Sexual Harassment Case

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The Democrats released a new batch of emails revealing shocking details about Trump's ties to Epstein, claiming that he "knew about the girls" and "the victim spent hours with him"

CSS officer's fall from Shastri Bhawan linked to workplace harassment

A Central Secretariat Service (CSS) official who fell from the seventh floor of Shastri Bhawan here has allegedly told investigators that the incident was a suicide attempt prompted by prolonged workplace harassment, police said on Thursday. The victim, identified as Deepak Khoda (33), is posted with the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. However, on Monday, when the incident was reported, the police had said that he slipped while trying to evade a monkey. In a complaint given to the police on October 1 by Khoda, he alleged that he tried to attempt suicide due to repeatedly being humiliated by senior colleagues over several months, which made him "depressed." Khoda, who has been working in the ministry for the last nine years, alleged that he has been harassed by senior officers, including the additional secretary and deputy secretary, for the past several months. He also alleged that they have threatened to ruin his career and also warned him of taking legal action.

Delhi Police question Chaitanyananda Saraswati on sexual harassment charges

Early this morning, the police took him to the institute and questioned him in the room where he allegedly called students

Godman Chaitanyananda produced in Delhi court, police seek 5-day custody

Chaitanyananda Saraswati was produced before a Delhi court on Sunday, with police seeking 5-day custody of the self-styled godman accused of sexually harassing 17 women students at a private institute here, officials said. The 62-year-old accused, who was apprehended from Agra Sunday morning, was produced before Duty Magistrate Ravi at 3:40 pm. A Delhi Police team traced Saraswati to Agra, where he was staying at a hotel, officials said. Earlier, police froze Rs 8 crore linked to Saraswati, which was parked in multiple bank accounts and fixed deposits. According to the FIR, Saraswati, a former chairman of a management institute in southwest Delhi, allegedly forced female students to visit his quarter late at night, and sent them inappropriate text messages at odd hours. He allegedly kept track of the students' movements through his phone. During the investigation, it was revealed that the accused allegedly used different names and particulars to operate multiple bank accounts and

Delhi Police issues lookout circular against godman in harassment case

The Delhi Police has issued a lookout circular against self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, the main accused in a harassment case, an official said on Wednesday. "A lookout circular (LOC) has been issued against him to prevent any attempt to flee the country," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Amit Goel said. The officer further said that multiple police teams are conducting raids across Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand in connection with the case. The development comes after several women students of a private management institute accused Saraswati of harassment, alleging that he summoned them to his room and threatened to lower their marks or fail them. Some students have also claimed that he lured them with promises of foreign trips. According to police, the accused was a sanchalak (management committee member) at the Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management in southwest Delhi. This is not the first time he has faced such allegatio

Elon Musk's father accused of decades-long sexual abuse of children

Errol Musk, 79, faces allegations of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren since 1993

19 sexual harassment cases reported in colleges, univ in Odisha: Minister

In all, 19 sexual harassment complaints have been filed in different colleges and universities across the state in 2024, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj informed the Assembly on Friday. Replying to a question by BJD legislator Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, the minister said the complaints have been lodged by women students in government degree colleges, non-government aided degree colleges and public universities of the state in the past year. He said two cases each were reported in Utkal University, RD Women's University, Government Autonomous CollegeRourkela, BJB Autonomous CollegeBhubaneswar and Choudwar College. One case each was reported in FM Autonomous College (Balasore), Panchayat Degree College (Bargarh), Anchal Degree College (Padampur), Abhimanyu Samant Singhar Degree College (Balia), SSD College (Gurudijhatia), Athamalik College, Dharanidhar University, Berhampur University and GM University, he said. Out of the 19 cases, three were amicably settled, while the

FIR registered against MLA Rahul Mamkootathil for stalking women

A case was registered against Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil on Wednesday by the Kerala police for various offences, including stalking and harassing women on social media. The development came hours after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram that all possible legal steps would be taken in connection with the allegations against Mamkootathil. The Crime Branch wing of the police registered the case and launched an investigation on the instructions of state DGP Ravada A Chandrasekhar, a statement issued by the State Police Media Centre said. The case was registered after it was found that complaints received by the DGP included commission of cognizable offences, it said. The FIR was registered under sections 78(2) (stalking) and 351 (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 120 (o) (causing, through any means of communication, a nuisance of himself to any person by repeated or undesirable or anonymous call, letter,

AIIMS Bhubaneswar nursing officer held for sexual harassment of attendant

A nursing officer at AIIMS Bhubaneswar was arrested for "sexually harassing" a woman attendant at the medical facility, police said on Tuesday. Accused nursing officer Nanu Ram Choudhury was booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, after a complaint was lodged against him at the Khandagiri Police Station in the city, a senior officer said. On Monday, the woman attendant at AIIMS Bhubaneswar had alleged that she was sexually harassed and attempts were made to outrage her modesty by the male nursing officer. Immediately after the registration of the FIR, all the employees, including the woman attendant, of various outsourcing agencies engaged in AIIMS Bhubaneswar, started a demonstration outside the main gate of the hospital, seeking action against the accused. They suspended the protest after the accused was arrested, the officer said. The woman, in her complaint, claimed that the nursing officer called her to a doctor's chamber around 1 am on Sunday and abused

Saying 'I Love You' not sexual intent, rules Bombay HC in Pocso case

Case dates back to 2015, when the accused allegedly approached a 17-year-old girl on her way home from school. According to the complaint, he held her hand, asked her name, and told her, "I love you"

Autistic brothers sexually abused by staff at special school in Dehradun

A resident staffer at a school for students with special needs allegedly sexually assaulted two brothers. The social welfare department is now probing into the activities of the special school

Karnataka minister faces flak for 'big city' remark on groping incident

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara was speaking about a viral video, which shows a man molesting a woman in BTM Layout

Delhi court acquits man of rape, orders perjury proceedings against woman

It takes one's lifetime to build a reputation, but a few lies can destroy it, said a Delhi court while acquitting a man of rape charge and directing initiation of perjury proceedings against the woman for filing a false case. Additional Sessions Judge Anuj Agrawal was hearing the case against the man, who was accused of raping the complainant in a hotel here on the intervening night of November 23-24, 2019. "It is evident from record that prosecutrix gave false deposition before this court and concocted a mendacious story of rape/threat," the court said in its verdict dated April 4 and acquitted the accused. The court noted that the woman had filed six similar rape and molestation cases in past against different persons and according to Delhi Police she was "in habit of giving false complaint of molestation and eve-teasing". The court said that her statements had "inherent contradictions". Noting the facts of the case, the judge said, "The said circumstances, if seen cumulatively,

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'Yeshu Yeshu' pastor Bajinder Singh gets life term in sexual assault case

A Mohali court sentenced 'Yeshu Yeshu' Pastor Bajinder Singh to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a woman in 2018, after she accused him of coercion and misconduct

Maintaining law and order: Police forces urgently need legal training

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'Yeshu Yeshu' pastor Bajinder Singh found guilty in sexual misconduct case

'Yeshu Yeshu' pastor Bajinder Singh convicted in 2018 sexual misconduct case as Mohali court finds him guilty, acquitting five others of similar charges

NIT Silchar professor arrested after complaint of sexual harassment

On March 21, the authority at NIT, Silchar suspended Dr Dr Koteswara Raju Dhenukonda

SC quashes rape case against ex-Army officer, says woman accused 8 before

The Supreme Court has quashed a rape case against a former Army officer, citing the woman's prior accusations against eight men

Viral pastor Bajinder Singh faces sexual harassment charges in Punjab

Pastor Bajinder Singh, who claims to possess healing powers, has been accused by a woman of inappropriately hugging and touching her