Rape accused, on bail, nabbed for molestation

Rape accused, on bail, nabbed for molestation

Ajmeri Shaikh, arrested but given bail over rape and murder of girl found on police quarters terrace, allegedly fondled a woman near site of Kurla building collapse

Divyesh Singh Mumbai

This is as bizarre as it gets. A rape and murder accused, freed on bail, uses a tragedy for another dubious end. If the police version of the story is to be believed, the accused goes to the site of a building collapse, and amid the chaos and confusion, molests a woman and steals her mobile phone. Mohammad Ajmeri Shaikh, 29, was released on bail a few days ago after being in jail for some time over the rape and murder of an underage girl. On Thursday, after getting news of the collapse of Rafique Estate in Kurla Kasaiwada, Shaikh went to the spot saying he was joining the rescue efforts. "Around 2.45 am, Ajmeri sneaked into a house which was a short distance from the collapse spot. Most people in the locality were out of their homes to help the trapped residents of Rafique Estate. Ajmeri thought he could take advantage of the situation," alleged Dilip Sawant, deputy commissioner of police, zone VI. "A woman aged 22 was asleep in the house. Ajmeri fondled her and then stole a mobile phone. The woman woke up in time to see Ajmeri fleeing," Sawant said. She raised an alarm, hearing which her brother woke up. Along with a few other men, he started chasing Ajmeri. The group managed to assault him, but he disappeared in the labyrinthine lanes of Kasaiwada. The group registered a complaint against him with the Nehru Nagar police. Ajmeri was nabbed in the evening when he emerged from Kasaiwada after remaining in hiding for hours on end. He was booked under charges of molestation, trespass and theft. Ajmeri's lawyer Prakash Wagh, who appeared for him in the rape and murder case, said: "I have no idea about the Kasaiwada case." Locals said Ajmeri announced that he was going to the spot to help people, but then he wandered away somewhere else. His family members said they had no idea where he was throughout Thursday. Ajmeri's wife left him a few months before his first arrest. She married another man around the same time as Ajmeri was suspected in the rape and murder of a girl, whose body was found on the terrace of the police quarters building opposite the Nehru Nagar police station. Police said Ajmeri's brain-mapping tests suggested he had something to do with the crime, though the evidence is not admissible in court.

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'Little respite for Iraq’s children'

' An estimated two million children in Iraq continue to face threats including poor nutrition, disease and interrupted education'.





'Iraqi children were frequently caught in the crossfire of conflict throughout 2007. Insecurity and displacement continues to cause hardship for many in the most insecure parts of the country and further eroded access to quality essential services country-wide. Iraq remains volatile; however conditions begin to allow for more a concerted effort to deliver assistance'.

“Iraqi children are paying far too high a price,” said Roger Wright, UNICEF’s Special Representative for Iraq. “While we have been providing as much assistance as possible, a new window of opportunity is opening, which should enable us to reach the most vulnerable with expanded, consistent support. We must act now.”

Available information from different sources shows that:

Children in remote and hard-to-reach areas were frequently cut off from health outreach services.

Only 20 per cent outside Baghdad had working sewerage in their community, and access to safe water remains a serious issue.

An average 25,000 children per month were displaced by violence or intimidation, their families seeking shelter in other parts of Iraq.

By the end of the year, approximately 75,000 children had resorted to living in camps or temporary shelters (25 per cent of those newly-displaced since the Samarra shrine bombing in February 2006).

Hundreds of children lost their lives or were injured by violence and many more had their main family wage-earner kidnapped or killed.

Approximately 1,350 children were detained by military and police authorities, many for alleged security violations.

Only 28 per cent of Iraq’s 17 year olds sat their final exams in summer, and only 40 per cent of those sitting exams achieved a passing grade (in south and central Iraq).

Many of 220,000 displaced children of primary school age had their education interrupted, adding to the estimated 760,000 children (17 per cent) already out of primary school in 2006'.

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