change.

Mujahid claims that Omprakash had been threatening and harassing him for the past two years. Mujahid was falsely told that he had a medical issue requiring hospital inspection. Accompanied by Omprakash, he visited the facility where the hospital staff allegedly administered anaesthesia and performed the sex-change operation.

“He brought me here, and the next morning I had an operation. When I regained consciousness, I was told that I had been changed from a boy to a girl,” Mujahid recounted. 

Omprakash allegedly told him that he would now have to live with him, adding that no one from his family or community would accept him anymore. Omprakash also threatened to shoot Mujahid’s father and seize his share of the family land.

“He said, ‘I changed you from a man to a woman and now you have to live with me. I have prepared a lawyer and prepared a court marriage for you. Now I will shoot your father and the land of your share will be named after me and then I will sell it and go to Lucknow’,” Mujahid recalled.

In response to the incident, BKU workers, led by farmer leader Shyam Pal, staged a protest at the medical college, demanding immediate action against Omprakash and the involved doctors. The police have assured the demonstrators that a thorough investigation would be conducted.

According to Shyam Pal, this incident points to a larger issue of organ trafficking in the hospital. He claimed that there is a racket operating within the hospital that targets individuals for organ harvesting and gender reassignment without consent. 

“It is very unfortunate. We want this illegal business of selling body parts to be stopped immediately. All those involved, including the hospital management and those who facilitated this crime, should be held accountable and punished,” Mr Pal demanded.

Mr Pal said that Mujahid’s father had filed a police complaint on June 16, which led to Omprakash’s arrest. However, Mr Pal criticised the police for their lax attitude and called for stricter action. He also demanded compensation of at least Rs 2 crore for Mujahid, whose life has been severely affected by this traumatic incident.

“All the allegations made by the family and the protestors will be thoroughly investigated, and appropriate legal actions will be taken against those found guilty,” Senior Muzaffarnagar police officer Ramashish Yadav said.

Besides arresting Omprakash, the police are also investigating the hospital staff involved in the case.  

 

Sambhal:

Three people were killed and 17 others injured after their tractor-trolley collided with a container truck on the Sambhal-Hasanpur road here in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

The accident occurred on Sunday night near Deep Pur Tanda, which falls under the area of the Rajpura police station, they said.

The victims were returning from a funeral, police said.

Ghasi Ram, 60, Mahipal, 55, Gumani, 40, were killed in the accident, they said and added that the 17 injured people were hospitalised.

The truck driver fled from the spot after the accident, police said.

District Magistrate Manish Bansal said the accident had took place around 11 pm on Sunday.

The victims were residents of Lakhanpur village and were returning from Anupshahr in Bulandshahr district after attending a funeral, Mr Bansal said.

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Barabanki:

Three children were among four people killed after a school bus overturned near Salarpur village here in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, police said. Thirty-two children were injured.

The accident happened in the evening when they were returning to Suratganj after a picnic in Lucknow, they said.

The bus was speeding and in an attempt to save a motorcycle rider, it swerved and overturned, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Akhilesh Narayan said. Of the 32 injured children, four were referred to a medical facility in Lucknow by a local hospital, police said.

They said that the bus conductor and three children, in the age group of 12 to 13 years, were killed in the accident.

The bus belonged to the Harakka Composite School in Suratganj. The children had come to Lucknow for a picnic, Narayan added.

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New Delhi:

A stampede broke out during a pre-Holi event at the revered Shreeji Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura today. The incident resulted in at least six devotees falling unconscious, with injuries reported among the crowd.

According to eyewitness accounts, the stampede took place around 1:15 pm. A large number of visitors, compounded by the special occasion of ‘Laddoo Holi’ and today being a Sunday, contributed to the overcrowding, police said.

CCTV footage captured at the temple showed a huge crowd grappling with a stampede-like situation. In the chaotic frenzy, some people appeared being dragged along by the sheer force of the crowd. Others were seen desperately pulling out fellow worshipers who had become trapped in the crush of bodies. 

In the chaos, around six people lost consciousness, prompting immediate medical attention. A team of doctors stationed onsite administered first aid to the injured before transferring them to nearby hospitals for further treatment. 

Among those injured, the condition of two individuals is reported to be serious.

Soon after the stampede broke out, a contingent of police force was sent to the temple to restore order and assist with crowd control measures.

Lucknow:

Union Minister Kaushal Kishore’s son has been charged under the Arms Act, a day after a 30-year-old man was shot dead under mysterious circumstances at his home in Lucknow, the police said on Saturday.

Three men were arrested in connection with the case on Friday, the police said. According to the minister, his son Vikas Kishore lives at his Lucknow residence but he was in Delhi when Vinay Srivastava, described as his friend, was murdered at the house.

The pistol used by the accused to shoot Vinay is a licensed weapon owned by his son, according to his father. His arms licence was valid only in Uttar Pradesh, so he did not take the pistol with him, Mr Kishore claimed.

“On September 1, Vinay was killed at Vikas Kishore’s residence in which his licensed pistol was used. A case has been filed against the licensee under section 30 of the Arms Act (punishment for contravention of licence or rule),” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Lucknow West) Rahul Raj.

The victim had a single gunshot wound to his head, the police said.

The report for cancellation of the licence has been forwarded to officials, he said.

On Friday, three men — Ajay Rawat, Ankit Verma, and Shamim alias Baba — were arrested in connection with the murder that took place at the minister’s house in the early hours of the day, the police said.

According to a complaint filed by the victim’s brother, the three men had invited Vinay for dinner at the minister’s residence, where an altercation took place in the course of gambling.

In the initial investigation, it was revealed that before the incident took place, Vinay, Ajay, Ankit, Shamim and two others — Saurabh Rawat and Arun Pratap Singh alias Bunty — were playing cards for money and also had alcohol, the police said.

After some time, at the instruction of Ajay, Ankit and Shamim, Saurabh and Arun took their win and left, they said, adding that Vinay had lost Rs 12,000 in gambling.

Vinay got angry at this and confronted the three with accusations of ganging up against him, they said.

“Because of you, I have lost money, if the game was on, I would have won back the amount, Vinay had said,” the police said in a statement.

This led to a fight among them, blows were exchanged, and Vinay lost a button of his shirt in the fight, which enraged him, police said.

As the fight went on, Ankit took out the licensed revolver of the minister’s son which was kept under a pillow. The three caught hold of Vinay, and Ankit shot him in the head, killing him immediately, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Akash Kulhary said, adding the incident happened around 4 am.

The CCTV footage showed Saurabh and Arun leaving the house before Vinay was shot, police said.

Police recovered a .32 bore revolver, ammunition, a pack of cards and Rs 2,000 cash from the spot on Friday.

Police officer Vikash Rai told news agency PTI that “the pistol (used in crime) was manufactured in Kolkata”.

The land on which the house is built belongs to Kaushal Kishore, the Union minister of state for housing and urban affairs and BJP MP from Lucknow’s Mohanlalganj (SC) constituency. But the house is yet to be registered, said Jai Devi, the minister’s wife.

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