Malayalam actor Sreenath Bhasi arrested in verbal abuse case
Kochi, Sep 26: Kerala police on Monday said they have arrested Malayalam actor Sreenath Bhasi for allegedly hurling abusive words at a woman journalist during an interview.
The arrest was recorded after summoning him to the Maradu police station on the basis of a complaint from a journalist of an online media.
"We have recorded his arrest. He will be taken for a medical examination," the police told PTI.
The arrest was recorded under sections 354 A (1) (IV), 509 and 294 B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Section 354 A (1) (IV) of IPC deals with the offence of making sexually coloured remarks. Section 509 deals with word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman, while section 294 B deals with uttering any obscene song, ballad or words, in or near any public place.
He would be let out on bail after the medical examination as it was a bailable offence, the police said.
The alleged incident occurred on September 21 while Bhasi was taking part in a promotional interview for his new film 'Chattambi.' The video has gone viral.
During the interview, Bhasi appeared offended when the anchor of the online media asked a question related to the title of the film.
An irritated Bhasi was seen in the video saying that he was "pissed off" and that he wanted to leave. He then asked the cameraperson to stop recording the video.
However, in the complaint, the woman alleged that Bhasi abused her and the crew after the camera was turned off.
Shortly after this, another clip of Bhasi abusing a radio jockey during a different interview with a private FM channel went viral, too.
In the second video, Bhasi was seen irritated apparently by the poor standard of the questions posed by the interviewer. But, no complaint was filed in this regard.
Later, in an interview with a television channel, Bhasi denied the allegations and expressed regret at losing his temper during interviews.
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Cop crushed to death by tractor-trolley used for illegal sand mining in MP; 2 held
Shahdol (MP) (PTI): An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) has been crushed to death by a tractor-trolley used for transporting illegally mined sand in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, a police official said on Sunday.
Two persons have been arrested in connection with the incident which took place on the intervening night of Saturday-Sunday in Badoli village under Beohari police station limits, 90 km from the district headquarters, Superintendent of Police Kumar Prateek told PTI.
ASI Mahendra Bagri, posted at the Beohari police station, was going along with two colleagues to arrest a person in some case.
On the way, they saw a sand-laden tractor-trolley coming towards their direction and tried to stop it, the official said.
Bagri and the other policemen gave a signal to the driver to stop the tractor carrying the illegally mined sand. But he did not stop and the vehicle ran over the ASI, the police official said.
After the incident, the driver jumped from the tractor and ran away. The speeding vehicle went out of control, collided with a culvert and overturned, Prateek said.
Driver Raj Rawat and Ashutosh Singh, who was piloting the vehicle, were later arrested. The vehicle owner, Surendra Singh, is absconding, he said.
A case was registered against the accused on charges of murder and illegal sand mining under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Mines Act, the official said.
Additional Director General of Police, Shahdol zone, DC Sagar told reporters that a reward of Rs 30,000 has been announced for anyone providing information that would help the police to arrest Surendra Singh.
'Piloting' in Shahdol is used to refer to moving ahead a vehicle while seeing the road is clear and no checking is being done by authorities.
In November last year, a local revenue department official was crushed to death by a tractor-trolley used for transporting illegally mined sand from the Son river in Gopalpur area of Shahdol district.
