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Arab Times
13-07-2025
- Health
- Arab Times
Popular painkiller may increase risk of memory decline, study finds
LONDON, July 13: A widely prescribed pain medication, gabapentin — often recommended as a safer alternative to opioids for individuals suffering from lower back pain — is now facing scrutiny after being associated with a heightened risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). According to a large-scale observational study published in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, patients who were frequently prescribed gabapentin showed a significantly higher likelihood of developing dementia or MCI. 'Our results support the need for close monitoring of adult patients prescribed gabapentin to assess for potential cognitive decline,' the researchers stated. Dr. Leah Mursaleen, Head of Clinical Research at Alzheimer's Research UK, commented on the study, noting that the findings demonstrate only an association between gabapentin prescriptions and cognitive impairment, not a direct cause. 'Gabapentin dosage wasn't recorded, and there was no information on how long people were on the medication,' she said. She further explained that since the study focused exclusively on individuals with chronic pain, other factors may have contributed to the observed outcomes. 'Previous studies involving people prescribed gabapentin for conditions such as seizures did not find a link between the drug and an increased risk of dementia,' Dr. Mursaleen added. While acknowledging the study's findings, she emphasized the importance of effectively managing chronic pain and advised that anyone concerned about their medication should speak with their doctor.
Time of India
30-05-2025
- Time of India
1 more accused who shot at hotelier held
Lucknow: Police on Friday arrested the man who shot at hotel owner and property dealer Mursaleen after chasing him for about 1 kilometre in broad daylight on May 25 Farman Ali was arrested in an encounter in which he suffered a firearm injury in his leg. The encounter took place near Kalyan apartment in Luvkushnagar. While eight people were named in the case, the police have now sent four to jail, while the hunt for the other four is ongoing. Farman was bearing a cash reward of Rs 10,000 in his name. Mursaleen, was shot thrice in the shootout and is under treatment at a hospital. DCP Lucknow East Shashank Singh said that the police were conducting morning checks early Friday morning when it stopped a suspicious car near Khurramnagar embankment road. "Instead of stopping the car, the driver increased the speed of the car. When the police chased the car, the driver collided with the divider near Lavkushnagar Kalyan apartment in a hurry to escape," the DCP said. He said the car driver opened fire on the police team after finding the police force all around while fleeing. "In retaliatory action by the police, he was shot in the leg. A pistol, cartridges, shells, and the car were recovered from him. On May 25, while eating food in Ghazipur, he argued with his relative Mursaleen," he said. Earlier on Thursday evening, the police arrested Aman, against whom three cases are registered at Indiranagar, Ghazipur, and Itaunja police stations.
Time of India
27-05-2025
- Time of India
Two held for chasing, shooting at hotelier in Sarvodayanagar
Lucknow: A day after a hotelier was shot at thrice by rivals in Sarvodayanagar following a dispute over food, police on Monday arrested two people, and recovered an SUV and an illegal pistol from their possession. According to police, the victim, Mursaleen (35), had an argument with accused people over food at his uncle's hotel in Sarvodayanagar on Sunday. While the situation was defused after Mursaleen's uncle intervened, the accused men held a grudge against Mursaleen and shot at him thrice later in the evening. The arrested men were identified as Arshal Ghazi, a distant relative of Mursaleen, and Faiz Ali Rizvi. "An SUV used in the crime and a .32 bore illegal pistol were recovered. At least eight other suspects are on the run," a senior officer privy to the investigation said. "Arshal and Faiz reached the hotel with a few relatives around 2.30 pm on Sunday to have lunch. They were refused service, citing prior tensions, leading to a heated exchange in front of staff and customers. They also had a verbal spat with Mursaleen, who was inside the hotel. It was only after Mursaleen's uncle, Afsar Ali, intervened via a phone call that the food was served," the officer said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Dermatologista recomenda: simples truque elimina o fungo facilmente Acabe com os Fungo Undo "Around 5pm, Arshal and Faiz asked Mursaleen to meet them at Munshi Pulia on the pretext of discussing some issue. During interaction, Mursaleen sensed danger and fled the spot," he added. "As Mursaleen headed towards his uncle's hotel, 3-4 SUVs followed him. As he stepped out of his vehicle, Arshal, Faiz, and their associates opened fire on him. Mursaleen was hit but managed to run inside the building. The attackers chased him and fired two more shots from close range," the officer said, adding that Mursaleen is currently under treatment. Accused removed number plates from SUV During interrogation, Arshal confessed that he planned the attack on Mursaleen after being insulted at the hotel. He was accompanied by two associates, Nadeem and Farman, during the attack. Police said that the accused removed the number plate of the SUV used in the attack to avoid identification through CCTV surveillance. The number plate was found under the car seat. "They took off the registration number plate before the attack to ensure the vehicle couldn't be traced later through footage or eyewitness accounts," said ACP, Ghazipur (Indiranagar), Anindya Vikram Singh. Following the attack, Mursaleen's brother Aslam filed an FIR at Ghazipur police station against Arshal, his brother Faisal, Faiz Rizvi, Samriddhi Singh, Ajay, and Shadab. Both Arshal and Faiz have criminal records. Faiz Rizvi has six cases against him including those of murder, attempt to murder, fraud, and has even been booked under the Gangsters Act. Arshal too has an FIR against him at Gudamba police station. Mursaleen himself has cases of attempt to murder and other serious offences against him at Chinhat and Vibhuti Khand police stations. ADCP, East, Pankaj Singh raids were underway to apprehend the remaining suspects.
The Print
05-05-2025
- The Print
Held in robbery bid, she was found to be trafficked, raped, pregnant at 16. At 19, she'll be a paralegal
At first glance, she looks like a playful teenager, but there is more to her than meets the eye. She is a victim, and also a survivor. The t-shirt, anklets and bag are, at once, telling but do not reveal the entirety of her story. 'Guess how much I bought it for? Only Rs 30,' she says, fixing her anklets, her eyes sparkling with pride about the bargain she made. New Delhi: With the glaring caption 'anti-social' on her baby pink-coloured T-shirt and an equally bright pink bag reflecting her defiance in the face of violations, she talks in long-winded sentences until suddenly she is quiet. The chimes of the payal (anklets) on her alta -dyed feet fill the ensuing silence. Trafficked at the age of 11-12 from Siliguri, West Bengal, into a sex racket in South Delhi, sometime between 2017 and 2019, she was moved from small, cramped rooms to dingy hotels over the next couple of years. She was pregnant at just 16, her bone ossification tests have shown. Then, in early 2022, her life changed. Apprehended on 3 March, 2022 in a robbery bid case, which was lodged against a gang on 1 March that year in Paharganj police station in Delhi, she underwent a medical examination—required before sending a juvenile to an observation home. The tests revealed that she was 14-16 weeks pregnant. Based on the medical test and her statements, the police filed a separate FIR under Indian Penal Code sections of rape and criminal conspiracy, and sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, on 12 March, 2022. The move gave her a dual status under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015—a child who needed care and a victim of crime. The Child Welfare Committee appointed a support person for her from iProbono, a women-led social justice organisation. Over three years later, the now 19-year-old girl lives in an aftercare facility. She paints and stitches, and is training to become a paralegal volunteer after the Rouse Avenue court in Delhi selected her this February. Her rape case is at a stage where the prosecution provides evidence before the court. The other four accused in the gang—Vikas Raj Koti Thapa, Mursaleen, Juned Aslam alias Sahil, and Meena Gautam alias Reena—are out on bail. Mursaleen faces charges of rape and criminal conspiracy under IPC, and aggravated penetrative sexual assault under POCSO, whereas the charges against Juned Aslam include kidnapping, procuration of a minor girl, and criminal conspiracy under IPC, and the failure to report or record a sexual offence against a child under POCSO. Koti Thapa faces charges of criminal conspiracy and exploitation of a trafficked person under IPC, and abetment and aggravated penetrative sexual assault under POCSO, whereas the charges against Meena Gautam are abetment under POCSO and criminal conspiracy under IPC and trafficking. From March 2022, the trafficked girl stayed at the observation home till her name was taken off the robbery bid case after the complainant did not name or identify her. No evidence was found against her in the investigation. The case is now in a stage, in which the prosecution presents its evidence in court. She was then sent to the CWC and placed in a children's home for girls. Later, in April 2024, she was sent to the aftercare facility. Also Read: Fast-track courts for rape and POCSO cases effective, govt likely to extend scheme for 3 yrs 'Don't want to go home' Held as a hostage upon being trafficked, multiple men raped her for over the next couple of years. They, however, are not accused in her case as she did not know their names and could not share any significant details about them. So, the prosecution case rests against only four persons. The foetal DNA results did not match with any of the DNA of any man arrested in the case. Her pregnancy was medically terminated during her time in the observation home. The survivor says that one Mamta brought her from Siliguri, West Bengal, but the woman has not been traced yet. The teenager does not remember when exactly she left home and how old she was. In her statements to the police and the court, she starts from when she was eight years old. The exact dates, months and sequence in her narrative are a blur, which could be misconstrued as inconsistent by some, but the fundamentals of her story never change. She never changes the part about how she fought against everything—gripping poverty at home, her father digging graves to bury her and the siblings alive, and the men and women who forced her into sex work. Speaking to ThePrint, Aishwarya Sinha, a senior social worker at iProbono, says, 'When I first met her, she told me that she was an orphan. Gradually, when she started to believe that I did not intend to cause any harm to her, she disclosed that she had lied and her parents were alive. She thought that people would pity her and send her back soon.' Sinha was appointed her support person, according to the POCSO Rules 2020. Some court records also say that her parents are dead. A social investigation report, prepared under provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, also says that there was no point in her returning to her village, where the vulnerability of being forced into sex work again increases. 'I do not want to go back home. It is unsafe there. I am trying to build a life here, I want to be completely independent,' she says, showing some jewellery designs she sketched. 'Everything is a blur' In cases of survivors of trafficking and rape, their minds often find it hard to retain the exact details. Sinha says, 'She gradually started opening up about her childhood, narrating how she was trafficked and the numerous assaults on her. But, at every meeting, she would come up with new facts, places, and persons, deviating from her previous narratives. I realised that she was finally able to process her trauma and share her pain with someone. She had not met anyone who had tried to see her as a child who sought love and care.' In some cases, it has been observed that victims tend to be favourably inclined to that one person who, among their abusers, is comparatively kinder. Juned Aslam, a Delhi Police constable under suspension since 2019, was that person to the survivor. She did not oppose his bail. He was the first among the accused to have made bail. The 19-year-old says that after the robbery bid, Juned Aslam, along with two others, fled the spot, leaving her behind with Mursaleen, who then allegedly sexually assaulted her. 'She shared that he [Juned Aslam] was the only person who asked her what compelled her to do 'such work'. She stayed with him for a few days and felt attracted to him. He would talk to her; it was the first time she felt a little heard. She developed a soft corner for him and was unsure about the court punishing him. Though she wants to ask him: 'Why did he leave her with random strangers?',' Sinha says. Court documents reveal that the teenager had studied till Class 6. One day, she approached a woman in the neighbourhood for work and got introduced to Mamta. Mamta told her that she would find work as a domestic help in Delhi and brought her to the city. 'I must have left home three to four years before 2022. I do not know which month or year, but yes, it was the first time I ever sat in a plane. I wanted to get out of my home to earn money. My brother had tuberculosis, and he was dying. I knew I had to do something to save him,' the 19-year-old says. Her brother died in 2023. Also Read: 7 women lured using 'Magic App' & raped — police in MP's Sidhi uncover racket, arrest 4 Threatened into 'sleeping with men' Upon landing in Delhi, Mamta took her to meet Reena Gautam in RK Puram. From that point onwards, multiple men raped her in different corners of the national capital, starting from a rented room in Panchsheel Vihar to hotels in Kishangarh and Mohammadpur. 'The first place I went to had two rooms. Men occupied one room. Mamta and Reena told me that we are going shopping. They bought me revealing clothes and asked me to get ready. Then, one man came, and they sent me with him to a hotel. He raped me. I do not know his name,' she says. Pausing for seconds, she resumes, 'The racket included auto and cab drivers stationed outside the hotel. There was no way I could run away anywhere'. The accused allegedly sent her to several different clients daily and collected payments. 'Reena aunty, and Mamta would threaten that they would kill me if I told anyone about anything and force me to go with those men. Once or twice, when a man asked me about my age, considering my height, I would tell them that I am 20 and of Nepalese origin, so I look younger, and my height is less. Mamta asked me to say that to clients,' she narrated in her statement to the police. In some cases, she was held hostage in the rooms of clients for days or weeks. The women 'told me to sleep with all of them, even if some of them would be the age of my father or brother,' the FIR reads. Then, she was also sent to stay with the arrested accused, Vikas Thappa, in another South Delhi house for months. Her statements to the police and case records reveal that he also sent her to various clients and did not allow her to leave her room on other days. Allegedly, Thappa also sexually assaulted her. In his defence, Thappa, while applying for bail, contested the charges on the ground of false implications, considering the girl did not mention his name in the FIR. The investigation officer, he alleged, tutored her statements to the police under 164 Code of Criminal Procedure. She had not levelled allegations against him in her statement before the magistrate under 164 CrPC. Her statement in front of the magistrate only mentions her rape after the robbery bid. It mentions that after the rape, the accused, Mursaleen, booked a cab for her to Juned Aslam's house. It refers to Juned Aslam as Sahil, the name he told her when introducing himself as a cop. While seeking bail, Juned Aslam defended himself by saying she had not levelled allegations against him. Hooked on hope After she returned from where she stayed with Thappa, Reena sent her to another Kishangarh accommodation. In February 2022, Juned Aslam took her back to Reena, court records reveal. She does not remember where he had taken her, but records mention that she told him she was not feeling well. 'He told me his name is Sahil. Reena told Sahil to drop me off in four hours. I was not feeling well. He started addressing me … asking if I was into prostitution by my own will, how I came to Delhi, etc. He was the first person in years who had spoken to me kindly. I narrated everything before him, and he told me he would help me,' the 19-year-old says. 'He told me he was a police personnel and showed me some photos. I started feeling inclined towards him. It felt like hope.' She adds that Juned Aslam had admonished Reena when she confronted him on why he did not bring the minor to her at the promised time. Court records show that thereafter, the girl started living with Juned Aslam alias Sahil. However, he allegedly took her for a drive with three others on one of their nights together. She does not remember all their names, but one was Mursaleen. On that night, the men in the car allegedly robbed a man of his phone and money in the Pahargaj area. 'They had put me in the car trunk, so I did not know what was going on,' she said. The prosecution stated in court that after the robbery bid, Juned Aslam and two others fled the scene, but their speeding car met with an accident, crashing into a police car. The teenager says: 'I was in the rear seat of Mursaleen's car. He drove to an isolated location, where he raped me.' While the court has discharged Juned Aslam in the robbery bid case, Mursaleen is on trial with two others, Rakesh Arora and Guljar. Juned Aslam, however, is an accused under the Arms Act 1959. The case, registered at the Vasant Kunj police station, is also at the prosecution evidence stage. (Edited by Madhurita Goswami) Also Read: India's rape crisis isn't just legal failure. We raise men who don't know consent, respect
