Coach harassment: Chandigarh Police submits final report in court against Sandeep Singh
Chandigarh (PTI): The Chandigarh Police has submitted its final report against Haryana Minister Sandeep Singh, accused in a sexual harassment case, before a court here.
The filing of the charge sheet came nearly after eight months of registration of the case.
The report was submitted by the police here on Friday before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate.
"After investigation, a final report under Section 173 Code Of Criminal Procedure (report of police officer on completion of investigation) has been submitted against the accused in the court of Aman Inder Singh Sandhu, CJM (chief judicial magistrate) on August 25, for judicial verdict," a statement issued by the Chandigarh Police said.
A case stems from allegations made by a junior athletic coach from Haryana against the BJP leader.
Singh has been charged with IPC's section 354 (assault or use of criminal force against a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), 354B (assault or criminal force with intent to disrobe), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
Deepanshu Bansal, the woman's advocate, on X wrote even though the charge sheet has been filed eight months after the complaint still attempt to rape charges are not mentioned. "We will contest the same before Hon'ble court."
Earlier, the advocate had demanded that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe the case should include charge of 'attempt to rape' in the original FIR.
The woman coach was suspended on August 11 from services over alleged violation of service conduct rules by Haryana's sports department director Yashendra Singh.
The coach had recently spoken to reporters and criticised the delay in filing of the charge sheet.
"The Chandigarh Police it seems they too are under pressure," she had then alleged.
Sandeep Singh, who is presently the Minister of State, Printing and Stationery, is a first-time MLA and former India hockey captain.
After he was charged in connection with the incident, Singh gave up his portfolio saying he was taking the step on moral grounds.
The minister has maintained that the claims made by the woman coach are baseless.
The sports portfolio is presently with the chief minister.
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
