Women’s rights groups hail decision


BUKIT MERTAJAM: Nepali Nirmala Thapa smiled and heaved a sigh of relief after she was acquitted by the Sessions Court here in her retrial on an abortion charge.

Judge M. Vijayalakshmi acquitted her yesterday without calling for her defence after the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against her.

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