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Topic: molestation

How ‘school mein maje’ Instagram post by student led HC to suspend teacher’s sentence in POCSO case

Teacher was sentenced under POCSO Act & sections of IPC for molesting the student. HC suspended his sentence pending appeal against conviction.

Man kills doctor in South Delhi, claims he touched him ‘inappropriately’

The accused, 23, flew into a fit of rage and strangled the 52-year-old doctor and slit his throat, say police.

Did Captain & fiancée ‘attack’ cops or were they ‘manhandled’? Army to take up case with Odisha authorities

While police are quoted as saying that officer & fiancée created fracas & injured four police personnel, Army’s situational reports and his statement present a different picture.

‘Molestation’ case: Chandigarh court frames charges against former Haryana minister Sandeep Singh

But, additional chief judicial magistrate dismisses petitioner’s plea to add attempt to rape charges. FIR was lodged in December 2022.

Campus attack on IIT-BHU being probed as gang rape? Police ‘add IPC sections’ to original FIR

Varanasi Police Commissioner Ashok Mutha Jain refuses to confirm or deny news report that quoted him as saying that IPC sections added to IIT-BHU FIR include 376-d (gang rape).

Haryana girls stood up against ‘predator’ principal. But parents, teachers pulling them back

A public school principal in Haryana’s Jind district allegedly turned into a serial predator, picking girls through CCTVs and molesting them in his office under the protection of a tinted glass door he installed soon after joining in 2018.

Three held in Ambedkar Nagar schoolgirl’s death to be tried under Gangsters Act, say cops

Two accused were shot in the leg & third broke his leg during failed attempt to flee while being taken for medical examination Sunday, says SP (Ambedkar Nagar).

Five men arrested after viral video shows them forcibly stripping woman in UP’s Hamirpur

Two of the five arrested in the case are minors. Police say they were trying to extort money out of the woman and her partner.

400 Pakistani men sexually assault a woman in Lahore. Twitter says ‘no less than Taliban’

Lahore Police has filed an FIR against hundreds of unidentified men for sexually assaulting a woman who was filming a TikTok video at Minar-e-Pakistan on the country’s Independence Day.

Assam Rifles says IPS officer who alleged molestation by jawan had illegally entered Myanmar

Assam Rifles statement calls allegations of molestation against jawan on security duty ‘fallacious & misguided’, says the woman IPS officer was misusing her power.

On Camera

India-Pakistan ready for lehenga diplomacy. Maryam Sharif has made the first move

Sometimes, we end up embroidering the truth as we overthink and overanalyse a fastidious lady’s personal wardrobe preferences for significant occasions.

Most EU firms eye India expansion post-trade deal, 90% say profitability to go up—FEBI survey

FEBI survey reveals Europe’s big bet on manufacturing, innovation hub amid ‘mother of all trade deals’, but flags regulatory concerns.

India, EU sign security & defence pact. How it links Indian firms to ‘ReArm Europe’ network 

The agreement comes despite differences between India and the EU on issues such as Russia-Ukraine war, showcasing the intent to deepen strategic ties. 

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.