Nasheman News : In a bizarre incident, a middle-aged man from Kolkata has moved court against a popular television actress accusing her of raping him for nearly three years on the false promise of marriage.

Abhishek Talukdar, an employee of a city-based multinational company, moved Alipore Court on Wednesday, claiming that the actress had promised to marry him after their relationship started in 2016.

“I had a relationship with that woman in spite of her being married. I was also married at that time but later I divorced my wife to get married to her. She also promised to do the same but that did not happen,” Talukdar said.

“Our relationship deteriorated as she did not divorce her husband as promised. Later she dumped me without citing any specific reasons,” he alleged.

When he went to talk to the TV star to sort out the disputes between them, she lodged fake cases against him with the police, the complainant further claimed, adding that he felt cheated as the two had physical relationship.

“I am in a disbalanced state, both physically and mentally. I invested a lot for her acting career and painting exhibitions. I invested a lot of my money and time for her. Hence, I have come to seek justice from the court,” he added.

: In a shocking incident, a teenaged girl was gang-raped in front of her father by six youths in a village in Bihar’s Kishanganj district, police said on Thursday.

According to police officials, the 19-year-old victim lodged a police complaint on Wednesday that six youth of her village under Kodhowadi police station knocked at her door late on Tuesday night asking for water to drink, but forcibly entered her home and dragged her outside.

Her complaint said they took her to a deserted field near her house and gang-raped her in front of her father, who was taken hostage and tied to a tree.

The victim also informed the police that the accused threatened her and father not to approach the police.

A case has been lodged against all the named accused, Kishanganj Superintendent of Police Kumar Ashish said.

Ashish said the accused are absconding and no arrest has been made so far.

“I am personally monitoring the case and they will be arrested soon,” he said.

Nasheman News : A mother of five was stabbed to death by a jilted lover here, after she turned down his marriage proposal, a senior police officer said on Thursday. The accused has been apprehended.

“The accused identified as Shyam, works as a constructor in a shoe factory where the deceased also used to work under him. He was apprehended on Thursday morning from West Delhi’s Nangloi area, following a tip-off. The weapon used in the crime was also recovered,” Additional Commissioner of Police Rajender Singh Sagar told media. 

Police said the incident occurred on Wednesday night when the victim, Madhuri, was taking a stroll outside her residence with her younger daughter in Nangloi.

“Seeing Madhuri alone, Shyam came to her and stabbed her over half a dozen times following an argument after she refused to elope with him. When her daughter came to rescue Madhuri, Shyam dragged her and escaped,” Sagar said.

“Locals informed the police and Madhuri was taken to the hospital where she was later declared dead,” the officer added.

“During investigation, it was found that Madhuri was already married and a mother of five children. Shyam used to harass her. He was forcing her to get married to him from the last few days,” he added.

However, the deceased family members have alleged that Madhuri had earlier filed a complaint against Shyam after he threatened her with dire consequences if she turned down his marriage proposal.

A A man killed his wife and her alleged lover with a spade in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra district.

Police officer Om Prakash Singh said Rishi Tomar returned home from Delhi, from where he works, to find his wife Lakshmi, 28, and Deepak, 30, in a compromising position at his house in Badapura village on Tuesday. 

In sheer rage, Tomar picked up a spade and killed the two. He later surrendered to the police. 

Villagers told the police that Lakshmi and Deepak were having an affair for two years. 

: A case has been registered in Jodhpur against India cricketers Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul, and Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar for the comments made towards women on talk show ‘Koffee with Karan’ that aired in December.

The duo were thereafter suspended by the Indian cricket board (BCCI) for the Australia ODI series and one New Zealand ODI. Thereafter, their bans have been lifted with Pandya returning to the fold to feature in New Zealand and KL Rahul for India A against England Lions.

The episode immediately drew ire on social media and was acted upon by the BCCI over Pandya’s remarks over women. The remarks were construed as ‘misogynistic’ and ‘racist’. Immediately, Pandya issued an apology on social media and then the two cricketers offered an official statement to the board.

Their suspensions were lifted on January 24 pending appointment of an ombudsman. Pandya played three ODIs against New Zealand taking four wickets and scoring 61 runs.

“Since the adjudication of all allegations of misconduct against any cricketer registered with, inter alia, the BCCI is required to be undertaken by the BCCI Ombudsman, whose appointment is pending directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, the CoA is the of the view that the interim suspension orders dated 11.01.2019 should be presently lifted with immediate effect,” the CoA said in a statement when lifting the ban. It added: “The above matter and decision has been taken with the concurrence of the Learned Amicus Curiae, Mr PS Narasimha. In view of the above, the suspension orders dated 11.01.2019 is immediately lifted pending appointment and adjudication of the allegations by the BCCI Ombudsman.”

Recently, Johar opened up on the controversy saying the issue has reached a stage where damage control isn’t possible.

“I have to say that I feel very responsible because it was my show, it was my platform. I invited them as guests and so the ramifications and repercussion of the show are my responsibility. I have had so many so many sleepless nights, wondering about how I can undo this damage, who is gonna listen to me. It’s now gone into a zone which is beyond my control.”

“The questions I asked to the two boys are the questions I ask everyone including women. When Deepika and Alia were on the show, I have asked them the same. I have no control over the answers that come my way. I have a control room of 16 to 17 girls. The show Koffee With Karan is entirely run by woman, I’m the only man there. None of them came up. Some thought he was wild, he was crazy, he’s crack, he’s mad. They said he’s funny. No one came and told me it was inappropriate, maybe you should reflect on it.” Said Johar to reporters.

The 46-year-old director rubbished reports of doing it for the TRP’s. He said, “It’s not about my career, It’s theirs. Perhaps things crossed boundaries, I apologise since it was my platform. I suppose that the boys have paid the price for it already.”

Agencies

Nasheman News :A couple in a live-in relationship were arrested for robbing and killing a Uber driver, a police officer said on Monday.

“The accused, Farhat Ali, 34 and his partner Seema Sharma, 30, were arrested on Sunday after they were seen in CCTV footage around the cab of the deceased who was identified as Ram Govind,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Vijayanta Arya said.

The incident was reported to police on January 29 when the victim’s wife, a resident of Shakarpur area of east Delhi, filed a missing complaint of her husband who drove a Uber cab.

“During investigation, we found it was a blind case as there were no witnesses. The last ride of the cab was booked from Madangir to Kapashera border and thereafter the GPS device was found to have stopped working,” Arya said.

“With the help of technical surveillance, the mobile phone of Govind was recovered and the police teams found a couple moving around the cab on the Mehrauli-Gurugram road,” she said.

The police team zeroed in the couple later identified as Ali, of Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha and Sharma, of the state’s Sambhal and arrested them, the DCP said.

“During interrogation, the accused disclosed that they, early on January 29, hired Govind’s cab from MG road to go to Ghaziabad where they were staying on rent. They, on the way, hatched a plan to rob the deceased and as per the plan, took him to their home and offered him tea laced with sedative,” she added.

“They later killed Govind by strangling him. Next day, they arranged a cutter and blades in order to cut the body into small pieces and wrapped it three separates bundles. They later thew them in a drain at Greater Noida,” Arya said.

“The Hyundai Xcent car and Govind’s mobile phones were recovered from the possession of the duo,” the officer said, adding that the motive for the crime was the accused’s dire need of money.

Investigating officials from the Central Crime Branch have reportedly solved the mystery of question paper leaks in various government job recruitment exams after it emerged that the papers were apparently stolen by a security guard from Manipal Technologies Unit Printing Press in Udupi. The security guard – Anil Francis – later quit his job in October 2018. He is currently working in a private company in Sharjah, UAE. He was arrested as soon as he landed in Bengaluru on Monday.

In November 2018, the question paper for a constable recruitment exam in the police force was leaked while the police also found a leak in the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) job recruitment exam. One-hundred-fifty persons have been arrested in the case, including 125 candidates appearing for the two examinations. This includes Ameer Ahmed, to whom who Anil reportedly sold the question papers. 

The modus operandi

“Ameer Ahmed is a known offender in dealing with question papers. Knowing that Francis is a security guard with the press, Ahmed befriended him with the help of a woman and encouraged him to steal the papers. Anil stole question papers of BMTC’s conductor exam and civil police constable exam. Meeting him near the mortuary of KMC hospital in Manipal, Ahmed purchased the question paper for Rs 17 lakh,” Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar told Media.

The investigating officials also revealed that the question papers were stolen from the shredder room of the printing press. The question papers were then photocopied and handed over to Ameer near the mortuary of Manipal’s Kasturba Hospital days before the police constable recruitment exam on November 25.

Ameer later sold the papers to CT Basavaraju in Tumakuru for Rs 55 lakh, who in turn passed the papers to the candidates appearing for the exam. The candidates paid Rs 8 lakh each for the question paper

Nasheman News :  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has taken serious note of the theft of three crowns from the temple of Sri Govinda Raja Swamy in Tirupati and directed the police to take immediate steps to apprehend the culprits.

During a teleconference with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders on Monday, Naidu said the government would not tolerate such incidents. He said the authorities concerned have been directed to tighten security to prevent such incidents.

The three crowns, weighing approximately 1,351 gm and valued at around Rs 50 lakh, were stolen on Saturday evening, officials said.

The Tirupati Urban police have formed nine teams to crack the case. Officials said they were scanning CCTV footage of the temple and surrounding areas. Some temple employees, including the priests who were on duty, were questioned on Sunday.

Tirupati Urban Superintendent of Police K.K.N. Anburajan said the police had gathered vital clues and exuded confidence of cracking the case soon.

The crowns were said to be stolen between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday. The investigators quizzed a priest and other employees who came to the temple for the shift that started at 5 p.m. A suspect was also questioned. However, they were later let off.

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Executive Officer Anil Kumar Singhal has inspected the temple premises. 

He said as soon as the duty ‘archakas’ noticed that the crowns were missing, senior officers rushed to the temple. Kumar said there were 15 cameras in the temple which were functioning properly. 

The vigilance staff of the TTD have submitted CCTV footage to the police.

The Sri Govinda Raja Swamy temple is one of the 10 temples which come under the TTD.

A woman’s attempt to take her own life on Saturday revealed a case of sexual harassment and intimidation by a bishop and a  member of the Church of South India in Bengaluru. Bishop PK Samuel of the Holy Trinity Church has been accused of sexually harassing 27-year-old Hema*, while he and CSI member Vinod Dasan allegedly intimidated her after she refused to back down on six-year-old sexual harassment case she had been fighting against Vinod.

Hema attempted to kill herself on January 31 following a verbal altercation with Bishop PK Samuel, said DCP East Rahul Kumar.

Bishop TK Samuel has been booked under Sections 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 506 (criminal intimidation), 504, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, according to DCP East Rahul Kumar. Vinod Dasan has been booked for criminal intimidation.

Back in 2013, Hema filed a complaint at the Kothanur Police Station accusing Vinod of sexual harassment. That case is currently under trial.

Last month, Vinod visited Hema’s mother in Bengaluru and told her to convince Hema to drop the case. He had also informed Hema’s mother that Bishop PK Samuel wanted to meet Hema and her husband, and counsel her on the case. On January 21, Hema and her husband arrived at Holy Trinity Church near Trinity Circle in Bengaluru, where they met both Samuel and Vinod.

After they spoke, Vinod allegedly said that he wanted to speak to Hema’s husband, leaving Hema alone with Samuel. Samuel allegedly continued to pressurise Hema into withdrawing the case and allegedly offered to pay her Rs 1 crore as well as employment through the Diocese. However, Hema refused. At that point, he allegedly put his hand on her shoulder and misbehaved with her, DCP East Rahul added.

Hema tried to shout for help, but Samuel allegedly told her that he would kill her if she screamed. Soon after, Hema left with her husband.

Following the January 21 incident, Hema tried to file a complaint at the Halasuru Police Station against Samuel and Vinod, but the station did not record her police, a senior police official said.

On January 31 around 1 am, while Hema was at CSI Hospital in Shivajinagar where her ailing mother is a patient, Samuel allegedly came to speak to her again at the hospital. He continued to try and persuade Hema to drop the case against Vinod, and allegedly threatened her life again. She and Samuel began to argue loudly, and Hema – who police believe had been contemplating suicide for a while – took out a bottle of insecticide and drank from it. Samuel called for security and Hema was taken for treatment immediately. She is currently stable and is undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Soon after the incident occurred, the Shivajinagar Police arrived at the hospital. Once Hema’s condition became stable, they took down her statement. The case has now been transferred to the Halasuru Police Station, DCP Rahul added. 

Media attempts to reach the CSI, Karnataka Central Diocese went unanswered.

Nasheman News : A man was arrested in Bihar’s Katihar district for posting a vulgar tweet against Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, police said on Monday.

Yogi Sanjay Nath was arrested following a complaint filed to the Bihar Cyber Crime Investigation Unit by social activist Shaheen Syed.

“We were directed to take action against Nath,” Katihar town Station House Officer Ranjan Kumar said. Nath is a resident of Vinodpur.