Mandsaur: BJP leader Manohar Lal Dhakad has been booked by police after an alleged explicit video of him with a woman on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway went viral, triggering widespread outrage. The video, reportedly captured on May 13 through CCTV surveillance, shows Dhakad in a compromising position with a woman after exiting a white car.

Following the incident, a formal FIR has been registered against Dhakad. Authorities confirmed that the vehicle seen in the footage is registered in his name, according to Transport Department records.

Dhakad hails from Mandsaur district, and his wife is an elected District Panchayat member from Ward No. 8 in Bani village. The scandal has not only sparked a police probe but also led to political and social fallout.

In response to the controversy, the Dhakad Mahasabha Youth Association has removed him from his position as National General Secretary. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also issued a statement distancing itself from Dhakad, clarifying that he is not a primary member of the party and had only registered online.

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Bengaluru: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the southwest monsoon will cause heavy rainfall likely this weekend and will drench Karnataka over the next 10 days.

The monsoon has begun retreating from northwestern India. Conditions remain active over the south, with an upper air trough extending up to 1.5 km over North Interior Karnataka and northern Tamil Nadu, combined with weakening monsoon winds across the peninsula, is driving the current spell. N. Puviarasan, head of the IMD’s meteorological centre in Bengaluru, said in a conversation with Deccan Herald, “As a result, the whole of Karnataka will see rain over the next week to 10 days."

With a cyclone in the Pacific Ocean along with a low-pressure system over the north Bay of Bengal, the monsoon is expected to intensify during the next four days. IMD has predicted heavy rains across South Interior Karnataka, including Bengaluru, throughout the weekend.


Bengaluru, recorded widespread moderate to heavy rainfall on Thursday. Between 8.30 am and 8.30 pm, Bengaluru city logged 45.9 mm of rain accompanied by thunderstorms. HAL airport registered 6 mm and the Bengaluru Urban automatic station recorded 47.5 mm. Doddathoguru, near Electronics City, reported 55 mm.

According to IMD forecast heavy rainfall will occur at isolated places in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Yadgir, Koppal, Raichur, Ramanagara and Mandya districts in the next few days.

The southwest monsoon is now expected to extend until mid-October and with little or no break in between, the northeast monsoon is likely to follow immediately. These are expected to last until December. “There may be no break in between,” Puviarasan said.