School van driver arrested in Badlapur for alleged molestation of four-year-old student
Badlapur West police on Thursday arrested a 37-year-old school van driver on charges of molesting a four-year-old girl, registering a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The accused was taken into custody late in the evening and is scheduled to be produced before a court on Friday, senior inspector Kishor Shinde said.
According to police, the incident occurred when the driver was dropping the child home after school. The girl, a junior KG student at an English-medium school located about three kilometres from her residence, was reportedly the last student in the van at the time of the alleged assault. Officers said the child appeared distressed after reaching home and initially did not speak about the incident. Her parents later took her into confidence, following which she narrated what had happened.
The family subsequently approached the Badlapur West police station and filed a complaint, based on which the case was registered. A police team then went to the accused’s residence and brought him to the station for questioning before formally arresting him.
According to The Indian Express official informed, “Once we get the accused’s custody, we will investigate how long he has been working as a driver and whether there is any past record of such incidents or other criminal cases against him.”
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Ramadan fasting to kickoff from Thursday in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The Holy month of Ramadan will start from Thursday, February 19, announced convener of the State Moon Sighting Committee Maulana Maqsood Imran Rashadi on Wednesday.
Speaking at a press conference after the Moon Sighting Committee meeting held at the State Waqf Board office on Cunningham Road in the city on Wednesday evening, he said that there is no information about moon sighting anywhere in the capital Bengaluru, including other districts.
“However, after receiving reports of moon sightings in neighbouring states including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Delhi, it has been decided to start fasting from Thursday,” he said.
The meeting was attended by Maulana Mufti Iftikhar Ahmed Qasmi, Maulana Ejaz Ahmed Nadvi and other members of the ulema.
