Girl harassed by auto rickshaw driver in Bantwal; case filed under POCSO Act
Bantwal: In an incident reported on Thursday, local police have booked an auto-rickshaw driver for allegedly harassing a minor girl student who was waiting for a bus near college in Panemangalore here.
The accused has been identified as Aboobakar Siddiq, an auto rickshaw driver, and a resident of Narikombu. He was booked based on a complaint filed by the girl’s father.
According to the complaint, the girl fainted after being harassed by the accused following which she was shifted to a local shifted.
Rumors soon spread that the girl fainted after eating the chocolate offered by the auto-driver leading to hundreds of people thronging to the hospital. Local police howevere rejected the claims that the chocolate was drugged and added that the chocolate was sent for lab testing and the test results confirmed that there was no narcotic traces on the chocolate
They added that investigation was on and the accused would soon be arrested.
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Six foreign nationals held for alleged prostitution in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): Six foreign women were arrested after they were found to be allegedly engaged in illegal activities by soliciting men in a public place for prostitution, police said on Tuesday.
The arrests were made by the Women Protection Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on April 24, they said.
Police, however, have not disclosed the nationalities of the women in the statement.
According to police, the operation was carried out following a tip off that some foreign women were standing near the footpath of the bus stop close to Madiwala Check Post, within the jurisdiction of Koramangala Police Station here and were soliciting men passing by on the road for prostitution.
Based on this information, the officers and staff of the CCB Women Protection Wing immediately visited the spot and conducted a verification, they said.
During the operation, it was found that six foreign women were engaging in illegal activities by soliciting men in a public place for prostitution, a statement issued by the office of the police commissioner stated.
Acting swiftly, the officers and staff conducted a raid and secured all six foreign women. Upon inquiry regarding their passports and visas, they failed to provide valid and satisfactory information, it said.
"Subsequently, all six foreign women were produced before the Koramangala Police Station along with a report for further legal action. In this regard, a case has been registered at Koramangala Police Station, and further investigation is in progress," the police statement added.
