Quicktakes

Police informed that the incident took place around 2.30 pm. Zeenat was at home along with a relative Zaheer Aslam (25). Piqued over the issue of her divorce, her in-laws, who came visiting, beat her with bare hands and later hit her with a cricket bat. They also smashed glass panes and partially destroyed furniture. Zeenat sustained minor injuries, police said. The Bandra police have registered a case of rioting against Khan’s brother-in-law Tajdar Kamal Amrohi (52), his sister Niloufer (38), mother Hamida Gulab Nabi Khan (59), nephews Mazhoor (16) and Bilal (14), and son Azaan. Azaan has been living with his paternal relatives after his parents’ divorce. Khan was not present during the entire drama, police added.

Churhat case

BHOPAL: The one-man Justice BhaskaranCommission that probed the affairs of the Churhat children’s welfare society, has absolved former Madhya Pradesh chief ministers Arjun Singh and Motilal Vora. Justice Bhaskaran, in the report submitted on Friday, has concluded that the society was not guilty of any irregularities. While Singh was charged with having used the society’s money the society’s income to build his house at Kerwha dam near here, Vora was charged with granting income-tax exemption to the society.

Assam violence

GUWAHATI: The situation in strife-torn Kokrajhar district of lower Assam deteriorated on Saturday with armed groups of Bodo youths attacking two Santhal villages near Gossaigaon, leaving at least 14 persons dead. Violence broke out when a large group of Bodo youths set houses in two villages on fire and opened indiscriminate firing on helpless Santhals who were still in bed. While 10 persons died on the spot, four succumbed to injuries later. But unofficial sources said the casualties were likely to be higher.