New Delhi: A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a woman inside a lift at a Delhi Metro station on April 4, a Delhi Police official said on Saturday.
The accused, identified as Rajesh Kumar, is employed as a housekeeping staff at a private hospital.
According to police, Rajesh had exposed his private parts and touched the victim inappropriately inside a lift at Jasola Metro Station in south Delhi.
The incident was captured on security camera footage and local intelligence helped in identifying and locating the accused.
“Upon confrontation, Rajesh attempted to flee the scene without boarding the metro train,” said the official.
A case under legal sections related to harassment has been filed by the police.
The victim is an architect by profession and had objected to the accused’s actions at the time of the incident.
Abu Dhabi: A 41-year-old Qatar-based Indian expatriate woman has been crowned as the fifth ‘guaranteed’ winner of one million Dirhams (Rs 2,22,22,720).
The winner of the draw Rinza Firoz, holding the raffle ID number 32718522— matched five out of the six winning numbers during the 119th weekly Mahzooz draw held on Saturday, April 8, 2023.
Rinza, who works as a coordinator for a pipeline supply service. She has been living in Qatar for the past 18 years with her husband and two children.
“I couldn’t believe it. I was shocked and spellbound when I was checking my Mahzooz account while speaking with the Mahzooz team on the phone,” Rinza was quoted as saying by Gulf News.
She plans to use the money for her eldest daughter, who is preparing to attend university.
On March 4, the draw revamped its prize pool, introducing a new feature where every week one participant becomes a guaranteed millionaire.
The next Mahzooz live draw will be held on Saturday, April 15, at 9 pm (UAE time). Participants can register on the Mahzooz app and website and purchase a bottle of water for 35 Dirhams (Rs 785).
Thane: A 25-year-old woman who was allegedly being sent to the United Arab Emirates to join a sex racket has been rescued following a raid in Bhayander in Maharashtra’s Thane district, a police official said on Thursday. The woman’s mother and brother, who were allegedly sending her to UAE, have been arrested following the raid on Wednesday, Senior Inspector Sameer Ahirrao of the MBVV police’s Anti Human Trafficking Cell said.
“The victim’s mother and brother had taken Rs 50,000 to send her to join a sex racket there. We were tipped off by an NGO. The two have been charged under Indian Penal Code and Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act,” he added.
New Delhi: The identity of four accused in the hit-and-run case where a 20-year-old woman was dragged to death while trapped under a car here on new year’s day was established based on CCTV footage, statements of witnesses and other scientific evidence, the Delhi Police said in its charge sheet.
According to the final report, the evidence proved the presence of the four accused — Amit Khanna, Krishan, Manoj Mittal and Mithun — in the car.
The charge sheet cited the statements of six eyewitnesses, including the victim’s friend, the person who informed police about the body, an autorickshaw driver, and a person who was in the car with the four accused but was dropped at Sultanpuri before the incident.
It said the CCTV footage revealed crucial evidence, such as the presence of all the accused at a dhaba before the incident and in Rohini Sector 1 after.
“It has also been revealed by the footage that the accused knew that the victim was entangled… The accused didn’t try to save the life of the woman. After getting back in the car, they intentionally dragged her for a long distance to kill her,” the charge sheet claimed.
It stated that the DNA profile generated from the strands of hairs recovered from the car matched with the profile generated from the blood samples of Khanna, Mittal and Krishan.
Also, the DNA profile generated from the blood spots present on the clothes of the accused matched with that generated from the blood sample of the victim, the charge sheet stated.
DNA profiles generated from the exhibits recovered from the spot along with those lifted from the car, the cloth of the victim and from the clothes of Manoj Mittal, Mithun and Krishan were found similar to the DNA profile generated from the blood on gauze, the charge sheet said.
“A forensic science laboratory team lifted the blood in gauze from the offending car and the spot where the body of the deceased was found. DNA profile thus prepared matched with the DNA profile prepared from the blood in gauze preserved during the post-mortem of the deceased,” the charge sheet said.
The report said that the owner of the vehicle, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, voluntarily permitted his car to be driven by Amit Khanna, who did not have a valid driving licence. Also, Khanna’s blood test revealed the presence of alcohol above the permissible limit, it said.
“During the interrogation, Ashutosh disclosed that when he came to know about the incident and that the person driving the car did not possess a valid driving licence, he, Ankush and other accused planned to plant another person possessing a valid driving licence as the driver of the offending car at the time of the incident,” the charge sheet said.
“Ashutosh helped in the disappearance of the evidence of offence and gave false information to shield the accused,” it said.
Police arrested Deepak Khanna (26), Amit Khanna (25), Krishan (27), Mithun (26), and Manoj Mittal in the case on January 2.
Co-accused Ashutosh Bhardwaj and Ankush, were earlier given bail by the court, while the bail plea of Deepak Khanna was rejected by a sessions court.
Amit Khanna, Krishan, Mithun and Manoj Mittal have been accused of murder, while Amit Khanna and Ashutosh were booked under the Motor Vehicles Act.
It said all the accused were booked for the offences of criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence, harbouring offender, common intention and false information with an intent to cause a public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person.
Delhi Police has levelled additional charges against Amit Khanna for the offences of rash driving and causing hurt by an act endangering the life or personal safety of others.
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Gurugram: Two pet dogs were rescued after a video showing a woman slamming a dog in an elevator of a society here surfaced online, police said on Thursday.
The canines were rescued following a complaint filed by the volunteers of People for Animals (PFA) an animal welfare organisation.
According to the police, a father-son duo in Sector 109 had kept two dogs of foreign breeds which were looked after by their domestic help. On Wednesday, she had taken the animals to the society’s park and while returning to the flat, the help slammed one of the dogs thrice on the elevator’s floor. The entire act was caught on a CCTV camera.
The dog has suffered a lot of injuries, they said, adding that the woman has claimed that it had tried to bite her.
Manjunath Kamath, a member of PFA said it was a case of cruelty against animalS and they will file a written complaint with the police.
The resident welfare association (RWA) of the society has refused to divulge any information about the incident.
“We have not received any complaint yet. If we get any complaint, action will be taken as per the law,” said Inspector Aman Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO) of Bajghera Police Station.
“There is no Black woman in the Senate, so that commitment was heard across the nation,” said Assemblymember Lori Wilson, chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus. “There are Black women in Texas, in Georgia, who are holding onto: If there’s a vacancy, we’re going to get a Black woman, because Governor Newsom said so.”
A Senate vacancy in California would create outsize implications for the 2024 Senate race and a series of fraught political choices for Newsom. The governor would face enormous pressure to move quickly on his decision, given Democrats’ razor-thin margin in the Senate. He’d also have to decide whether to appoint a caretaker or wade into the contest by naming a contender like Lee.
Feinstein, who plans to retire after next year, said Wednesday she will return to the Senate as soon as her medical team allows — though she didn’t specify a date. In the meantime, she called for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to pick a Democrat to replace her on the important Judiciary Committee.
Newsom has made no public statements on the politically thorny issue in recent days, as some lawmakers openly called for Feinstein’s resignation. When asked if he intends to honor his promise, a spokesperson for his office directed POLITICO to his previous comments.
The governor in 2021 said he had “multiple names” in mind for Feinstein’s replacement, though didn’t specify any. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell and San Francisco Mayor London Breed have all been floated as potential contenders — though representatives for at least two said they would not accept the nomination.
But Lee, one of the most prominent Black women in California politics, seems to be garnering the most support for the appointment. She is running against fellow congressmembers and formidable fundraisers Katie Porter and Adam Schiff in the fierce competition to replace Feinstein in 2024 — a race that is already creating tension within the California Democratic establishment.
In 2020, San Francisco-based She The People helped organize a pressure campaign to fill Harris’ seat with a Black woman. Last time around, the goal was to uplift both Lee in Northern California and then-Congresswoman Bass in Southern California.
But with Bass now installed as Los Angeles mayor, Lee is the most senior among the contenders to replace Feinstein, said the group’s founder, Aimee Allison. It’s widely expected that the statewide political establishment “will break in favor of Barbara Lee,” she said.
Wilson noted that the California Legislative Black Caucus has already endorsed Lee’s bid for Senate, and said she would like to see the congresswoman appointed in the event Feinstein stepped down.
A representative for Lee’s campaign declined to comment on the prospect of a direct appointment. “The congresswoman’s primary concern is for Sen. Feinstein’s health,” said Lee campaign spokesperson Katie Merrill in a statement. “She is wishing the Senator a full and speedy recovery.”
Appointing someone outside the 2024 Senate contest, such as Weber, could give Newsom an out — allowing him to avoid any show of favoritism between Lee, Porter and Schiff. But there’s no guarantee that such an appointee wouldn’t change their mind and run in 2024.
And it might not be Newsom’s preference, anyway.
“Appointing a caretaker may be the way out of a difficult political situation,” said Rose Kapolczynski, a longtime Democratic consultant known for running former Sen. Barbara Boxer’s campaigns. “But [Newsom’s] history shows that he’s happy to take a risk and appoint someone who’s going to serve and run.”
Adding to the pressure is the fact that Newsom did not not endorse Bass for mayor last year even as nearly every high-powered Democrat, including President Joe Biden, rallied behind her — a political decision that earned him some harsh criticism. In a letter sent ahead of the November election, a coalition of Black women’s groups accused the governor of turning his back on them.
“He selectively supports Black women candidates even when they have overwhelming support from the party leaders and our community,” the letter read.
Newsom has so far not moved off his position to appoint a Black woman to the Senate should it become a possibility.
When asked if Weber would consider the job, Matt Herdman, a spokesperson for her campaign, said, “no comment.”
Bass’ spokesperson Zach Seidl, when asked the same question, responded, “absolutely not.”
Lenée Richards, a spokesperson for Mitchell, said “she would not accept an appointment to the Senate.”
Breed’s office didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Roger Salazar, a veteran California Democratic consultant who has advised statewide and national campaigns, said Newsom could certainly risk alienating Schiff and Porter supporters if he appointed Lee to a vacancy.
But regardless of who he has in mind, Newsom would be expected to make a decision quickly — if it came to that. After Harris vacated her seat, it took Newsom several months to name a successor. Now, given the tight margin for Democrats in the Senate and the ongoing debates around gun control, abortion and the economy, he would not have the same luxury of time.
“There’s no question that there’s going to be an urgency because of the national situation,” Salazar said.
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Hyderabad: A Hyderabad native woman won the Mrs India title on Tuesday evening, beating contestants from 14 other states. The finals of the prestigious beauty pageant were held at Le Meridien Hotel in Kochi.
The woman Ankita Thakur achieved this remarkable feat in her very first attempt.
She participated in the Mrs India pageant as the representative of Telangana. She had received training from Rashmika Thakur, who had herself won the Mrs India pageant earlier. Ankita’s hard work and dedication, combined with the training from Rashmika, helped her secure the coveted title.
Apart from her modeling skills, Ankita Thakur is also known for her private album ‘Dramame Na De’.
The Mrs India competition is considered a prestigious event, recognizing the strength, beauty, and intelligence of married women from all over India.
Tehran: An American citizen of Iranian origin residing in California was sentenced to four years in prison for her role in the attempted kidnapping of Masih Alinejad, an Iranian activist, the US Department of Justice announced.
In December 2022, 48-year-old Niloufar Bahadorifar, was charged with many offences, including conspiracy to break US sanctions by providing Iran with material support.
On Friday, the US Attorney General for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, announced that Niloufar Bahadorifar had been sentenced to 4 years in prison for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by providing financial services to Iran and its government in violation of US sanctions.
“Niloufar Bahadorifar willfully violated the sanctions and provided financial support to Iranian intelligence assets, who in turn participated in a plot to kidnap an Iranian human rights activist living in the United States whom the Iranian government sought to silence,” prosecutor Damien Williams said.
According to New York Times, US court confirmed that Bahadorifar paid a private investigator who was recruited in 2020 to monitor Masih Alinejad, an activist campaigning against the veil and residing in New York.
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Bahadorifar was convicted of laundering money to the United States from Iran that was used to pay private investigators to conduct surveillance on Alinejad on behalf of an alleged Iranian intelligence agent, Mahmoud Khazein.
Bahadorifar has been accused of making cash deposits of more than 476,100 dollars into accounts in the US since 2019, structuring most deposits in increments of less than 10,000 dollars to avoid detection by US financial authorities.
Bahadorifar was not accused of taking part in the kidnapping plot itself, and her lawyers argued that she was unintentionally deceptive.
On Friday, Alinejad said in a video statement on Twitter that she came face to face with Bahadurifar shortly after appearing in federal court.
“In my statement I said in the federal court, that this is beyond belief that anyone could even claim that they are unaware of the evil nature of the Islamic Republic,” said Alinejad. “The sentence today is a reminder for the US government, for Europeans, who is still trying to get a deal with the Islamic Republic because the Islamic Republic is a terrorist regime.”
Alinejad, an activist-journalist, became a US citizen in 2019. She has been an advocate for women’s rights in Iran for years and has played a prominent role in amplifying the voices of demonstrators during the most recent wave of protests, which began in September 2022.
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Hyderabad: The VIIth Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court Nampally on Wednesday sentenced a woman who killed her husband in 2021 at Chandrayangutta to life imprisonment. The court imposed a fine of Rs. 500 on her.
Reshma Begum was arrested by Chandrayangutta police for killing her husband on March 1, 2021.
“Reshma strangulated her husband who was sleeping after consuming toddy at the footpath near the government school Chandrayangutta. The duo earned their livelihood by begging on the streets. Both of them fought over small disputes under the influence of alcohol,” said K Prasad Varma SHO Chandrayangutta.
After the arrest, the police filed a charge sheet in court. The court after the trial pronounced the judgment in the case on Wednesday.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked police officers in Maharashtra to compensate a woman for keeping her in illegal detention despite she being granted interim protection and two weeks to surrender it.
A bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and A. Amanullah observed that the woman, an accused in a criminal case, got the interim protection on November 17, 2021 and the apex court had granted her two weeks’ to surrender and apply for regular bail.
Expressing discontent with the illegal detention of the woman, the bench noted that the court had given interim protection to the petitioner and despite the same, she was taken into custody.
The petitioner had submitted before the court that she had also shown the court’s order to the police, though she was bailed out next but she was in custody for a day.
The top court ordered that the petitioner should be compensated with Rs 15,000 for the illegal detention for one day which will be shared by the two police officers and the payment to be made within a period of two weeks.
The bench noted that two police officers filed their affidavit seeking to express unconditional apology. However, the bench said that behaviour of the officers was in the teeth of the court’s order and cautioned the police officers to be careful in future.
The top court passed the order on a contempt plea filed by the woman against two police officers. In a previous order passed in January this year, the bench had noted petitioner’s counsel arguments that despite the November 2021 order, within two days the woman was arrested from a hospital where she was working as a nurse.
The bench noted that the police officers were ready to compensate the woman from their own pocket in the matter.
In 2021, the woman had moved the apex court challenging the Bombay High Court order, passed in August 2021, refusing to entertain her plea for anticipatory bail in the case.
