Indian driver accused of raping woman travelling with infant daughter

NEW DELHI // A Polish woman was drugged and raped as she travelled to the Indian capital with her two-year-old daughter, police said yesterday.

The woman, 33, and her daughter were travelling in a taxi from Mathura where they live to New Delhi last Thursday when she was allegedly raped by the driver.

The driver drugged the woman at some point during the 150-kilometre journey and she was attacked after she passed out.

The woman woke up on a bench outside a railway station in New Delhi with her toddler crying by her side, police said, adding she was drugged by a type of liquid spray.

The woman, a devotee of the Hindu god Krishna, had been living in Mathura, believed to be the birthplace of Krishna, in Uttar Pradesh for the past three years and worked in the cloth export business.

She and her daughter had been waiting on a busy road in Mathura for a taxi to take them to the capital when the driver approached.

The January 2 incident comes barely a week after India marked the first anniversary of the death of a student who was gang raped on a New Delhi bus in an attack that sent shock waves across the nation.

The rape triggered massive protests over the levels of violence against women, but in the past 12 months there have been several more cases of local and foreign woman being attacked.

* Agence France-Presse

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Defining head lice

Pediculus humanus capitis are tiny wingless insects that feed on blood from the human scalp. The adult head louse is up to 3mm long, has six legs, and is tan to greyish-white in colour. The female lives up to four weeks and, once mature, can lay up to 10 eggs per day. These tiny nits firmly attach to the base of the hair shaft, get incubated by body heat and hatch in eight days or so.

Identifying lice

Lice can be identified by itching or a tickling sensation of something moving within the hair. One can confirm that a person has lice by looking closely through the hair and scalp for nits, nymphs or lice. Head lice are most frequently located behind the ears and near the neckline.

Treating lice at home

Head lice must be treated as soon as they are spotted. Start by checking everyone in the family for them, then follow these steps. Remove and wash all clothing and bedding with hot water. Apply medicine according to the label instructions. If some live lice are still found eight to 12 hours after treatment, but are moving more slowly than before, do not re-treat. Comb dead and remaining live lice out of the hair using a fine-toothed comb.
After the initial treatment, check for, comb and remove nits and lice from hair every two to three days. Soak combs and brushes in hot water for 10 minutes.Vacuum the floor and furniture, particularly where the infested person sat or lay.

Courtesy Dr Vishal Rajmal Mehta, specialist paediatrics, RAK Hospital