Woman booked for ''sexually assaulting'' minor boy in Hyderabad
Hyderabad (PTI): A 28-year-old woman has been booked under the POCSO Act for "sexually assaulting" a minor boy, police said on Saturday.
The woman, who worked as a maid and lived in the servant quarters where the teenage boy and his mother also lived, is accused of luring the boy, sexually assaulting him, and later threatening him, police added.
The boy's mother lodged a complaint against the woman, based on which a case was registered under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, a police official at Jubilee Hills Police Station said.
The woman has been taken into custody, and further investigation is underway.
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Fire at mass marriage event attended by Dy CM Shivakumar, nobody affected
Raichur (Karnataka) (PTI): Fire broke out near the stage of the mass marriage event that was attended by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar here, police said on Sunday.
Nobody was affected, and the fire was immediately put out, they said.
The fire was noticed shortly after Shivakumar and other dignitaries left the stage, and Forest Minister Eshwaran Khandre was speaking to the media at the venue in Sindhanur, officials said.
According to officials, wires, speakers, and cloth materials near the stage caught fire, allegedly due to a short circuit.
Police personnel present at the spot quickly swung into action and extinguished the fire.
The programme was halted for some time and resumed later, they said.
Several ministers, legislators and political leaders from the region, and actor Sudeep had attended the event.
