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BENGALURU: Registrar (Nursing) of Karnataka State Nursing Council (KSNC), Dr K Mallu, was arrested following a sexual harassment complaint by a 26-year-old woman employee of KSNC. Mallu was remanded in judicial custody. He is accused of demanding sexual favours from the complainant by making unsolicited advances. The alleged sexual harassment is said to have happened between March 16 and March 25 inside his official chamber. The victim has been working with KSNC for the last three years. The complaint was filed on March 26. Mallu is accused of touching the complainant inappropriately and behaving indecently by commenting about her dress. He also told her that he liked her and she should cooperate with him in all ways and that he would support her. He is also accused of holding her hand and kissing. He also invited her to his house telling her not to be nervous and to stay comfortable, saying that if she was comfortable, he would be comfortable too. He is also accused of forcibly hugging her and also repeatedly calling her when she was on leave. "Out of fear, the complainant has claimed that she went home and informed her family members. Mallu is accused of inappropriate behavior, including kissing the victim's hands, touching her cheek, and threatening her not to disclose the matter," said an officer. A case of sexual harassment involving physical contact (BNS 75(2)), stalking (BNS 78(2)), act intended to insult the modesty of a woman (BNS 79) and criminal intimidation have been registered against Mallu by the Upparpet police.
Moradabad (UP), Aug 1 (PTI) The Moradabad district administration has cancelled the allotment of a government bungalow granted to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has been asked to vacate the premises within 30 days. The bungalow, located in the posh Civil Lines area near the Police Training College (PTC II), was allotted to the SP patriarch 31 years ago. Spread across nearly 1,000 square meters on Nazul land, the property serves as the local SP office. District Magistrate Anuj Singh said the property is needed for housing officers and other ...Read More >
Prajwal Revanna was arrested on May 31, 2024, upon returning to India after nearly five weeks overseas. The case gained national attention after pen drives containing explicit videos allegedly involving him surfaced in Hassan and other areas just before the April 26 Lok Sabha polls. He lost the election as the NDA candidate from Hassan. A special court for elected representatives in Bengaluru on Friday convicted former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna in a rape and sexual harassment case. Special Court ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): In the BMW accident case near Dhaula Kuan that claimed the life of Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Navjot Singh, accused Gaganpreet Kaur has sought bail, stressing that the crash was "wholly accidental" and unintentional. Her counsel highlighted that she is a mother of two minor daughters, has no criminal antecedents, and herself sustained a head injury in the accident. The bail plea, filed under Section 480 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, argues that custodial interrogation is neither warranted nor necessary. It adds that ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Delhi Police have detained the father of a woman who alleged an acid attack near Ashok Vihar, after the investigation revealed inconsistencies in her statement and links to a separate harassment case filed by the main accused's wife, officials said on Monday. According to a Delhi Police statement, on October 26, a 19-year-old open-school student was admitted to Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital with burn injuries on her hands. She told police that her acquaintance, along with his two friends, had attacked her with acid while she was walking towards her college f ...Read More >
Bengaluru Power Cuts: Citizens of Bengaluru brace yourself for long hours of power outages from June 29 and June 30. More than 100 areas will be impacted as BESCOM undertakes its quarterly maintenance work in various of its division. Bengaluru Power Outages June 29: According to the update by BESCOM on its X handler, there will be power outages in Kittaganahalli, Palasandra, Saptagiri, Maruthinagar, Sankapur, Raghavendra Nagar, Goolarivee, Baddihalli, Kesaramadu, C.M Badawan, Kalalli and SKS village on June 29 from 10 am to 5 pm. BESCOM's executive engineer has appealed to consumers to coop ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Two men were arrested in Odisha's Balasore district for allegedly instigating a 20-year-old college student to commit self-immolation, police said on Monday. The Crime Branch of the state police apprehended the two late on Sunday in connection with the death of the woman last month, a senior officer said. The woman student of the Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore had set herself on fire as her complaint of sexual harassment was "not validated" by an internal enquiry committee of the institute, the police had said. "The arrested persons are Jyoti Prakash Biswal, a stu ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A 23-year-old private employee accused her landlord and an electrician of installing a hidden camera inside the washroom of her rented flat in Yousufguda. Following her complaint, Madhura Nagar police registered a case and arrested the landlord on Thursday. The woman discovered the device late on Monday after her husband noticed a loose screw in the bulb holder and found a miniature camera concealed within.According to the police, the complainant had earlier informed her landlord, Asho ...Read More >
Mysuru: A lecturer on contract at a higher education institute was booked for seeking sexual favours from girl students studying in different semesters in exchange for internal marks.Jayalakshmipuram police booked a case against the lecturer, Bharat, under various sections of BNS, including 126 (2) (wrongful restraint), 75 (sexual harassment), and 351 (2) (criminal intimidation), after a senior student filed an FIR with the police on Saturday. The student, in her complaint, claimed the professor ...Read More >
Medak: Telangana State BJP President N. Ramchander Rao on Friday appealed to the people to give the committed party an opportunity to meet the aspirations of the poor and downtrodden. Addressing a large gathering of party workers in Medak, the BJP chief remarked that citizens have experienced the rule of the BRS and the Congress party and have had bitter experiences with the deceitful practices of both. He urged people to support the BJP wholeheartedly in the upcoming local body elections as a way to teach the ruling Congress party a lesson for its unfulfilled promises. Rao emphasized that t ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Ashoknagar police have arrested a doctor on serious charges of sexually harassing a young woman suffering from a skin infection, and the court has remanded him to judicial custody. Based on a complaint filed by a 21-year-old woman, a case has been registered under various sections, including sexual harassment under Section 75 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and the accused has been arrested, police said. Touched Inappropriately "On October 18, I went to a private clinic run by a doctor to get treatment for a skin infection. While treating me, the doctor physically and sexua ...Read More >
Bhadohi: A shocking incident of forced religious conversion, sexual exploitation, extortion, blackmailing and humiliation of a woman came to light in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district on Friday, June 27, a senior police official said. A 35-year-old Muslim woman had filed a complaint against Nitish Chaubey, a resident of Jayarampur under Aurai Police Station in Bhadohi district, he said. The official said that a case was registered on the basis of the complaint at the Mahila Police Station on Thursday under sections 74 (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modes ...Read More >
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], July 2 (ANI): The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitted a 25-year-old man who was earlier convicted for allegedly teasing a minor girl by saying 'I love you' back in 2015, overturning the verdict of a lower court. According to the judgment, the man had been sentenced to three years' imprisonment by a Nagpur sessions court under sections 354-A (sexual harassment) and 354D (stalking) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act. The lower court had viewed his words as stemming from sexual int ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan Anand, his wife and their armed guards breached hospital security, physically assaulted staff, and thr ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 4 (ANI): Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan made strong remarks on the necessity of education while addressing a gathering at the Agaram Foundation event in Chennai. Education is the only weapon that can break the chains of dictatorship and Sanatan, the Rajya Sabha MP said on Sunday. Kamal Haasan added, Dont take anything else in your hands, only education. We cannot win without it, because the majority can make you lose. Majority Fools (Moodargal) will make u lose; knowledge alone will seem defeated. That why we must hold on to it (Educat ...Read More >
New Delhi: Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, the self-proclaimed spiritual leader on the run after allegations of sexual abuse came to light at a private city institute, is no stranger to controversy. Saraswati, initially known as Swami Parthasarathy alias Swami Dr Parthasarathy, was living at Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management for nearly 12 years. With the latest FIR, he now faces five cases, including those related to sexual harassment, fraud and forgery. In 2009, he was booked in a case ...Read More >
Durgapur, Oct 22 (UNI) A city court, hearing the October 10 alleged gang-rape case of a 23-year-old MBBS student from Odisha, today directed the Test Identification (TI) parade of the six accused, including the classmate, at the Phooljhore jail on October 24, court sources said. The court order came about after advocate Partha Ghosh, appearing for the survivor, prayed for the TI parade of the accused persons as soon as possible, which would be done in the Fuljhore Correctional Home where all the accused are presently lodged. The Advocate maintained the rape was pre-planned, and classmate Was ...Read More >
RAMPUR: Less than two months after he was released from Sitapur jail, SP leader Mohammed Azam Khan went back behind bars on Monday when a court convicted and sentenced him to seven years' imprisonment in a 2019 case related to obtaining two PAN cards using different dates of birth. The special MP-MLA court here also sentenced Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam to seven years' imprisonment in the same case. After the sentencing, Khan was taken from the Rampur court to the district jail under heavy security. While being taken to prison, he said, "What is there to say now? It is the court's decision ...Read More >
Kochi: Malayalam director Ranjith Balakrishnan, who was arrested in a sexual harassment case, was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days on Wednesday. He is being taken to Ernakulam Sub Jail. Responding to the media at the magistrate's residence, the director claimed that a false case had been registered against him. His lawyer also confirmed the director's statement and added that a bail plea would be submitted in the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I. The lawyer told the media that Ranjith has multiple health issues, as he had undergone a liver transplantation and spine surgery. P ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A physics lecturer from a private college in Dakshina Kannada and two of his friends have been arrested by Bengaluru police for allegedly blackmailing and raping a student.When the mental torture by the trio became intolerable, the girl narrated to her parents how she was being exploited. Subsequently, she went to Marathahalli police station along with her parents on July 5 and lodged a complaint seeking action against the perpetrators. Acting swiftly, the cops arrested the trio the following day. The accused are Narendra, a physics lecturer, Sandeep, a biology lecturer -- both work ...Read More >
* Kuldeep was convicted of contempt of court by a Delhi court for not furnishing bail bonds on time * The contempt of court order was passed by Judge Saurabh Goyal at the Dwarka court * Kuldeep was directed to stand in court with his hands raised until the court rose Did our AI summary help? Let us know. New Delhi: Raise your hands and stand in the corner of the courtroom for the day, a court in Delhi ordered a man, punishing him in a contempt case. The convict was identified as Kuldeep. D ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The investigation into the alleged acid attack on a 19-year-old DU student has taken anew twist. Police have arrested the girl's father, Akil Khan, for allegedly sexually assaulting the wife of one of the suspects the girl claimed was stalking her."He (Akil Khan) confessed to fabricating the acid attack story because the woman had filed a complaint against him, and he wanted to implicate her husband in the acid attack case," the police said.Police revealed that two days before the alleged attack, the wife of the suspect made a PCR call accusing the girl's father of harassment and bl ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit of Jammu and Kashmir Police is conducting searches at ten locations across four districts in the Valley. An official told news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a terror-crime case linked to a terrorist sleeper cell and recruitment module handled by Jaish commander Abdullah Ghazi from across the border. The searches are underway at one location in Pulwama, six in Ganderbal, one in Srinagar, and two in Budgam district -- (KNO) ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna was assigned prisoner number 15528 and provided with a convict uniform at Bengaluru Central Jail in Parappana Agrahara on Sunday morning, a day after he was sentenced to life imprisonment until death in a rape case. On Saturday, the Special Court for the trial of criminal cases against present and former MPs/ MLAs sentenced Prajwal to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 11.6 lakh. The case involved the repeated rape of a domestic worker. According to prison officials, Prajwal underwent a medical examination by prison doctors on Saturday night ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 28: Delhi Police have arrested self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, who is accused of sexually harassing at least 17 female students and running a network of financial fraud. Officials said the 62-year-old former chairman of a Delhi management institute was traced to Agra after weeks on the run. According to The Times of India, police allege that Saraswati exploited students from economically weaker sections by seizing their mobile phones and academic certificates, effectively silencing them. Investigators say he created an atmosphere of intimidation, threatening ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a notable development, the Delhi High Court has quashed a sexual harassment case after the parties involved reached a settlement, with the accused agreeing to perform community service at the historic Jama Masjid in Delhi. Justice Anish Dayal, presiding over the matter, observed that the two accused had entered into a settlement and that the prospects of conviction appeared "remote and bleak." The judge further noted that continuing the proceedings would amount to a misuse of the judicial process and impose an unnecessary burden on the State exchequer. FIR quashed upon complain ...Read More >
PUNE: A day after being sent to judicial custody, the Pimpri-Chinchwad police on Tuesday arrested prime accused Sheetal Tejwani Suryavanshi in connection with the alleged ₹21 crore stamp duty waiver and land registration fraud. She was produced before the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), which remanded her to eight days' police custody, although the police had sought a 10-day remand. In its remand application, the police told the court that their probe revealed deliberate manipulation of documents during the online property registration process. Investigators said that during the inter ...Read More >
The Amritsar district court on Sunday extended the police remand of Patti MLA and former minister Laljit Singh Bhullar by three days in connection with the suicide of Punjab State Warehousing Corporation (PSWC) district manager Gagandeep Singh Randhawa. Bhullar was presented in the court after his five-day police remand ended. The police sought five-day more remand citing that the investigation officials are to recover a network video recorder (NVR) and mobile phone from the accused. After heari ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The National Commission for Women took suo motu cognisance of a report about the alleged stalking and harassment of a college student in Chennai and a subsequent machete attack on her father and brother. It said a detailed action taken report has been sought from the state police within seven days. The commission's Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has directed the Tamil Nadu DGP to ensure a prompt, thorough and time-bound investigation into the case. The National Commission f ...Read More >
Dehradun : Days after a 37-year-old expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) district leader, her boyfriend and his aide were arrested in connection with the gang rape and sexual exploitation of the woman's 13-year- old daughter, police on Friday said that the minor was gang-raped at least eight times allegedly in presence of her mother. The former BJP leader allegedly used to take her daughter on trips, during which she forced the minor to consume liquor and indulge in sexual acts. She even told her daughter that "it was a normal way of living", a senior police officer said on condition of anon ...Read More >
Mumbai: Hooliganism under the guise of Marathi pride will not be tolerated in the state, CM Fadnavis warned on Friday. He said police had registered an FIR and taken action in the Mira Road incident where a businessman was beaten up by MNS workers for not knowing Marathi.Speaking to the media, Fadnavis said beating up someone over language was wrong. "We are Marathi and are proud of the language. Insisting that a person speak in Marathi is not wrong, but beating up a businessman because he does not know it is wrong. Our Marathi-speaking people are doing business in different states, and if the ...Read More >