Dakshina Kannada: FIR against Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader in sexual assault, intimidation case
Mangaluru (PTI): Police have registered a case against Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Samit Raj on charges of sexual assault and criminal intimidation, after a woman complained that he obtained her intimate photographs and repeatedly assaulted her under threat of violence.
The FIR was registered at the Bajpe police station in Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday, based on a written complaint.
According to police, the woman alleged that Raj had been harassing her for the past 15 days, used the photographs to intimidate her, and "threatened to kill" her when she resisted.
"Based on the complaint and prima facie evidence, a case has been registered under the relevant provisions of the law. Investigation is underway," a Bajpe police official said.
The accused is yet to be arrested.
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Five railway staffers injured as van headed to Rajdhani Express fire site overturns in MP
Ratlam (MP) (PTI): Five railway staffers were injured, one of them critically, when their van carrying repair equipment to the site of a Rajdhani Express fire overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district on Sunday, officials said.
The blaze erupted in an AC coach of the Delhi-bound Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express between Vikramgarh Alot and Lunirichha stations under the Kota division of the railways in Ratlam at 5.15 am.
It disrupted the movement of several trains on the Mumbai-Delhi route, as per the officials.
A van carrying necessary equipment to Alot overturned on the way when a cow suddenly strayed into the middle of the road, they said.
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Five railwaymen were injured, one of them critically, the officials said.
The incident took place when the van carrying essential equipment for overhead electric line repair, among other things, was on its way to Alot from Shyamnagar in Ratlam, West Central Railway's chief public relations officer Harshit Shrivastava told PTI.
The injured persons were rushed to the hospital and were subsequently referred to Kota in Rajasthan, officials said.
No casualties were reported in the train fire.
