The victim Ananya was headed to school around 8.30 pm, riding pillion on her mother’s Honda Activa, when the truck rammed into them near the bustling Singpura Chowk intersection in Zirakpur; her mother, Pushpa Pathak, also suffered minor injuries
An alert police officer in Mumbai saved an 8-year-old girl from a kidnapper who intended to sell her into the flesh trade. The officer noticed the girl with a man and became suspicious when he noticed their different languages and the man giving her toys and chocolates without her asking. The officer called the girl's uncle, who confirmed she had not returned from school, and the man was apprehended. The man was planning to take the girl to Bihar and sell her into the flesh trade.