Maharashtra: Cop among 5 arrested for molesting, kidnapping minor girl in Chandrapur
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Chandrapur (PTI): A constable and four other persons have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and molesting a minor girl in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, police said on Tuesday.
Chandrapur District Superintendent of Police Ravindra Singh Pardeshi took serious note of the incident which took place on Sunday and suspended the constable, attached with the C-60 unit of police, on Monday, they said.
The policeman and his friends had gone to Mamla area here for a party.
On way back, they saw two couples, including a minor girl, sitting on Mamla road, a police official said.
The accused allegedly threatened the couples and forcefully made the girl sit in their vehicle and later allowed her to go, he said.
They also told the girl that they would file an offence against her if she refused to accompany them, the official said.
The girl's friend immediately rushed to Ramnagar police station and registered a complaint.
Based on the complaint, the police arrested the five accused on Sunday evening and booked them Indian Penal Code Sections 354 (assault or criminal force on woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 363 (kidnapping) and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official said.
A probe was on into the case, the police said.
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At UN, India flags concerns over targeting of vessels in Strait of Hormuz
United Nations (PTI): Targeting commercial shipping, endangering civilian crew and impeding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is "unacceptable", India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish has said.
Harish's remarks at a special meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC) on safeguarding energy and supply flows came days after an India-flagged commercial vessel came under attack off the coast of Oman.
Omani authorities rescued all 14 crew members of the vessel sailing from Somalia, but it was not immediately known who carried out the strike.
In a post on X on Sunday, Harish said that at the UNECOSOC meeting, he shared India's approach to the recent energy and fertiliser crisis caused by the West Asia conflict.
"A combination of short-term and structural measures alongside international cooperation are essential to respond to the crisis," he said.
"Reiterated that targeting of commercial shipping, endangering civilian crew and impeding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, are unacceptable. International law in this regard must be fully respected," he added.
The attack on the India-flagged vessel on May 13 took place amid the fragile situation in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway close to the coast of Oman through which roughly one-fifth of the world's energy supplies pass.
It has been severely disrupted by the conflict in West Asia that started on February 28, with the US and Israel launching joint attacks on Iran, triggering retaliatory strikes.
Earlier, India had described the attack as "unacceptable".
At least two other Indian-flagged ships have been attacked since the conflict broke out.
According to the UNECOSOC website, the meeting, which took place on Friday, focused on “Safeguarding energy and supply flows: Supporting global development through international cooperation”.
