Men seen peeping into busy bathrooms, recording video in Kundapura village; locals worried
Kota (Udupi): Incidents of men caught peeping into bathrooms under use were reported over the last few days from places under the administration limits of Pandeshwara Gram Panchayat in Sasthana, Kundapura taluk.
A ‘peeping tom’ was found on Monday evening having climbed up the roof of the bathroom of a house in Niradijaddu in Pandeshwara and, clearing one of the tiles, attempting to record a video clip of a woman bathing. Noticing this, however, the woman started shouting, and the man escaped from the place.
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A complaint was filed with Kota Police in this regard.
On Tuesday, a similar incident was reported from the Pandeshwara Main Road, where a man peeped into the bathroom of a house when a woman was taking a bath and ran away within a few minutes.
The matter was brought to the notice of Kota Police, who are looking for the suspects with the help of the locals.
The villagers, however, have expressed worry after the incidents were reported and have urged the police to catch the suspects at the earliest.
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HC dismisses Abu Salem’s plea seeking immediate release after completing '25 years' in jail
Mumbai (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed gangster Abu Salem’s plea for immediate release, claiming he had served 25 years in jail in India mandated under the terms of his extradition from Portugal.
In his plea, Salem had contended that if remission for good behaviour is included, then his 25-year jail term is complete and hence he ought to be freed.
A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata said it cannot hold that the 25-year jail term is complete, as it would be premature to say anything at this stage on the point of remission.
The court relied on a Supreme Court judgment wherein it was held that remission of a prisoner would need to be calculated a month before the applicant’s release.
“Therefore, the present petition (filed by Salem) is dismissed,” the court said.
A copy of the detailed order is yet to be made available.
Salem’s plea, filed through advocate Farhana Shah, had said that when he was extradited from Portugal in 2005, India had assured that he would not be handed over the death penalty in any case and that he would not be imprisoned for more than 25 years.
The government had opposed his plea, noting that Salem has spent only 19 years in jail and that a decision on his premature release was pending.
Salem was convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case and sentenced to life imprisonment.
