POCSO case against innocent men:M’luru court orders 3 cops to pay Rs 5 lakh fine to bereaved parties
Mangaluru: Finding three senior police officers guilty of having registered a POCSO case against innocent persons, the District Additional and POCSO Special Court ordered that they pay the victims a compensation of Rs 5 lakh.
The court has said it was dereliction of duty on the part of Circle Inspector Lokesh AC and Sub-inspectors Shrikala and Pushparani to register cases against innocent persons – manual workers Chandrappa and Prasad – without any substantial evidence, thereby providing protection to the guilty. The police officers failed to duly investigate the POCSO case by questioning the witnesses and checking the available documents and proofs. They have also submitted before the court false information and fake documents regarding the case, all of which are acts of dereliction, the bench added.
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The three officers have been instructed to pay Chandrappa, who has been declared innocent, Rs 4 lakh and Prasad Rs 1 lakh within 40 days. The fine will have to be paid in court, said Justice KM Radhakrishna, who heard the case.
The court has sent the details of the POCSO case, including judgment, to the chief secretary of the state government and the Mangaluru city police commissioner and asked them to take legal action against the defaulting police officials.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
