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  • Rape case filed in opposition to Sonia’s non-public secy

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    NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has registered a case of rape and felony intimidation in opposition to P P Madhavan, the private secretary of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, according to a criticism by way of a 26-year-old girl. “A criticism was once won at Uttam Nagar police station on June 25. A case below Sections 376, 506 of IPC has been registered. We’re investigating the topic,” stated Deputy Commissioner of Police M Harsh Vardhan. 

    In line with the complainant, Madhavan, 71, raped her after calling for a role interview. He additionally allegedly promised to marry her. The criticism says the girl’s overdue husband used to paintings on the Delhi place of work of the Congress. “I began searching for a role in February 2020 after my husband’s passing and contacted Madhavan. He known as me for interview.

    He used to speak to me on WhatsApp and habits video calls,” she stated within the criticism. “He driven himself on me inside of his automobile after riding me to a far off spot just about the Uttam Nagar metro station. He took me to a Sundar Nagar rental in February 2022 and groped me in opposition to my will,” the criticism added. When contacted, Madhavan stated the fees had been baseless, “I’m a 72-year-old individual. I’ve granddaughters. Those allegations are utterly baseless. She did this to tarnish my popularity,” he informed this paper. 

  • US, Europe urge Russia to finish sexual violence in Ukraine

    America and Europe on Monday recommended Russia to position an finish to sexual violence in Ukraine.

    A professional-Russian carrier member within the Luhansk area, Ukraine, February 2022 (Picture: Reuters)

    America and Europe recommended Russia on Monday to prevent alleged sexual violence by way of its military and proxies in Ukraine, allegations that Moscow denounced as “lies”.

    The pleas have been made throughout a gathering of the UN Safety Council, arranged by way of Albania, which these days holds the rotating presidency.

    “It’s on Russia to prevent rape, violence, and atrocities from inside of its ranks. It’s on Russia to finish this unconscionable, unprovoked struggle at the other people of Ukraine, and we name at the Russian Federation to just do that,” mentioned US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

    Ecu Council President Charles Michel denounced “atrocities” by way of Russia.

    “Those crimes will have to be and will probably be punished. To carry responsible those that are accountable, we’d like proof and we at the moment are serving to to assemble the proof of those crimes,” he mentioned.

    He added that Moscow was once “only accountable” for a meals disaster sparked by way of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor.

    The accusation led Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, to go away the chamber and get replaced with a deputy.

    Nebenzia had previous denied alleged sexual abuses dedicated by way of Russian forces in Ukraine.

    “The accusations of sexual violence towards the Russian military have turn out to be repetitive… however no evidence has been equipped,” he mentioned.

    Pramila Patten, the UN’s Particular Consultant on Sexual Violence in Battle, recommended that sexual violence crimes are “in the end mirrored” in any peace settlement.

    “This contains making sure that amnesties for sexual violence crimes are explicitly prohibited,” she mentioned.

  • Bilaspur police’ diligent listening to of inclined sufferers of rape, molestation yields efficient effects 

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    RAIPUR: Bilaspur police in Chhattisgarh have began a singular follow with a focal point on attentive listening to to the intimidated sufferers of rape, molestation or home violence, as they claimed susceptible to repeated threats after the FIR used to be lodged. The ladies victims securing police empathy perceptibly were given much-needed aid as they candidly narrated their worries and scenarios fraught with peril.   

    Inside of a month of executing the brand new transfer, as many as 181 accused within the reported crimes towards girls had been arrested in Bilaspur. Even the movements taken towards cops allegedly discovered colluding with the accused.

    It’s steadily discovered that the ladies sufferers who filed the circumstances towards offenders to hunt justice are being fearful, humiliated, attacked or mentally pressured by way of the accused or their companion to stay silent and are pressurised to withdraw the case. Some sufferers tormented by way of disgrace turn out to be simple goals for adversarial habits by way of the perpetrators.

    Bilaspur Vary Inspector Basic of Police Ratan Lal Dangi pioneered the cutting edge mechanism protecting the six districts of his jurisdiction for a periodic overview of the circumstances of rape, molestation or home violence with the cops. And throughout the assembly, the ladies sufferers are given a affected person listening to, their urgent problems mentioned to relieve the misery with an assurance on safeguard and fast justice.

    Forward of such conferences, the main points of the registered circumstances at the crimes towards girls within the police stations within the Bilaspur vary had been accumulated. The sufferers are both known as on the vary headquarters or requested to just about attend the assembly, which is chaired by way of the IG within the presence of cops posted in spaces the place the ladies sufferers consult with to talk out their unsightly studies.

    Whilst narrating their ordeal, many ladies had been noticed in tears pleading for the police intervention.  

    The IG concurrently cross-examined the claims of the ladies with the investigating officer of the sufferer’s house but even so the development of the inquiry and the culprits.

    “Assembly the IG and different cops raised our morale and accept as true with on regulation imposing businesses. We got complete liberty to precise our fear”, stated Bobby (title modified) who used to be sexually abused in a non-public place of business and later time and again intimidated by way of the accused to take again the police grievance.

    The sufferers are known as one by one to recount their miserable episodes within the assembly.

    “We made up our minds to name the sufferers who really feel unguarded and threatened for his or her well-being. There should not be any loss of motion from the police that are meant to make the ladies really feel insecure,” stated Dangi.

    The radical initiative, which started a month in the past, has it appears alleviated persisting concern and panic a few of the sufferers who appear assured to get fortify from the police.

  • Delhi Police to arrest Rajasthan Minister’s son in Jaipur in reference to rape case

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    NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police staff on Sunday reached Jaipur to nab Rohit Joshi, the son of Rajasthan Minister Mahesh Joshi in reference to a case during which he’s accused through a 23-year-old lady of raping her, officers mentioned.

    “Our staff of officials have reached Jaipur in reference to the case to nab Joshi who has been absconding. Our groups are carrying out seek to find and hint him,” mentioned a senior police officer.

    This comes days after a 23-year-old lady from Jaipur has alleged that Rohit Joshi, the son of Rajasthan Minister for Public Well being Engineering, raped her on a couple of events over a yr, following which the Delhi Police has registered a nil FIR first of all.

    Later, the 0 FIR was once coated into a normal FIR for the reason that allegations of fee of sexual attack dedicated in Sadar Bazar police station jurisdiction has additionally been discussed, investigation was once taken up, police had mentioned.

    The case was once registered on Might 8 at a police station in North District beneath sections 376 (rape), 328 (inflicting harm by way of poison, and so on.

    , with intent to devote an offence), 312 (inflicting miscarriage), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing lady to compel her mar­riage, and so on), 377 (unnatural offences) and 506 (felony intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, the police mentioned.

    In her grievance, the girl alleged that she was once raped on a number of events between January 8 ultimate yr and April 17 this yr.

    The girl had mentioned she advanced friendship with Rohit Joshi on Fb ultimate yr and because then they have got been involved.

    The 2 met in Jaipur first and he allegedly invited her to Sawai Madhopur on January 8, 2021. All the way through their first assembly, she alleged, he spiked her drink and took good thing about it.

    When she aroused from sleep the following morning, he confirmed her bare images and movies which fearful her, reads the FIR.

    Citing about any other assembly, she had alleged that Rohit Joshi had additionally as soon as met her in Delhi and compelled himself upon her.

    “Rohit made me keep at a lodge the place he were given our names registered as husband and spouse. He then promised to marry me…however then he were given under the influence of alcohol and abused me…He would beat me up and make obscene movies of me. He would threaten to add them and lead them to viral…,” the girl alleged.

    She additional mentioned that on August 11, 2021, she discovered that she was once pregnant together with his child and alleged that he compelled her up take a tablet however she did not, the complainant mentioned within the FIR. A nil FIR will also be registered any place within the nation.

  • Realize to UP police over lady’s demise

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    NEW DELHI:  Taking cognisance of a girl discovered placing from the wall of a non-public health facility in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, the Nationwide Fee for Ladies (NCW) on Sunday requested the state police to arrest the accused individuals right away. The circle of relatives of the deceased has alleged that she used to be raped after which murdered.

    NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma has written to Uttar Pradesh DGP to report an FIR in opposition to the accused individuals right away. The panel has sought the arrest of all of the accused and a replica of the postmortem document. “Motion taken should be apprised inside of seven days,” it stated.

    The frame of a girl, stated to be a nurse, used to be discovered placing from the wall of a non-public health facility, which opened ultimate week, in Unnao on Saturday. Police have named 3 individuals, together with the landlord of the health facility, as accused. Police, alternatively, stated rape used to be no longer showed right through the post-mortem. 

  • 3rd arrest made in Hanskhali rape case

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    HANSKHALI: CBI sleuths on Saturday arrested one particular person from Ranaghat in West Bengal’s Nadia district for his alleged involvement when it comes to a minor lady’s rape and next dying in Hanskhali space, a senior legit of the company stated That is CBI’s first arrest within the case.

    Two different accused within the case, one in all them son of an area TMC chief in Nadia, had been previous apprehended through the state police.

    “The suspect held nowadays, a pal of the native chief’s son, were hiding in Ranaghat close to Nationwide-Freeway 34. We traced him by the use of cell tower unload era. We will be able to be wondering him,” the CBI legit stated when contacted. He had fled Hanskhali together with his mom quickly after the case got here to gentle, he said.

    Tower unload era is used to search out details about mobile phones energetic in a selected space.

    A minor lady used to be allegedly gangraped on the party of the TMC member’s son, the high suspect within the case, on April 4. She bled to dying hours later, in line with her folks who lodged a police grievance 5 days later.

    Throughout the day, the company puzzled the oldsters and two cousins of the lady. “Their variations had been recorded. We would possibly name them once more if there’s a want,” the legit stated.

    A separate group of CBI sleuths, accompanied through group of workers of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) , within the morning visited the flats of the 3 accused to gather proof.

    The central company has been directed through the Calcutta Prime Courtroom to probe the incident.

  • BJP truth locating staff meets rape sufferer’s circle of relatives, criticises WB govt 

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    KOLKATA: A BJP fact-finding staff Friday met the members of the family of the minor lady in Hanshkhali in Nadia district, who died after being allegedly gang-raped previous within the month, and slammed the state management for failing to make sure the security and safety of ladies within the state.

    The staff contributors spoke to the members of the family and the locals, birthday celebration resources mentioned. They’ll publish their report back to BJP nationwide president J P Nadda, who shaped the fact-finding committee previous this week.

    The staff constructed from the birthday celebration’s vice-president Rekha Verma, nationwide president of BJP Mahila Morcha Vanathi Srinivasan, birthday celebration chief Khushbu Sundar and West Bengal MLA Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury, the resources mentioned.

    “Atrocities towards ladies in West Bengal are past phrases. A minor lady was once brutally raped and murdered. This proves the management has failed to make sure the security and safety of ladies. It is a shameful incident,” Verma advised newshounds after assembly the members of the family.

    Echoing her, Mitra Chowdhury mentioned the staff spoke to the mummy of the sufferer and criticised West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee for making “irresponsible statements” on it.

    “The executive minister who’s herself a lady has been making irresponsible statements as an alternative of making sure that the sufferer’s circle of relatives will get justice. Is that this anticipated from a major minister? The sufferer’s mom narrated the circle of relatives’s ordeal. The type of risk and intimidation the woman’s members of the family confronted is unattainable,” she mentioned.

    The 14-year-old lady had died after being allegedly gang raped through the son of a ruling TMC panchayat chief at Hanskhali on April 4. Her circle of relatives lodged the police criticism on April 10 and claimed that the woman’s frame was once snatched away and cremated.

    The sufferer’s circle of relatives had additionally alleged they had been threatened with dire result through the accused’s circle of relatives.

    Calcutta Top Courtroom had passed over the investigation to CBI. Reacting to Verma’s remark, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh dubbed the allegations as “baseless”.

    “The ladies of the state are protected and protected in West Bengal beneath the management of Mamata Banerjee. BJP is fast to ship groups to West Bengal however by no means bothers to ship identical groups to Uttar Pradesh, the place rape instances had been reported from Hathras and Unnao,” he added.

    Ghosh mentioned the fact-finding staff meant to malign the state and affect the continuing CBI probe.

    “This fact-finding committee targets to set tips for the central company on how the probe must be performed and accuse the state govt.

    Some incidents have taken position and they’re blaming the TMC for it.

    It kind of feels they’re but to digest their defeat within the ultimate West Bengal meeting polls,” he mentioned.

    West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee had on April 11 publicly expressed doubt over the reason for the minor lady’s loss of life, which her circle of relatives attributed to gang rape.

    She had claimed that the sufferer was once in a courting with the high accused and had puzzled whether or not she was once pregnant, a remark which opposition events strongly criticised.

    Banerjee had additionally puzzled of she died after being slapped through any individual.

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  • Probe will get compromised if other people in authority are judgmental: Bengal guv on Hanskhali rape case

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    KOLKATA: In an obvious dig at West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks on a minor woman’s alleged rape and next dying in Nadia district’s Hanskhali space, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday stated that the investigation may get compromised if other people in authority “point out judgmental stance”.

    He stated that such approaches may “scuttle truthful probe”.

    Dhankhar also referred to as upon the state leader secretary and the DGP to temporary him at the incident by way of 4 pm on Wednesday.

    “Felony Investigation in shameful rape #Hanskhali resulting in sufferer dying is tainted & compromised when other people in authority & constitutional place point out judgmental stance,” the governor tweeted, with out naming somebody.

    Dhankhar, who has had a number of run-ins with the TMC executive within the state over more than one problems, additionally stated, “This a criminal offense means scuttles truthful & impartial probe as police is compelled to toe such line (sic).”

    Banerjee had on Monday expressed doubt over the reason for the lady’s dying, even though her circle of relatives attributed it to gang rape, and puzzled if the dying of the Magnificence 9 pupil may have been led to after being slapped by way of any individual.

    Keeping up that the sufferer had an affair with the accused, the son of a TMC chief, Banerjee additionally puzzled if she was once pregnant. Two individuals, together with the TMC chief’s son, were arrested within the case so far.

    The governor also referred to as upon the manager secretary and the director common of police (DGP) to temporary him, by way of Wednesday night time, at the alleged incidents of assaults on Ram Navami processions in Howrah on Sunday.

  • Wonder whether minor died after being slapped, Mamata on Hanskhali ‘gang-rape’

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    KOLKATA: West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed doubt about the reason for a minor woman’s dying which her circle of relatives attributed to gang rape, and questioned if the category 9 scholar of Hanskhali in Nadia district died after a fall after being slapped through anyone.

    Announcing that the sufferer had an affair with the accused, a Trinamool Congress chief’s son who used to be arrested, Banerjee questioned if she used to be pregnant.

    The manager minister additionally requested why the lady’s members of the family lodged a police criticism 5 days after her dying and cremating the frame.

    Opposition events described Banerjee’s remark as “stunning” and alleged that she seeks to protect the accused as he’s the son of a pace-setter of her birthday celebration.

    West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar sought an pressing file from the state leader secretary at the alleged gang rape and dying of the minor woman. The woman died after she used to be allegedly gang-raped at a birthday celebration on the space of the accused on April 5.

    She used to be bleeding profusely when she returned house and died later that evening, in line with her folks who lodged a police criticism on April 10.

    “The police are but to know the reason for the dying. I had requested them. Will you name it rape or used to be she pregnant? Used to be it (the fallout of) a love affair? Have you ever enquired about those? That is an unlucky incident,” Banerjee mentioned whilst inaugurating the Biswa Banga Mela Prangan right here.

    She mentioned that her members of the family and native other folks knew in regards to the affair between the lady and the accused. “You (woman’s circle of relatives) additionally carried out the final rites of the frame. I’m speaking as a layman. From the place will they (police) get the proof whether or not she used to be raped or she used to be pregnant or there used to be some other explanation why akin to she used to be slapped through anyone and then she fell sick,” Banerjee mentioned.

    An in depth investigation is being performed, she mentioned including that she’s going to ask the state fee for cover of kid rights to absorb the case. “I would not have any phrase to sympathise with the circle of relatives,” Banerjee mentioned.

    Those that are in relationships will have to be wary in order that other folks within the guise of being buddies can’t hurt them, she added.

    The woman died on April 5 and the police were given the ideas on April 10, the TMC supremo mentioned and requested about the reason for the extend.

    Banerjee additionally alleged {that a} phase of the media is attempting to tarnish the picture of West Bengal however she would lay down her existence to offer protection to her “motherland”.

    She wondered why the Press Membership Kolkata, in addition to the Press Council of India, are silent when seven newshounds have been stripped to their lingerie in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly writing experiences in opposition to the BJP executive.

    The opposition BJP panned Banerjee for her remark and questioned whether or not her remarks have been aimed toward influencing the probe.

    “Surprising remark through Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who trivialises the brutal rape and homicide of a 14-year-old woman in Nadia’s Hanskhali. She questions the sufferer and asks if it used to be a love affair or a case of unplanned being pregnant long past awry! Since the accused is TMC chief’s son,” senior BJP chief and the birthday celebration’s co-in rate of West Bengal, Amit Malviya, tweeted.

    Echoing him, the Chief of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari mentioned such roughly feedback best turn out how Banerjee is attempting to steer the probe and protect the culprits.

    “When this kind of incident happens in BJP-ruled states, she is the primary to protest in opposition to it. But if identical incidents happen in West Bengal, she tries to protect the culprits. It’s shameful that in spite of being a girl leader minister, she is making such feedback. That is the actual image of the lawless state of affairs of Bengal,” he mentioned.

    The CPI(M) and the Congress additionally slammed Banerjee for her feedback.

    Chief of the Congress birthday celebration in Lok Sabha and state Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that a number of such incidents going down in West Bengal pass unreported.

    “We do not get to learn about them. Now we’ve got come to learn about this incident. What has took place is horrific. The ruling birthday celebration is attempting to steer the probe,” he mentioned.

    Senior CPI(M) chief Sujan Chakraborty alleged that the incident proves there’s lawlessness in Bengal.

    The ruling TMC condemned the incident however mentioned it will have to now not be politicised.

    “The police are investigating the topic and feature additionally made an arrest. Let the investigation be over. The opposition will have to now not attempt to politicise the topic,” TMC spokesperson and state basic secretary Kunal Ghosh mentioned.

    The woman’s mom had on Sunday advised newshounds that from the collection of occasions and after chatting with the folk provide on the birthday celebration, “we’re certain she used to be gang-raped through the accused and his buddies”.

    She additionally alleged {that a} workforce of other folks forcibly took the minor’s frame for cremation even ahead of her dying certificates used to be issued.

    In the meantime, a petition used to be filed ahead of the Calcutta Prime Court docket on Monday in search of a CBI probe into the alleged rape and resultant dying of the minor woman. The petitioner’s legal professional mentioned the topic might be discussed ahead of the courtroom on Tuesday.

  • Dutch girl alleges she was once raped on pretext of Ayurvedic frame therapeutic massage in Jaipur resort

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    JAIPUR: A Dutch girl has alleged that she was once raped on pretext of giving a Ayurvedic frame therapeutic massage in a resort close to Sindhi camp right here, police mentioned on Friday.

    In line with the lady’s grievance to the police, the incident befell on Wednesday.

    A case has been registered below segment 376 (rape) of Indian Penal Code with the Sindhi camp police station on Thursday night, police mentioned, including additional investigation was once underway.