Hyderabad: An inspector in the Jubilee Hills zone was suspended on Tuesday night for alleged sexual harassment, extortion and threatening an information technology (IT) professional, a married woman.On the IT employee’s complaint to director-general of police (DGP) CV Anand, an inquiry was initiated and, based on the inquiry report, Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar suspended…
Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court suspended (File pic) UNITED NATIONS: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was removed from office on Friday, nearly two years after sexual misconduct allegations against him first emerged. By a large majority, the ICC’s 125-member states ousted British barrister Karim Khan for “serious misconduct and…
Davanagere: Vachanananda Swami, the expelled pontiff of the Veerashaiva Lingayat Panchamasali Peetha in Harihar, received partial relief in the Pocso case after the Davanagere District Special Pocso Court granted him regular bail subject to certain conditions. Judge Sriram Narayan Hegde passed the order on Monday.Earlier, on June 25, the Karnataka high court directed the seer…
Ghaziabad: A special Pocso court on Thursday ordered police to register an FIR against a doctor for allegedly outraging the modesty of a teenage girl who took care of his child. The girl’s father approached the court on April 23 under BNSS Section 173(4), seeking that an FIR be registered against the doctor after the…
Davanagere: The special Pocso court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the regular bail plea filed by Vachanananda Swamiji of the Veerashaiva Lingayat Panchamasali Gurupeeth in Harihar in connection with a Pocso case. The matter will now be heard on July 3.After his anticipatory bail was cancelled, the seer appeared before the special Pocso court…
Bageerath with Union minister Bandi Sanjay NEW DELHI: A Hyderabad court granted interim bail until June 25 to Bageerath, son of Union minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who was arrested in connection with a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.Bageerath, who had been lodged in judicial custody, secured temporary relief…
Belagavi: A teacher was assaulted by parents on Tuesday within the limits of Chikodi police station following allegations of sexual harassment involving Class-10 students.The accused, Shrishail Kumbar, is employed at a govt Urdu high school, where he teaches Kannada. According to preliminary reports, he allegedly lured girl students by promising to help them pass the…
Surat: A 35-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was allegedly bludgeoned to death in the Althan police station area on Sunday evening following a dispute triggered by an alleged molestation incident.The incident took place near CB Patel Cricket Ground on the road leading to Mangalam Heights building.According to police, the victim, identified as Rahul Rajput (35), had been…
Kolkata: In a continued crackdown targeting institutional corruption and exploitation within the Bengali film and television industry, the New Alipore police have summoned four key members of the Cine Technicians Federation.The move follows the high-profile arrest of Swarup Biswas, the president of the now-disbanded Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India, from his…
PMC-run Bharat Ratna Atalbihari Vajpayee Medical College (BAVMC) Pune: At least four women employees of PMC-run Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College (BAVMC) have come forward with complaints against an official of the institute, alleging harassment and sending unsolicited messages.Sunita Sawant, dean (additional charge) of the medical college, ordered the official to be sent…
