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November 19, 2015

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 19: Six people, including a couple who led Kerala’s controversial Kiss of Love (KoL) protest against moral policing, were arrested by the police for involvement in an online sex racket in Kochi, early on Wednesday.

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The police said Rahul Pasupalan acted as supplier of girls, including minors, and his wife, model Rashmi Nair, was an agent who also offered sexual services to solicitors.

S Sreejith, IG of Police (Crimes) said the arrests were made after statewide raids under operation “Big Daddy”. Four others arrested have been identified as Abdul Khader alias Akbar, the kingpin of the racket, Lineesh Mathew, Ajeesh and Aashiq. The arrested have been booked under Sections 366A and 370 of the IPC, Section 67 of the IT Act and Section 13 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Two minor girls, identified as sisters, brought in from Bengaluru by Lineesh, a woman based in Lingarajapuram in Bengaluru, are in custody of the child welfare committee.

The investigation team traced the racket through contact information for escort services provided by Abdul Khader on a classified site Locanto. The police tracked down Khader through people who posed as solicitors, leading them to Rashmi. After a deal was finalised, Rashmi arrived at a hotel near the Cochin International Airport with Rahul and their five-year-old son. The couple were arrested at the hotel. Earlier, Lineesh was arrested after she flew in from Bengaluru with the two minor girls.

Two other women who were waiting at the hotel’s parking lot for the decoy solicitors escaped, speeding away in their car, injuring a policeman. One of the women is married to Aashiq. “The operation was planned with extensive digital evidence. Khader has been in contact with Rahul for a year,” Sreejith told reporters. The police seized two cars, a tablet phone, about 20 mobile phones and Rs 8,600 from the accused.

Rahul and Rashmi shot to international fame in November last year after their arrest at Marine Drive in Kochi during the KoL protest, organised against moral policing.

A photograph of them kissing inside a police vehicle became an iconic image for anti-fascist dissent. KoL also ran into opposition from organisations which questioned the idea of “anarchy” it endorsed. On the Internet, the opposition found renewed vigour in wake of the arrest; critics of KoL posted offensive messages on the official KoL page on Facebook.

Late Wednesday evening, the page’s administrators posted a message stating that the protest was a collective uprising against cultural fascism and arrest of two of its participants did not undermine its importance.

Op Big Daddy

Operation Big Daddy also led to the arrest of six others, from different parts of the state, in connection with a Facebook page titled ‘Kochu Sundarikal’ in which photographs of minors were posted along with explicit sexual comments.

The arrested are Ummer, a UAE-based man and administrator of the page, Bijesh, Sony Kurian, Sujith, Chandrakumar and Pradeep.

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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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April 9,2020

Gonda, Apr 9: A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room as he was missing his wife stuck at her parents' place due to the lockdown, police said.

The incident took place in Radha Kund locality here on Wednesday, they said, adding the deceased has been identified as Rakesh Soni, 32.

As per information, Soni's wife had gone to her parents' place and was stuck there due to the lockdown and he was missing her due to which he committed suicide, Inspector Alok Rao said.

A probe is on in the mater, he said.

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July 17,2020

New Delhi, Jul 17: The first FIR against Volkswagen and Audi in India for installing cheat devices in their cars to misrepresent emissions has been filed in Noida.

The FIR was filed by Noida resident Aniljit Singh against the top officials of Volkswagen and Audi in India and their headquarters in Germany. These include Rahil Ansari, Brand Director, Audi India, Balbir Singh Dhillon, Head, Audi India, and Bram Schot, Chairman, Audi AG.

The FIR reviewed by media agency cites forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The complaint has cited the global emissions scandal where VW was found to be installing a cheat device in its cars, in the absence of which, the cars produced 10-40 times emissions beyond the permissible limits.

The complainant said that in 2018 he had purchased seven Audi cars worth crores of rupees. At the time of taking the delivery, the complainant said that he inquired if the cheat devices were installed in India and he was told by the company that they were not, as in India's emission norms were not as stringent and the country being a growing market for Audi, no such device was implanted.

The complaint said that the authorities in India observed that Audi cars' emissions for nitrogen oxide were 5-8 times the permissible limits and after the National Green Tribunal imposed a penalty of Rs 500 crore on VW, the complainant realised that he had been duped of his hard earned money.

He alleged that the accused persons had misrepresented the complainant by forging the documents and devices and caused wrongful gains to themselves and wrongful losses to the complainant. These officials had made wrong records to capture the market, with malafide intent and under a pre-planned conspiracy had induced and defrauded the complainant.

The accused persons are guilty of cheating the customers and have induced the complainant to part with hard earned money for sub-standard cars. The accused are also guilty of forging the documents on which they had sought various clearances.

The complainant has demanded that the allegations may be thoroughly investigated by a senior official.

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