FIR against SHO accused of molesting woman journalist
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday registered an FIR against the Station House Officer (SHO) of Delhi Cantt for molesting a woman journalist and sent him to district line, a senior officer said.
The complainant's statement was recorded in front of Additional DCP Monika Bharadwaj, who is also heading the investigation in the matter, said the officer.
The SHO was been sent to district lines and a case under section 354 A (sexual harassment) of Indian Penal Code has been registered against him, while the matter has been transferred to the Crime Branch.
Earlier in the day scores of journalist gathered at Press Club of India to stage a protest against the recent assault on journalists and molestation of a female journalist while they were covering a peaceful march organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union and its teachers association on Friday.
At JNU's student protest, a group of women police officers were found beating up a photo-journalist on March 24 in a video circulating on social media networking sites.
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Indore MBA student's classmate abused body after killing her, performed witchcraft: Police
Indore (PTI): The classmate of a 24-year-old female MBA student, arrested in Indore for her murder, allegedly abused the body after the killing and also performed occult rituals while on the run, police said.
On February 13, people complained of a foul smell emanating from a closed house in the city's Dwarkapuri police station area.
After police arrived at the scene, the naked body of a 24-year-old woman was found in the house.
The woman was pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from a city college and the body was found in her classmate's rented house, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shrikrishna Lalchandani told PTI on Monday.
The classmate fled after the incident. He was taken into custody in Mumbai and is being interrogated after his arrest, the official said.
Referring to the accused's interrogation, the official said he allegedly strangled his classmate to death and then "abused" the body.
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"The accused also performed witchcraft near Panvel (in Navi Mumbai) while on the run. The accused claims that he was mentally disturbed after the murder and wanted to communicate with the woman's spirit through witchcraft," he said.
According to the DCP, the woman and the accused were in a close relationship.
"The accused suspected that she was talking to other men. Enraged, he killed her and fled," the official said.
After the woman's body was found, her father accused the classmate of trying to extort money from his daughter using her obscene photos and then torturing her to death.
The accused had even posted these photos on her college WhatsApp group, he alleged.
