Youth convicted for cheating woman
Mangaluru, May 3: The 6th additional district and sessions court has convicted a youth on charges of cheating a woman after promising her to marry her and threatening her, here on Thursday.
The convicted is identified as Santosh (25) of Koiyur Hadeelu in Belthangadi taluk. He was working as a coordinator at Spandana Santwana Centre. After hearing the argument, justice DT Puttarangaswamy sentenced Santosh to eight months imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 and asked the convicted to give Rs 90,000 as compensation to the victim.
After introducing to a woman at a marriage party, they were in touch with each other through mobile. He had asked the woman to Belthangadi promising her to introduce her to his family on July 27, 2013. Santosh was working in night shift in the rehabilitation centre. He had taken her to film in the evening. Later, he had taken her to the rehabilitation centre after misleading her that there was no bus facility during night. In rehabilitation centre, he raped her. But as he did not take her to his home, she returned to her home. On January 11, 2014, once again he had invited her to rehabilitation centre and raped her again promising her of marrying her, it was alleged.
When she forced him to marry her, he had rejected her request and threatened her of killing her. After knowing the intension of Santosh, she had complained against him to rehabilitation centre head on March 29, 2014. But the rehabilitation head counseled them and made Santosh to marry her. But later, he did not agree. Against this, the girl lodged a complaint at Belthangadi police station on July 13, 2014. The police also convinced him to marry her and he had promised of marrying her after engagement on July 13. Later, he has postponed the marriage saying that his brother is in abroad and he would marry her after he came to India. Following this, the girl once again lodged a complaint against him alleging rape, cheating, life threat on December 29, 2015. On the next day, the police arrested Santosh.
Then sub-inspector B Lingappa filed the charge sheet against Santosh in the court. After hearing the argument, the judge convicted Santosh for eight month imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 and additional Rs 90,000 as compensation to the girl. If he failed, the convicted has to undergo two more months imprisonment. Public prosecutor Judith OM Crasta argued in favour of the victim.
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Two FIRs lodged against Mithun Chakraborty for 'provocative' speech
Kolkata, Nov 6: Two FIRs have been lodged against actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty for allegedly making provocative statements during a BJP event in Salt Lake area near Kolkata last month, police said on Wednesday.
The complaints pertain to Chakraborty's speech on October 27 at the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) in Salt Lake, during a BJP programme attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was in Kolkata to launch the party's West Bengal membership drive.
The first FIR was filed at the Bidhannagar South police station based on a complaint by an individual, while the second was lodged at Bowbazar police station.
"We have started an investigation into the case," a senior officer of Bidhannagar police said.
Shah was also present at the programme, which was organised to kick off the West Bengal leg of the BJP's membership drive. Shah had also felicitated Chakraborty for being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year.
Although Chakraborty was unavailable for comment, BJP state president and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar described the FIRs a result of "vendetta politics.".
Majumdar alleged that the TMC government "has once again used the police to unfairly target well-known actor and senior BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty".
He accused the chief minister of employing such tactics "to serve political interests" and claimed that the state government's actions were part of an ongoing attempt to discredit political opponents.
"There is nothing provocative in his speech. These are nothing but attempts to intimidate him by using police as a political tool," he said.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh dubbed the BJP's allegations as baseless.
"The allegations of political vendetta are baseless. He shouldn't have made such provocative remarks. The law will take its own course," he said.
Chakraborty, who received India's highest film honour, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, earlier this year, had asserted on October 27 that the 'masnad' (throne) of West Bengal would belong to the BJP after the 2026 assembly elections, promising to do whatever it takes to achieve the goal.
While speaking at the programme, Chakraborty, a BJP leader, said, "In 2026, the 'masnad' will be ours, and we will do everything to achieve the goal."
In an apparent reference to TMC MLA Humayun Kabir's communal remarks aimed at BJP workers during the Lok Sabha elections, Chakraborty had allegedly made provocative remarks.
Chakraborty cautioned that no one should attempt to intimidate saffron party voters into abstaining from voting in the next assembly elections.
He called upon the booth-level workers of his party to resist any such attempts.
