Porter arrested for raping woman on train at Mumbai's Bandra Terminus
Mumbai, Feb 2 (PTI): A porter has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman on a long-distance train at Mumbai’s Bandra Terminus, a police official said on Sunday.
The "middle-aged" woman and her son arrived on Saturday night at Bandra Terminus by an outstation train. After getting down, she entered another train that had pulled into the other side of the platform, the official said.
The other train had no passengers at the time, said the Government Railway Police (GRP) official.
However, a porter was present on the second train and he allegedly raped the woman, the official said, citing the FIR.
The accused fled the scene after allegedly sexually assaulting the woman. The woman then approached the Bandra GRP police station and filed a complaint.
The railway police went through footage from several surveillance cameras to track down the porter and arrested him, the official said.
“We are trying to ascertain why the woman entered the other train after alighting at Bandra Terminus,” the official added.
The accused porter has been booked for rape under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said, refusing to share more details concerning the alleged crime.
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Trump says EU has until July 4 to approve last year's trade deal or it will face higher tariffs
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump has said in a social media post that goods from the European Union would face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year's trade framework by July 4.
The announcement on Thursday appeared to be a deadline extension after the president said last Friday that EU autos would face a higher 25 per cent tariff starting this week. Trump made the updated announcement after what he described as a "great call" with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Still, the US president was displeased that the European Parliament had yet to finalize the trade arrangement reached last year, which was further complicated in February by the US Supreme Court ruling that Trump lacked the legal authority to declare an economic emergency to impose the initial tariffs used to pressure the EU into talks.
"A promise was made that the EU would deliver their side of the Deal and, as per Agreement, cut their Tariffs to ZERO!" Trump posted. "I agreed to give her until our Country's 250th Birthday or, unfortunately, their Tariffs would immediately jump to much higher levels."
It was unclear from the post whether Trump was implying that the tariff rates would jump on all EU goods or the increase would only apply to autos.
His latest statement indicates he might be backing away from his earlier threat on EU autos by giving the European Parliament several more weeks to approve the agreement.
Under the original terms of the framework, the US would charge a 15 per cent tax on most goods imported from the EU.
But since the Supreme Court ruling, the administration has levied a 10 per cent tariff while investigating trade imbalances and national security issues, aiming to put in new tariffs to make up for lost revenues.
