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Girl kills 'molester', surrenders to cops

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March 28, 2012

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Midnapore, March 28: A young girl fought off her alleged molester - her 44-year-old cousin - with a spade but ended up killing him in her house in Keshpur's Damodar Chowk. She walked some 8-9 km to Keshpur police station and surrendered even as the dead man's neighbours staged protests in the locality to have her arrested.


The alleged molester, Sk Salauddin, was a married man with a child. Police took the 24-year-old girl in custody and questioned her for hours. Late in the evening, she was placed under arrest after Salauddin's widow Hasina Begum filed a complaint, accusing her of luring him to her house and murdering him in a planned manner.


According to the girl's version of events, the circumstances were different. She was alone in the house, studying for her SSC exams, when Salauddin entered just after noon. The rest of the family had gone to attend a relative's last rites. The spade was lying about the house (since it was a farmer family) and could have been a weapon of opportunity for the girl, say sources.


Salauddin allegedly took advantage of the empty house and molested the girl, who picked up a spade and swung at him. The fight seems to have gone on for some time because the screams drew a large crowd before Salauddin's dying cry was heard. Locals then entered the house and found him lying on the ground, bleeding heavily from a head wound. They took him to hospital but he died on the way.


Salauddin's neighbours staged protests demanding her arrest. While police claim they went to the house and detained her, the girl says she walked to the police station to surrender. Keshpur circle-inspector Shyamal Das said police questioned the girl and her mother.


A police officer said that every citizen has a right to defend themselves against any attack or offence, it needs to be proved that there was indeed a threat to life or body. "While there is a legal provision for self-defence, it needs to be proved in court. The person needs to establish that there was a genuine threat to her, which prompted her to attack in self-defence," senior criminal lawyer Milon Mukherjee said.


Recently, a woman fought off a rape attempt by slashing at her attacker with a razor. She almost severed his private parts. The mother of three was attacked in her home by a middle-aged neighbour in Alipur in northwest Delhi. To save herself, she fought back with a razor, critically injuring him. The Delhi Police did not press any charges against her. The would-be rapist was slapped with a case under Sections 509 (insulting the modesty of a woman) and 354 (assault on a woman to outrage her modesty) of IPC.


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July 28,2020

Noida, Jul 28: A doctor admitted at a private hospital in Noida has been accused of sexually harassing a patient in his isolation ward, where both were undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the police said.

The 20-year-old woman, in her complaint to the police, alleged that the incident took place on Monday and based on that a case was filed at the local expressway police station, they said.

A senior police official said an investigation is underway and there might be lapses on part of the hospital which allegedly admitted a man and a woman in the same isolation ward, in violation of the norms.

The woman and the doctor had tested positive for coronavirus last week, according to officials.

"The woman was in the isolation ward of the private hospital. There was a man, a medical practitioner, who too was infected with coronavirus and was sharing the ward with her," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Ranvijay Singh said.

He said the woman alleged molestation and upon being informed, the police immediately lodged a case and initiated a probe into the matter.

"There appears to be some irresponsibility on part of the hospital too. We are communication with the medical departments to check whether the patients were being kept in accordance with the guidelines," Mr Singh said.

He said the accused is still in isolation but the police will reach out for his statement following due protocols of COVID-19.

"All necessary action will be taken as per the truth that will emerge after a thorough investigation," Mr Singh said.

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News Network
January 15,2020

New Delhi, Jan 15: The CBI has booked 17 individuals and companies, including three Mumbai-based senior Customs officials, for allegedly being part of a money laundering racket using over-invoiced import of diamonds worth more than Rs 156 crore, official said on Tuesday.

The case was referred to the CBI after a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence probe found alleged involvement of Customs officials in the conspiracy, they said.

The DRI probe had alleged that Hong Kong-based businessman Girish Kadel had imported rough diamonds from Switzerland to Hong Kong in the name of his four companies.

Kadel, who had business interests in India, had exported some of these diamonds to India through 14 consignments in the name of two companies Antique Exim Pvt Ltd and Tanman Jewels showing over-invoiced value of Rs 156.28 crore.

The DRI had found during revaluation that actual value of the consignment was Rs 1.03 crore instead of falsely declared value of Rs 156.28 crore, they said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has alleged that Kadel used Import Export Codes (IECs) of Antique Exim Private Ltd and Tanman Jewels through his aide Atul Paldecha for siphoning off the money outside India through import of over-valued diamonds, the officials said.

Rough diamonds were imported at "highly exaggerated value" to siphon off excess foreign exchange overseas to cover the differential cost of other imports and park money abroad for unlawful activities.

It is alleged that the then Commissioner APSC Mumbai, Vinay Brij Singh, influenced subordinate officers to give favourable report, they said.

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June 5,2020

Jun 5: A young woman was forced to drink liquor allegedly by her husband after which he along with four friends assaulted, burnt her with cigarette butts and raped her in front of her five year-old son, police said on Friday.

All the five, who were taken into custody earlier, have been arrested. The shocking incident occurred in the state capital last night.

The incident came to light after the 25-year-old woman, approached police and complained against her husband and his four friends.

A case has been registered against the five accused for kidnapping, assaulting and gangrape.

Since the incident took place in front of the child, a case under Protection of children from sexual offices Act has also been charged against the accused.

Meanwhile, State health and family welfare minister K K Shailaja asked the state police chief to take stringentction against the culprits as "such cruelty happened in front of her child."

The Kerala State Women's Commission on its own registered a case and sought report from the Thiruvananthapuram Rural SP.

She managed to escape from there and pleaded for help from a young man, who saw in heran inebriatedstate, and took her to her house and informed police.

The man later told some television channels that she was crying, had injuries on her face and pleaded for help.

Police have recorded the statement of the woman, who was admitted to a government hospital here and later discharged.

She had also stated that the men had tortured her using cigarette butts.

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