International-level shooter alleges rape by coach in Delhi

December 4, 2016

New Delhi, Dec 4: An international-level Indian professional shooter has filed a case against her coach accusing him of drugging and raping her.

policePolice said an FIR was registered at the Chanakyapuri police station on Thursday against the shooter’s coach, who is an Arjuna Award winning Indian shooter himself.

The crime allegedly took place on the shooter’s birthday on November 12 inside government quarters where the player lives alone, police said.

The coach, who has represented India in a number of shooting world cup championships, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, has been absconding after the case was registered against him.

Deependra Pathak, spokesperson of the Delhi Police, confirmed that an FIR under sections 376 (rape) and 328 (causing hurt by means of poison, etc, with intent to commit an offence) of Indian Penal Code was registered on the basis of the woman’s complaint.

The player in her complaint told the police that she was being trained by the coach for the past seven to eight months at Karni Singh shooting range located in south Delhi. During coaching, a source said, the two allegedly came close to each other and entered into a relationship. The coach then allegedly promised to marry her and their meetings increased, sometimes outside the shooting practice ground.

Sources said that as the shooter stayed alone at Chanakyapuri, the coach frequently visited her and even stayed with her. The woman’s family members, however, were against the relationship, sources said.

In the complaint, the woman alleged that on November 12, she had invited her coach for her birthday party. “During the party, the coach allegedly offered her a spiked soft drink which she consumed and became semi-conscious. The coach then allegedly forced himself on her,” said a police officer.

When the woman regained consciousness, she confronted her coach. The coach, however, pacified her and promised that they would get married soon. He later backtracked on his promise, said the police.

The player then approached Chanakyapuri police and lodged a complaint against the coach. “Her medical examination was conducted at a government hospital and the FIR was registered. A local NGO has been roped in for her counselling,” the officer said.

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March 22,2020

Thane, Mar 22: Eight men were arrested at Kalyan in the district on Sunday as they were found playing cricket during the 'Janata curfew' being observed to check the spread of coronavirus, police said.

They were playing cricket at Kala Talao Maidan in the afternoon, police said.

Police also detained a boy in this connection, an official said.

"Action was taken against them for defying the prohibitory orders issued by the Thane Police Commissionerate.

They also went against the 'Janata curfew' being observed to curb the spread of coronavirus," the police official said.

The Mahatma Phule Chowk Police Station registered an offence against the accused under IPC sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 290 (public nuisance).

They were also booked under the Maharashtra Police Act as well as the National Disaster Act 2005, the official said.

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February 16,2020

Five Bajrang Dal activists have been arrested for allegedly indulging in vandalism in the city on Valentines Day, police said.

They said about 10 to 15 activists on two wheelers vandalised a shop in Kattupalli area in Hyderabad on February 14.

They held aloft flags and raised slogans against celebration of Valentines Day and "created havoc" at different malls, a police press release said.

On receiving information, police rushed to a mall, but the Bajrang Dal activists escaped from the spot.

Five of them were later identified with the help of CCTV footage and arrested, police said.

The others too have been identified and efforts were on to nab them, police said.

Two cases have been registered against them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code on a complaint from shop owners, the release said.

 

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May 28,2020

Hyderabad, MAY 28: A three-year-old boy who accidentally fell into a newly drilled open borewell in Telangana's Medak district was found dead in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

The kid's body was retrieved at around 4 am after a nearly 10 hours' long rescue operation involving different agencies, they said.

"He died a while before we evacuated him, most likely due to the mud that covered him from the top sealing off necessary oxygen supply, " Medak District Superintendent of Police Chandana Deepti told PTI.

The boy had accidentally slipped into the 120- feet borewell at around 5 pm on Wednesday in an agricultural field located in Papannapet mandal of the district when he was walking with his grandfather and father, police earlier said.

As part of rescue efforts, a parallel trench was dug along the borewell hole with the help of earth excavating machines and oxygen was supplied into it, but the efforts went in vain as the boy's body was found stuck at a depth of around 25 feet, the police said.

Apart from the police, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were also involved in the rescue operation.

The borewell into which the child fell was one among the three dug by the family since Tuesday night to try and find water for their fields. But none of them yielded any water, police had said.

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