FIR against SHO accused of molesting woman journalist
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday registered an FIR against the Station House Officer (SHO) of Delhi Cantt for molesting a woman journalist and sent him to district line, a senior officer said.
The complainant's statement was recorded in front of Additional DCP Monika Bharadwaj, who is also heading the investigation in the matter, said the officer.
The SHO was been sent to district lines and a case under section 354 A (sexual harassment) of Indian Penal Code has been registered against him, while the matter has been transferred to the Crime Branch.
Earlier in the day scores of journalist gathered at Press Club of India to stage a protest against the recent assault on journalists and molestation of a female journalist while they were covering a peaceful march organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union and its teachers association on Friday.
At JNU's student protest, a group of women police officers were found beating up a photo-journalist on March 24 in a video circulating on social media networking sites.
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Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said his recent remarks on the demolition of properties linked to those involved in narcotics trade were "misunderstood and misinterpreted".
His clarification follows remarks made two days ago on the government's uncompromising crackdown on the drug menace, including action against properties linked to foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
"It is unfortunate. It is taken in the wrong sense. I didn't mean that tomorrow itself I am going to send bulldozers and demolish the houses. That was not my intention. It was wrongly taken," he told reporters here.
Responding to Congress MLC K Abdul Jabbar's question in the legislative council on the growing drug menace in Bengaluru, Davangere and coastal districts, the minister on Thursday detailed the extensive enforcement measures initiated since the Congress government assumed office.
Pointing to the involvement of some foreign nationals, the minister had said, "Many foreign students from African countries have come to Karnataka. They are into the drug business. We catch them and register cases against them, but they want the case to be registered because once the case is registered, we cannot deport them."
"We have gone to the extent of demolishing the rented building where they stay," he had said.
