Here’s your wrap of news for the week gone by: The Central Bureau of Investigation, in its chargesheet filed in the Hathras gangrape case, has said that the delay in the medical examination of the 19-year-old woman led to the loss of crucial evidence, The Times of India reported on Sunday. The chargesheet was filed at a special court in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. The investigation agency also said that the police did not follow the proper procedure to record the complainant’s statement after her family approached them on September 14. A private lab in Bijnor has confirmed that the 22-year-old woman, who was sent to a shelter home pursuant to a report by a Bajrang Dal unit to the Uttar Pradesh police about an alleged instance of ‘love jihad’ made punishable under the recently promulgated anti-conversion ordinance in the state, had a miscarriage. Her mother-in-law claimed that the miscarriage was a result of torture inflicted on her at the shelter home. The woman had alleged that the district hospital administered “injections” because of which she lost her baby. The hospital denied the allegation and refused to comment. Former Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan, arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a northeast Delhi riots case, alleged before a court in Delhi on Tuesday that she was beaten up by inmates at Mandoli jail and was continuously facing harassment in prison. The court sought a detailed report from the prison authorities on Wednesday on the steps that have been taken to address the issue and to also state if shifting her to another jail was required. The percentage of women using sanitary products and practising hygiene during menstrual cycle increased across states and Union territories in the past decade-and-a-half, first phase of the recent National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) has found. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa and Telangana were among the states and UTs having the highest percentage of women using menstrual hygiene products, as of 2019-2020. A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday found the two accused in Sister Abhaya’s murder case guilty and their quantum of punishment will be announced on Wednesday, bringing a dramatic end to the 28-year-old case. Sister Abhaya was found dead in Kottayam in March 1992. It was initially dismissed as a suicide by the state police and crime branch, but the CBI later concluded that it was murder. --------------------------------------------------------- Follow Feminism In India: Website: https://www.feminisminindia.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/feminisminindia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/feminisminindia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feminismini... Telegram: https://t.me/feminisminindia Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cjuLbv
