JOWAI: Police have arrested a fifty-year-old man for allegedly raping his nine-year-old daughter here on Saturday.
Sources said Riang Najiar of Dulong, Jowai raped his youngest daughter late at night on Saturday. He was arrested after the victim's eldest sister lodged a complaint with Jowai police. The girl whose mother died after giving birth to her nine years ago was sent for medical examination.
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1100 birds culled in Ri-Bhoi villages
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: A total of 1100 birds have been culled in various parts of Ri-Bhoi district along Meghalaya-Assam border as a precautionary measure against bird flu which has affected several districts of the neighbouring state. Culling operations will continue still Monday morning.
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary (AH&V) Department started culling of fowls in a number of villages of Ri-Bhoi district bordering Assam on Saturday evening following outbreak of the dreaded disease in Khanapara, Assam.
Culling operations are on in the villages of Khanapara (A), Khanapara (B), Upper Gholi, Eight Mile, Patharkuchi and Maikhuli. Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) have also been pressed into service.
(AH&V) Director D Khonglah on Sunday said disinfectants would be sprayed in sheds for birds and on tyres of vehicles used for transporting birds after the culling operations were over.
He pointed out that the State Government was taking only precautionary measures and that no case of bird flu was reported in the State.
"Culling of birds should be carried out within the 3-km radius of the area affected by bird flu. We decided to cull birds in all the villages within the 3-km radius of Khanapara, Assam, where bird flu cases have been reported," Dr Khonglah said.
The State Government has already banned import of chickens and poultry products from Assam. The ban does not imply to the sale of poultry and poultry products produced in the State. The government has also started collecting blood samples from domestic fowls to see if there is any case of the H5N1 virus.
''More RRTs have been deployed to Assam-Meghalaya border, especially those bordering Assam's Kamrup district. Around 70 veterinary officials and field staff have been sent to Ri-Bhoi district," Dr Khonglah added.
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC were recently imposed in Ri-Bhoi district and police asked to maintain vigil to prevent import of poultry from Assam.
The government has constituted 150 RRTs and opened control rooms to check spread of the disease to Meghalaya.
Surveillance, early detection and vaccination programmes are being carried out by the Veterinary Department, besides examination of birds in the markets by the task force. The departments of forest, veterinary, health, police, agriculture and public health engineering have been asked to cooperate with the task force in checking outbreak of the avian flu in Meghalaya.
Temporary check-posts have also been set up in Muktapur, Dawki, Hingkaria, Huroi, Leijri, Hatmawdon, Balat, Shella, Itchamati, Nongjri, Ranikor, Borsora, Maheshkhola Rongra, Baghmara, Sibbari, Gasuapara, Dimapara, Dalu, Purakhasia and Mahendraganj villages on the Indo-Bangla border. There are also reports of bird flu affecting certain border areas of Bangladesh.
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Sources said Riang Najiar of Dulong, Jowai raped his youngest daughter late at night on Saturday. He was arrested after the victim's eldest sister lodged a complaint with Jowai police. The girl whose mother died after giving birth to her nine years ago was sent for medical examination.
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1100 birds culled in Ri-Bhoi villages
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: A total of 1100 birds have been culled in various parts of Ri-Bhoi district along Meghalaya-Assam border as a precautionary measure against bird flu which has affected several districts of the neighbouring state. Culling operations will continue still Monday morning.
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary (AH&V) Department started culling of fowls in a number of villages of Ri-Bhoi district bordering Assam on Saturday evening following outbreak of the dreaded disease in Khanapara, Assam.
Culling operations are on in the villages of Khanapara (A), Khanapara (B), Upper Gholi, Eight Mile, Patharkuchi and Maikhuli. Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) have also been pressed into service.
(AH&V) Director D Khonglah on Sunday said disinfectants would be sprayed in sheds for birds and on tyres of vehicles used for transporting birds after the culling operations were over.
He pointed out that the State Government was taking only precautionary measures and that no case of bird flu was reported in the State.
"Culling of birds should be carried out within the 3-km radius of the area affected by bird flu. We decided to cull birds in all the villages within the 3-km radius of Khanapara, Assam, where bird flu cases have been reported," Dr Khonglah said.
The State Government has already banned import of chickens and poultry products from Assam. The ban does not imply to the sale of poultry and poultry products produced in the State. The government has also started collecting blood samples from domestic fowls to see if there is any case of the H5N1 virus.
''More RRTs have been deployed to Assam-Meghalaya border, especially those bordering Assam's Kamrup district. Around 70 veterinary officials and field staff have been sent to Ri-Bhoi district," Dr Khonglah added.
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC were recently imposed in Ri-Bhoi district and police asked to maintain vigil to prevent import of poultry from Assam.
The government has constituted 150 RRTs and opened control rooms to check spread of the disease to Meghalaya.
Surveillance, early detection and vaccination programmes are being carried out by the Veterinary Department, besides examination of birds in the markets by the task force. The departments of forest, veterinary, health, police, agriculture and public health engineering have been asked to cooperate with the task force in checking outbreak of the avian flu in Meghalaya.
Temporary check-posts have also been set up in Muktapur, Dawki, Hingkaria, Huroi, Leijri, Hatmawdon, Balat, Shella, Itchamati, Nongjri, Ranikor, Borsora, Maheshkhola Rongra, Baghmara, Sibbari, Gasuapara, Dimapara, Dalu, Purakhasia and Mahendraganj villages on the Indo-Bangla border. There are also reports of bird flu affecting certain border areas of Bangladesh.
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