Fire in coach of New Delhi-Chennai express train; no casualty
Nagpur (PTI): A coach of the New Delhi-Chennai Grant Trunk Express caught fire in Maharashtra's Wardha district on Tuesday morning, railway officials said.
There were no casualties, they said.
Train 12616 New Delhi-Chennai (Tambaram) Grant Trunk Express left from Nagpur in the morning. While it was heading towards Sindi railway station in Wardha, smoke was detected in the last guard coach of the train at 11.09 am, Central Railway spokesperson Sanjay Muley told PTI.
The train was stopped on the Sindi-Tuljapur section, the affected coach was detached immediately, and the fire brigade was called, he said.
All passengers in the train and the coach concerned were safe, the official said.
The cause of the fire will be known after a detailed investigation.
The train will resume its journey in some time without the affected coach, the official added.
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FIR registered after Kannada TV actress alleges secret filming in washroom, blackmail
Bengaluru (PTI): A case has been registered after a Kannada television actress alleged she was secretly filmed in a stadium washroom during a celebrity event and threatened with online circulation of the video if she failed to pay money, police said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred at the recently held Celebrity Women Cricket Tournament here, they said.
In her complaint, the actress, also a reality show contestant, said that she had attended a three-day event organised at Koramangala Indoor Stadium.
On February 7, the second day of the event, when she went to use the women’s restroom located inside the stadium, without her knowledge, an unknown person secretly recorded an "obscene and indecent video" of her while she was inside the restroom, it stated.
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The FIR said the alleged video was sent from an Instagram account to her friend's Instagram account allegedly under the mistaken belief that the said account belonged to the actress.
"The content of the video is obscene. After uploading the video, the unknown individuals threatened to send more private videos and to engage in video calls. They demanded money and began blackmailing her friend," the FIR read.
The accused further threatened that if the money was not paid, the video would be circulated on other social media platforms and shared publicly, the complainant alleged.
The complainant has submitted the photos and videos related to the complaint in a pen drive, the FIR stated.
Based on her complaint, a case under relevant sections of the IT Act and sections 77 (Voyeurism), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 308 (extortion) has been registered at the Cyber Crime police station on February 13 here, police said, adding that further investigation is underway to nab the accused.
