Man arrested for 'filming' women on Bengaluru metro without consent
Bengaluru, May 23 (PTI): A 27-year-old man was arrested on Friday for “clicking pictures and recording videos” of women travelling on the Bengaluru metro without their consent and later uploading them on a social media platform, police said.
The accused, Diganth, who was picked up from his house in the Tigalarpalya area, works in the accounts department of a private company, they added.
“A case was registered in this regard at Banashankari police station on May 20, and an investigation was launched. The accused is a 27-year-old man who works in the accounts department of a private firm. He is a resident of Tigalarpalya and works in Murugeshpalya,” said Lokesh B Jagalasar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South).
“On his way to and from work, he used to videograph women without their knowledge or consent and upload the videos on an Instagram page. The person has been arrested and will face further legal action,” he added.
The photos and videos uploaded on the Instagram account identified as Bangalore Metro Clicks (@metro_chicks), which had over 6,000 followers, were later deleted, police said.
The issue came to light on May 20 when police were reviewing social media platforms for suspicious posts as part of a routine probe.
During this review, a police officer came across the Instagram account, which contained 14 unsolicited videos and pictures allegedly taken inside metro coaches and on station premises.
None of the women appeared to be aware that they were being photographed, police said.
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Rahul Gandhi should've been allowed to quote Naravane's 'memoir' in LS: Sharad Pawar
Baramati (PTI): NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi should have been allowed in the Lok Sabha to quote from an unpublished "memoir" of former Army chief MM Naravane.
The controversy on the memoir, 'Four Stars of Destiny', centres on the events of the Indo-China stand-off in 2020.
A row erupted in the Lok Sabha on Monday after Gandhi sought to quote from the unpublished "memoir" of former Army chief Naravane, but Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, along with other BJP members, strongly opposed it and accused the Congress leader of "misleading" the House.
Pawar said Gandhi "should have been allowed" to speak on the subject in Parliament during the Budget session.
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"If the former Army chief has written something and if the leader of the opposition is saying something, then it is his (Gandhi's) right and he should have been given that opportunity," the Rajya Sabha member said at a press conference in Baramati.
He said that an atmosphere of suspicion should not prevail unnecessarily in the country.
"The former Army chief has written something in the book which shows there was some concerning situation. If a discussion had taken place in Parliament on the issue, people could have got a clear picture," Pawar said.
Though the book is unpublished, Gandhi held a copy of it and the Lok Sabha speaker asked to authenticate the copy, he noted. "Why was there opposition (to Gandhi) when the copy was authenticated?" Pawar asked.
Gandhi on Wednesday cited the unpublished "memoir" to claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not fulfil his responsibility during the India-China conflict in 2020 and passed the buck on to Naravane.
Addressing reporters in the premises of Parliament House complex, Gandhi held up Naravane's unpublished "memoir" and said he would like the youngsters in India to know that this 'book' exists despite the government claiming otherwise.
He said Naravane has written the full account of what happened in Ladakh.
Gandhi has also written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, lodging his strong protest over being disallowed from speaking in the House on a matter of national security and terming it a "blot on our democracy".
He has also said that it was for the first time in history that LoP was not allowed to speak on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address.
