Jeddah : As millions performed Haj, an Arab national killed himself by committing suicide at the Grand Mosque of Makkah. The incident took place on Friday when the man jumped off the roof of the mosque.
"Two other pilgrims who were wounded in the incident are in a stable condition in hospital," Ahmad bin Muhammad Al-Mansouri, spokesman for the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques was quoted saying by Arab News. The matter is currently under investigation.
This is not the first such incident reported from the holy site. In June, a Bangladeshi and a French man died after committing suicide at the Makkah's Grand Mosque.
courtesy : khaleejtimes.com
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Bengaluru (PTI): A suspect has been arrested for allegedly molesting a woman at Suddaguntepalya here earlier this month, police said.
Santosh aged about 29 has been arrested from Kerala's Kozhikode, they said.
The incident allegedly occurred at 1.55 am on April 3 in Suddaguntepalya and the CCTV footage attributed to the incident had gone viral.
When two women were walking on the street that day, a man, whose face was not visible, grabbed one of them and harassed her. He had immediately fled the scene when the women screamed for help.
The police had registered an FIR under sections 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 75 (sexual harassment), and 78 (stalking) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B Dayananda had recently said that efforts were on to trace the suspect based on CCTV verification, and footage from more than 300 cameras were examined by investigators.
He had also said that multiple teams were formed to nab the accused.