Patna, March 25 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, visited Gaighat in Muzaffarpur on Wednesday to meet the family of Jagatveer Rai, the elderly man who was killed during a police raid. After expressing condolences, he launched a sharp attack on the Nitish Kumar government and local administration.Without naming anyone directly, Tejashwi alleged that the accused Sub-Inspector is being shielded by a prominent Janata Dal (United) leader, whom he described as some…
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New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the Haryana Police over its handling of a sexual assault case involving a 3.8-year-old child in Gurugram, observing that there appeared to be a “concerted and unwarranted attempt” to discredit the minor victim and dilute the gravity of the offence. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of…
Anand/Gandhinagar, March 7 (IANS) Police in Gujarat’s Anand district have secured convictions in all seven cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act between March and December 2024, with six offenders sentenced to life imprisonment and another awarded a 20-year prison term.Two additional judgments delivered on Friday sentenced the accused in both cases to life imprisonment.With these verdicts, six of the seven convicted offenders have received life terms …
Patna, March 2 (IANS) A Special CBI Court in Patna on Monday rejected the bail plea of Manish Ranjan, owner of the Shambhu Girls Hostel building, in connection with the death of a NEET aspirant in the Bihar capital.The hearing lasted for nearly two and a half hours, during which a heated exchange reportedly took place between counsel for the victim’s family and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The victim’s counsel once again alleged negligence and lapses in the investigation.The NEE…
Patna, Feb 28 (IANS) In the NEET student death case, a court in Patna pulled up the CBI over its functioning and posted the matter for hearing till March 2.After a lengthy hearing that lasted nearly two and a half hours, the court adjourned the matter until March 2.The entire team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was present during the proceedings.During the hearing, the court raised serious questions regarding the functioning of the CBI and reprimanded it over the legal provisions a…
Bengaluru, Feb 28 (IANS) A shocking case has emerged from a residential educational institution in Karnataka’s Devanahalli, where the school’s owner and his wife have been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The allegations involve the repeated sexual harassment of minor students and a subsequent cover-up involving illegal confinement.According to police, the primary accused, identified as Dhananjay, is the owner of the residential school and notably had ser…
Yadgir (Karnataka), Feb 27 (IANS) Self-proclaimed ‘godman’ Mallikarjun Mutya, an accused in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case, has moved the Karnataka High Court on Friday seeking quashing of the case registered against him.Mallikarjun Mutya approached the Kalaburagi Bench of the High Court and filed a petition seeking to quash the POCSO case. The petition has been submitted before the Kalaburagi Bench.In his petition, he has claimed that the parents of the alleged v…
Yadgir (Karnataka), Feb 26 (IANS) A self-proclaimed ‘godman’ based in Yadgir has been accused of misbehaving with a minor girl after a video of the incident went viral on social media. In response, the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) has registered a suo motu case on Thursday and filed a formal complaint with the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Yadgir.The accused, Mallikarjun Mutya, who is in the age group of 25-26, fled his residence and is currently abscondi…
Varanasi, Feb 23 (IANS) Political and religious reactions intensified on Monday after reports that the Prayagraj police allegedly reached the math of Shankaracharya Avimukteshwarananda, who has been drawing support from leaders and seers across several states after a case under the Pocso Act was filed against him on a court’s orders.In Varanasi, Samajwadi Party MP Virendra Singh visited the seer and expressed solidarity.“Look, it is not just the Samajwadi Party; the entire Kashi and every sing…
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Another allegation of sexual harassment of a teenager in Kolkata surfaced on Monday, with a man being arrested for showing an obscene video to his friend’s minor daughter after taking advantage of an empty house, police said.The police have registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and started an investigation. The accused is being questioned.According to police sources, the victim is 16 years old and lives with her parents in a re…