Two Haryana policewomen allege rape

K
ARNAL - In separate incidents, two policewomen posted at the Haryana Armed Police (HAP) campus near here have complained that they were raped, police officials said here Thursday.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Surinder Singh said two cases of rape have been registered by police at the Civil Lines and Sadar police stations. The HAP campus is in Madhuban near Karnal, 125 km from Chandigarh.

In one case, the policewoman, a constable, alleged she had been raped by a local political leader who promised to marry her.

In the second case, another woman constable alleged she had been raped by a person in the same department where she was working.

The DSP said one person has been arrested and efforts were being made to arrest the second one also.

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Rohtang Pass re-opened for traffic

M
ANALI - The Rohtang Pass, at an altitude of 13,050 feet in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district, was Thursday re-opened for vehicular traffic after it remained closed for 24 days after massive snowfall in the region, an official said here.

“The Rohtang Pass re-opened for the traffic this (Thursday) evening. This would now enable the people to reach the tribal Lahaul Valley (in Lahaul and Spiti district),” S.K. Doon, commander of the 38 Task Force of the General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) - a wing of the Border Road Organisations - that maintains the Manali-Leh highway that passes through the pass.

He said the pass saw three to five feet snowfall Nov 9.

A large number of people had been stranded on both sides of the pass due to its closure.

The weather at the Rohtang Pass, located 52 km from here, is harsh. A sudden drop in temperatures even in summers triggers wintry conditions.

Over 75 people were caught in strong icy winds Nov 20 when they were crossing the Rohtang Pass on foot and 14 died on the spot.

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