1. BSF Jawan Held on Charges of Spying for ISI
A Border Security Force (BSF) constable has been arrested on charges of spying for the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan after being ‘honey-trapped’ through social media, the Uttar Pradesh police said on Wednesday, 19 September.
UP Director General of Police OP Singh said the accused, Achutanand Mishra, confessed to sharing confidential information regarding military establishments to a woman who claimed to be a “defence reporter” from Pakistan. The two had been in touch since January 2016.
The jawan was arrested from Noida by a team of the UP Anti-Terrorism Squad on the basis of inputs shared by the military intelligence, Chandigarh, that Army and paramilitary jawans were being honey-trapped through Facebook profiles of women.
(Source: The Hindu)
2. Students’ Parents Face Threats Over Complaint Against Bus Attendant in Chennai
Nearly two months after more than 100 parents protested outside a private school in Kolapakkam following allegations that a bus attendant had sexually abused kindergarten children, only two parents have registered a case, while others have withdrawn support following threats.
The case filed in July accuses Bhaskar, a bus attendant, of sexually harassing several children and raping one boy. The case came to light when one of the children refused to go on the school bus and confided in his mother.
The complainants claim to be receiving death threats from local leaders and police officers while other parents, some of whose children were victims too, continue to send their children to the school following manipulation and to “protect their children’s image in society,” says Kalpana, a parent and one of the two complainants.
(Source: Deccan Chronicle)
3. Four Men Rape Woman on Way to Market in Faridabad
A 21-year-old woman has alleged she was sexually assaulted by four men in Faridabad late Tuesday evening, when she was out with a friend. Police have registered an FIR under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 376D (gangrape), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 34 (common intention), and constituted a special investigation team, headed by ACP (Ballabhgarh) Balbir Singh, to investigate the case. No arrest has been made so far, police said.
According to police, the woman and her friend approached them around midnight. In the FIR, registered at the Ballabhgarh Women police station, the woman alleged: “I was going to purchase goods from the market with a man I was acquainted with, and when we reached the bypass, our bike started giving some problem.”
“At that time, four boys came and forced us into the bushes beside the canal. Two boys held my friend, after that the four boys took turns forcefully doing wrong things with me,” the woman said in her complaint.
(Source: The Indian Express)
4. Former Judge’s Wife, Daughter Locked Inside Room, Robbed at NFC, Two Accused Arrested
The wife and daughter of a retired judge were assaulted, locked inside a room and robbed, allegedly by their domestic help and his associates, in New Friends Colony. Police said the accused, around three to four in number, put the mobile phones of the victims in water — and touched the elderly woman’s feet — before fleeing. Police said two of the accused have been arrested from Jharkhand while the rest are believed to be in Bihar.
Police said the domestic help, Sandeep, was hired by the family about five days ago. When contacted, DCP (southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said they have registered a case. According to police, the incident took place around 11 pm on Monday, when the late judge’s wife Reba Kapoor, 75, and her daughter Shibby Kapoor, 40, were at home. Police said Shibby heard a noise from an adjacent room, and got alarmed.
(Source: The Indian Express)
5. Man Attacks Folk Dancer With Chemical Hours Before US Trip; Vision Reduced
Mahendra, a spurned lover, attacked Rupali Nirapure, a folk dancer and reality show participant, by throwing a chemical substance thrown at her in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Tuesday. The incident happened hours before Rupali was scheduled to fly to the United States for a concert.
The chemical has damaged her corneas and has reduced her vision, reports said quoting doctors.
(Source: Deccan Chronicle)
6. Bride’s Father Attacks Newlyweds in Hyderabad
A newly wed couple was injured in an attack here Wednesday, allegedly by the woman's father opposed to their marriage, days after the 'honour killing' of a Dalit Christian man in Nalgonda district.
"The man attacked the couple with a sickle and they suffered bleeding injuries. They have been admitted to a private hospital," a senior police official told PTI.
The assailant fled the scene, he said.
Footage of the incident, captured on a CCTV from a nearby building, showed the man attacking the couple from behind with a sickle as they were sitting on a two wheeler.
(Source: PTI)
7. 13-Yr-Old Girl Raped Outside Ganesh Pandal in Maharashtra
A teenaged girl was allegedly raped by a 24-year-old man when she went to offer prayers at a pandal during the ongoing Ganesh festival in Palghare in Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday, 19 September.
The incident occurred on Monday night when the 13-year-old girl along with other children had gone to the Ganesh pandal set up at Agar village in Dahanu area, Palghar police spokesperson Hemant Kumar Katkar said.
The accused, a pandal contractor, lured the girl on some pretext, took her behind the venue and allegedly raped her there and fled, he said.
(Source: Deccan Chronicle)
8. School Principal Who ‘Showed Pornographic Video’ to Boy Held In Pune
The Pune City Police on Wednesday, 19 September, arrested the principal of a convent school, who was booked under sections of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, for allegedly sexually harassing a 14-year-old boy by showing him a pornographic video.
The police said that in March, the principal had allegedly shown a pornographic video to the boy. Later, the boy reportedly complained to the school counsellor, but she allegedly asked the student to keep mum. The police had also made the counsellor a co-accused in the case.
(Source: The Indian Express)
9. Job Racket: Two Rural Development Ministry Officials Among Seven Held
One click on an e-commerce website helped the police bust a syndicate that duped people on the pretext of getting them jobs in a public sector Indian company.
Seven, including two officials of Ministry of Rural Development, have been arrested in connection with the case, the police said. Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Rajiv Ranjan said that two MRD officials — Jagdish Raj and Sandeep Kumar — have been arrested along with their accomplices Wasim, Ankit Gupta, Vishal Goel, Suman Saurabh and Kishore Kunal. All the accused are educated and have professional background in engineering, graphic designing among others.
(Source: The Hindu)
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