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Investigating officers said the case began with a complaint by one of the woman employees of the BPO at Devlali police station on March 26 wherein she accused one of her seniors of raping her. In the course of the probe into this complaint, eight more staff members -- including one male employee of the BPO -- came forward and lodged complaints in phases at Mumbai Naka police station, with the last FIR registered on April 3, alleging sexual harassment. Nashik city police commissioner Sandeep Kar ...Read More >
He used the same modus operandi, conducted "rituals" and also used items like stones and tamarind seeds for intimidation and "divine invocation". Kharat, currently in police custody, is facing 12 criminal cases in Ahilya Nagar and Nashik city, including eight for sexual assault. The SIT has recorded statements of 30 witnesses and victims so far, said IPS officer Tejaswi Satpute, who heads the SIT, on Tuesday. "During questioning, it came to light that the accused exploited the faith of victims ...Read More >
Nashik: Self-proclaimed godman and astrologer Ashok Kharat, already in jail, was on Thursday arrested in a third case of rape and sent to five-day police custody. Kharat, who was produced via video link before a court in Nashik district, is accused of sexually exploiting a seven-month pregnant woman, the wife of his office staffer, reported PTI. Kharat was first arrested on March 18 by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) following a police complaint by a 27-year-old woman who alleged she was re ...Read More >
Nashik: A shocking reality has come to light in the widely discussed abuse case involving a reputed IT company in Nashik, where a specific modus operandi was allegedly developed to lure female employees into a trap by offering them jobs and later exploiting their sense of obligation. In one reported incident, a female employee was allegedly taken to a resort on a holiday and sexually assaulted. The police have arrested six suspects, who have been remanded to police custody. The incident, which ...Read More >
Panihati (West Bengal): BJP leader Smriti Irani on Thursday accompanied Ratna Debnath, the mother of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, as she filed her nomination as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Panihati in West Bengal. During the occasion, Irani launched a sharp attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress, raising concerns over women's safety, alleged corruption, and incidents of violence, while asserting that justice would be ensured. Addressing reporters, Irani said, "I am here today ...Read More >
Kolkata: The announcement was made two weeks ago. On Thursday, BJP's decision was formalised. Ratna Debnath, mother of the raped and murdered RG Kar Hospital doctor, filed her nomination as the BJP candidate from Panihati constituency for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election. Debnath was accompanied by BJP leader and former Union minister Smriti Irani and district party leaders. "Today, Ratna Debnath, the BJP candidate, is going with me to file her nomination. She has lost her daughter ...Read More >
Araria (Bihar) Apr 9 (PTI) Tension erupted in north Bihar's Forbesganj town on Thursday when a pickup van driver was beheaded by a roadside vendor, who ended up being thrashed by locals and succumbed to injuries at a hospital, an official said. According to Jitendra Kumar, SP of Araria district, which is headquartered at Forbesganj, the incident took place in the morning when Nabi Hussain, who drove a pick-up vehicle, had a quarrel with Ravi Chauhan. "Chauhan used to sell sattu (roasted gram f ...Read More >
Birbhum (West Bengal) [India], April 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of allegedly insulting women from backward classes, citing the mismanagement im President Droupadi Murmu's event, the recent Malda "hostage" incident and the RG Kar medical college rape case, stating that this election is for "dignity and honour of our daughters and women." Addressing a rally here ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, PM Modi asserted that "For the daug ...Read More >
Ratna Debnath, the BJP candidate and mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim, has vowed to defeat Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly Elections, taking a vow that she won't comb her hair till she gets justice for her daughter. Declaring the Chief Minister as her primary adversary, Debnath stated that the Chief Minister failed to save her daughter from the horrific crime at the RG Kar Medical College and hospital. "My main enemy is Mamata Banerjee because sh ...Read More >
Nashik, Apr 9 (PTI) Jailed self-proclaimed godman and astrologer Ashok Kharat was arrested in a third case of rape and produced via video link before a court in Maharashtra's Nashik district which on Thursday sent him to five-day police custody. In the third case, Kharat, who was first arrested in mid-March, is accused of sexually exploiting a seven-month pregnant woman, the wife of his office staffer. On April 8, Kharat was remanded to 14-day judicial custody till April 21 in the second rape ...Read More >
Haldia (West Bengal) [India], April 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled "six guarantees" for West Bengal, which will ensure an "accountable and fully answerable" administrative machinery to serve the people. Addressing a public rally here, the Prime Minister promised the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, while assuring the establishment of trustful atmosphere, which will restore faith in the rule of law. He further vowed action and reopening cases of corruption, s ...Read More >
Hyderabad, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Police have advised all media houses, digital platforms, and individuals to refrain from publishing or circulating any content that may disclose or lead to the identification of a trainee pilot who alleged sexual assault by a former flight instructor at a pilot training institute in Hyderabad. C.H. Sridhar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Malkajgiri Zone, Malkajgiri Police Commissionerate, said on Thursday that it has come to their notice through the victim an ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A trainee pilot has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a flying instructor in Begumpet. Police have registered a case of rape against the 30-year-old instructor and launched an investigation. According to police, the woman joined a pilot training institute in Begumpet in January 2025 and became acquainted with two instructors during her course. The three would occasionally meet for study sessions at a paying guest accommodation in Brahmanwadi. Police said that on December 27 ...Read More >
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have filed complaints against each other with the Election Commission, alleging hate speech, threats and derogatory remarks as campaigning intensifies ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. The controversy centres on comments involving the BJP's Panihati candidate, the mother of the RG Kar hospital doctor who was raped and murdered last year, and TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee. In a complaint to Chief Election Commissioner Gy ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A former flight instructor at an aviation academy in the city has been booked for rape by the Begumpet police after a female trainee pilot accused him of violating her.Police said that they were in the process of nabbing the 30-year-old accused, who is in his native place in Kerala. The survivor on Tuesday approached the Begumpet police alleging that her instructor had lured her by offering to help her get a good score in the course and, in exchange, sought sexual favours. She said th ...Read More >
Nashik (Maharashtra), Apr 8 (PTI) At least six persons have been arrested after women employees at a Multi-National Company here filed complaints of mental and sexual harassment, police said on Wednesday. A total of nine First Information Reports have been registered in this connection, officials said, without disclosing the MNC's name. Five of the accused, arrested on Tuesday, were produced in a local court on Wednesday and the court remanded them in police custody till April 10. One of the a ...Read More >
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (8th April) termed certain posts made by propagandist and journalist Rana Ayyub on X relating to Hindu deities and freedom fighter V D Savarkar, as "highly derogatory, inflammatory and communal". A Bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav made the remarks while hearing a plea filed by advocate Amita Sachdeva before the High Court. The High Court issued notices to Rana Ayyub, the Delhi Police and X, seeking their responses and directed the Delhi Police and X t ...Read More >
The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed the death sentences awarded to two men, including the victim's cousin, in the 2019 rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Ludhiana, and ordered a retrial. In March 2023, a fast-track special court under the POCSO Act had awarded capital punishment to the convicts 28-year-old cousin of the victim and a 26-year-old youth. Allegations were that convicts, both residents of Doraha and hailing from district Damriya in Uttar Pradesh, took the victim ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the death sentences awarded to two men in a 2019 rape and murder case of a seven-and-a-half-year-old girl in Ludhiana's Doraha. The HC also remanded the case back to the trial court, asking it to begin the trial from the stage of recording the statement of the accused and a fresh judgement be passed. "It is not a case where the trial court had put all the incriminating circumstances to the accused," observed the bench of J ...Read More >
Nashik, Apr 8 (PTI) A court in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Wednesday remanded self-styled godman Ashok Kharat in judicial custody till April 21 in a second rape case in which he allegedly sexually exploited a woman on multiple occasions since 2020 under the guise of religious rituals. The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is investigating the cases against him, produced Kharat in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate B N Ichpurani as his police custody in the second case ended on We ...Read More >
Pimpri Chinchwad police arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl residing in his neighbourhood. The incident came to light after the victim's mother saw the accused man sexually assaulting her at his residence. Police said on April 2, the accused allegedly called the victim girl to his house and then raped her. He threatened the victim if she narrated the incident to anyone. Police said, the accused again called the girl to his house on April 3. Her mother -- who ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 7 (PTI) A labourer has been arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl at a construction site in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Tuesday, adding that the victim is undergoing treatment at the civil hospital. The incident triggered outrage with political parties demanding verification of migrant labourers employed at the construction sites. The 45-year-old accused was nabbed within hours of the crime, which occurred in the Naupada area on Monday evening, an official ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 7 (PTI) NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar on Tuesday met Maharashtra Director General of Police Sadanand Date over the probe into the air crash that killed then NCP chief Ajit Pawar, and said he was informed that the Zero FIR registered by him has been forwarded to the state CID. He requested Date to ensure a thorough and unbiased probe into the January 28 plane crash in Baramati, he told reporters. He met Date as there was confusion over whether the First Investigation Report registered ...Read More >
Sreerampur (West Bengal) [India], April 7 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging corruption, poor governance, and failure to implement central welfare schemes, while asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form the next government in the state under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a roadshow here in Hooghly district in support of BJP candidates, Saini cl ...Read More >
Barrackpore (West Bengal) [India], April 7 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday hit back strongly at Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif's recent remarks related to striking Kolkata, stressing that he should not give "such provocative statement" because they suffered the consequences when Pakistan was divided into two parts. Speaking to ANI, Singh further said that only the god would know how many parts Pakistan would be divided if "they cast an eye on Bengal." Also Read | Bhavn ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on an appeal filed by former Congress MLA Rajender Bharti challenging his conviction and three-year sentence in the Gramin Vikas Bank cheating case, which led to his disqualification from the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought a response from the State and listed the matter for April 15. Bharti has also sought a stay on his conviction and moved an application requesting the cour ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): India's digital payment infrastructure has entered a phase of deep structural maturity, with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) now firmly at the core of the country's retail payments architecture, according to a new report by CareEdge. The report noted, "digital payments now account for 93 per cent of payment value and 99.8 per cent of transaction volume as of 9MFY26." Also Read | Bhavna Bhargava Honey Trap Case: Ex-Serviceman Lured, Threatened With False R ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 7 (PTI) A labourer has been arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl at a construction site in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred in the Naupada area of the city on Monday evening, and the 45-year-old accused was nabbed within hours of the crime, an official said. He said that the child's parents and the accused were labourers at the construction site. According to the police, the accused took the girl aside and allegedly sexually ass ...Read More >
Imphal : A seven-year-old girl, displaced in the aftermath of the ethnic strife in Manipur and who went missing from a relief camp on Sunday, was found dead in Imphal East district, police said. A 28-year-old man arrested in connection with the disappearance of the minor confessed to abducting, raping and killing the girl, polcie said. The recovery of the body led to confrontation between protestors from the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the area and the police who had to lob teargas ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has launched a money laundering probe against self-styled godman Ashok Kharat who was arrested last month for allegedly raping a woman multiple times over three years, officials familiar with the matter said. The ED's case is based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Nashik police last month, following a complaint from a businessman who accused Kharat of extorting ₹4-5 crore from him on multiple pretexts between 2018 to 2019. The compla ...Read More >
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