LOCALS SHUT MARKET, BLOCK NH 58

Many Cong leaders offer to resign; Phulera locals unhappy over merger in newly announced Dudu dist

First India Bureau

Sujangarh/Jaipur: Local people on Saturday agitated against the State Government for not making Sujangarh a district. The local market was closed and people blocked NH 58 demanding the formation of a district. The blockade led to long queues of vehicles on the mega highway. The locals demonstrated outside the Congress MLA from Sujangarh Manoj Kumar’s residence after which police force was deployed there.

Meanwhile, several Congress leaders offered resignations accusing the government of neglecting the demand.

On the other hand, Youth Congress Shahpura (Jaipur) President Ramkunwar Kataria resigned for not making Shahpura a district.

Residents of Sambhar, Phulera were also unhappy for not carving the towns as a new district. In Phulera, MLA Nirmal Kumawat staged a demonstration.

He said that local people are not willing to get the area merged in the newly announced Dudu district.

Auto driver held for molesting 9-year-old girl in Jhotwara

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A case of molestation of a nine-yearold girl by an auto-rickshaw driver has come to the fore in the city. Earlier, once dropping them at home, the accused auto driver misbehaved with the minor.

This time when the same auto driver came to pick her she refused to go with him stating him as ‘dirty’. On coming to know about the molestation, the victim’s grandmother lodged a report at the Jhotwara police station. Police registered a report under the POCSO Act. Taking immediate action, the police arrested the accused auto driver on Friday night. As per the police, a complaint of molestation by the victim’s grandmother has been filed on Friday afternoon.