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** <http://www.jharkhand.org.in/contact.htm> <http://www.jharkhand.org.in/forum> Wednesday, July 02, 2008 2:55:00 PM ** Adivasi woman gang-raped at Dahivat PTI JALGAON: A four-member-gang, who entered into a hut of adivasi-couple at Dahivat-Shivar in the district early on Tuesday, raped an adivasi woman and fled with small cash and some grass-cutting-instruments, police said on Wednesday. Police said that the four members entered into an agriculture-field owned by one Madhukar Wagh, where Dilvarsingh Sonawane and his wife were asleep in their hut. The gang knocked the door, beaten up the couple, tied Dilvarsingh by a rope to his bullock-cart and gang-raped his wife. Later, they took away cash of Rs 60, some grass-cutting instruments and fled under the cover of darkness. On a complaint by a woman, police have registered offence against the four unidentified persons. DSP Santosh Rastogi, visited the rural hospital, where the woman victim is being treated at Mehunbare and assured that police will arrest the culprits very soon, police added. http://www.dnaindia.com/dnaprint.asp?newsid=1175101 Jalgaon From Wikipedia Coordinates <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system>: 21°01′00″N 75°34′00″E / 21.0167, 75.5667<http://toolserver.org/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?pagename=Jalgaon¶ms=21.0167_N_75.5667_E_region:IN_type:city> *Jalgaon* (जळगाव) is a city in western India, to the north of the Maharashtra <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra> state in Jalgaon District <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalgaon_District>, which itself is located on the northern Deccan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccan>Plateau. Located within the productive, irrigated agricultural region of Khandesh <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khandesh>, Jalgaon is a municipal corporation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_corporation>. Formerly part of territory controlled by the Holkar<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holkar>family of Maratha <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha> rulers, Jalgaon became part of British India's <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_India> Bombay Presidency <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Presidency> in 1818 and part of independent India in 1947 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947>. Jalgaon is also the hometown of the Smt. Pratibha Patil<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil>, President of India. Modern Jalgaon now boasts of vast industrial areas, educational institutes and good hospitals. The city is well developed with good roads, shopping centres, and residential areas, and also has good communication and transport infrastructure. Jalgaon is near the world famous Ajanta Caves<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajanta_Caves>and is one of the key attraction places for tourists all around the World. Jalgaon has a diverse climate. It is exceptionally hot and dry during summer with temperatures reaching as high as 47 degrees Celsius. Jalgaon receives about 700 mm rainfall during monsoons, which is followed by pleasant temperature in winter. [image: Join Jharkhand Network]<http://www.jharkhand.org.in/jharkhand_flier.pdf> Click on pic to download this Jharkhand Flier . * News TV <http://www.indian-tv.blogspot.com/> Blog <http://www.jharkhand.org.in/blog> Photo <http://www.jharkhand.org.in/photo> Music <http://www.jharkhandi.org/music.htm> Video <http://www.jharkhandi.org/video.htm> Live Chat <http://www.jharkhand.org.in/live> Directory <http://www.jharkhand.org.in/directory> Testimonials <http://www.jharkhand.org.in/directory> Forum <http://yahoogroups.com/group/jharkhand> Contact <http://www.jharkhand.org.in/contact.htm> . * -- Jharkhand News [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jharkhand Online Network www.jharkhand.org.in/news
