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7 more persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of SDPI leader KS Shaan in Alappuzha. Till now, 10 people have been arrested in this case: Kerala Police

Two people were arrested here for allegedly drugging a Class 10 student and gang-raping her. The minor girl had gone for tuition classes on Thursday from where two people allegedly drugged her and took her to a forest area near Sadpur village, according to a complaint lodged by her family. Two more people were waiting there and all four allegedly raped her, as per the complaint. She was later found in an unconscious state by her family members who had started searching for her along with police after she did not return home. She narrated the episode to her family after coming around. According to local Jansath police station SHO Bablu Singh Verma, a case was registered against four people based on the complaint and two were arrested. The minor was sent for a medical examination.

Around 25 tiffin bombs and cane bombs have been recovered by police in a forest in Jharkhand’s Latehar district, officials said. Based on a tip-off, a police team reached the spot near Barwaia Kalan village with a bomb disposal squad and defused the explosives on Friday, they said.

A senior police officer said there was also information that members of a militant outfit were present in the forest, and investigation is underway.

“We believe they were planning something sinister with the explosives, which were recovered and defused in time,” he said.