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'Pervert' who haunted women's hostel arrested

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March 23, 2017

Bengaluru, Mar 23: A man who stole lingerie and roamed about a women’s hostel was arrested on Wednesday. Police suspect he is mentally unsound.

PervertAbu Talim (35), a native of Kishanganj in Bihar, was a cleaner at the Bangalore Turf Club for 10 years. He is married, and his wife and two children live in Bihar, police said.

Talim would sneak into the Maharani’s College hostel by scaling the wall attached to BTC. He would then strip, leave his clothes on the wall and collect lingerie hung out to dry. Wearing the stolen garments, he would roam about the premises, police said.

Students grew suspicious when their lingerie began vanishing regularly from the clothesline. They kept awake and found a man sneaking in after midnight. When they raised an alarm, he fled. This happened several times.

Talim would disappear into the darkness the moment he heard a voice, police said. The hostel authorities then told the security guard to keep an eye out, but the thefts continued.

In February, Talim was again at the hostel, dressed in nothing but stolen lingerie.

A student called up the security guard, who caught him, hit him with a lathi and tried to catch him. Talim escaped by scaling the wall. His visits, however, stopped.

Earlier, in September 2016, the college authorities had approached the High Grounds police and lodged a complaint.

Police say a special team had got cracking on the case then. “From December 2016, Talim again started sneaking in. In February this year, the college authorities handed over CCTV?footage to the police,” an officer said. “We kept a tight vigil at the entry and exit points of the hostel to see if he was coming for a recce. We gathered he was coming from the wall attached to BTC,” said Chandragupta, DCP (Central). Police then started looking closely at people working at BTC. “The staff said Talim would venture out late at night,” he said.

Talim’s job was to clean horses and stables. He was an introvert and did not mingle with his colleagues. Even when he went out, he kept to himself. Police in plain clothes tried to strike up a conversation with him, but he remained mum. “His behaviour was abnormal,” Chandragupta said.

A childhood fetish

Talim has never harmed anyone. During interrogation, he said he was not aware why he used to venture out at night looking for women’s undergarments. His brother Nawad Hussain, also a cleaner at BTC since 1991, said Talim used to wear womens’ undergarments even as a child. “Even at out native place, he would roam about wearing garments stolen from neighbours. At times, he would wear his wife’s undergarments and sleep. He gains pleasure from such acts,” he said.

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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 11,2020

Hyderabad, Apr 11: With the Telangana government banning spitting in public places in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic, a police case has been registered here against a man for violating the rule.

During vehicle-checking on Friday, police found the man spitting on the road here and registered a case against him for disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant, police said.

Spitting in public places and institutions has been banned in the state in view of the pandemic with the government saying such acts pose a serious threat of leading to spread of infections.

"In the interest of public health and safety, the spitting of paan/any chewable tobacco or non-tobacco product, sputum in public places & institutions is hereby BANNED with immediate effect," a gvernment notification said.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the importance of hygiene and cleanliness in both personal as well as public spheres, the April 6 notification issued by the Health, Medical and Family Welfare department said.

"It is of utmost need to impose restrictions on unhealthy practices that may potentially lead to spread of such viruses and other infections," it said.

The habit of public spitting poses a serious threat of leading to spread of such infections, the notification added.

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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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