Auto-driver from Hassan arrested for sexually harassing woman in Kalladka
Bantwal: A woman alone at home was sexually harassed and received death threats from a man from Hassan at Bondala near Kalladka on Tuesday.
The accused, identified as Pramod, an auto-rickshaw driver from Belur in Hassan, had a prior acquaintance with the woman. The woman, originally from Belur, had recently moved to her husband's home in Amturu near Kalladka. Pramod had driven her to her parents' home a few times, during which he reportedly obtained her phone number.
Pramod began harassing the woman over the phone and had previously come to her husband's home in Kalladka to threaten her and vandalize property. Despite being warned off then, Pramod traveled to Bantwal again on Tuesday. After confirming the woman's husband was not at home, he barged in and attempted to sexually harass her.
The woman's husband, who was nearby at a temple, rushed home upon hearing her screams. Pramod verbally abused the woman and threatened to kill her, her husband, and their child.
Based on the woman's complaint, Bantwal Police arrested Pramod and presented him before the court. The case is under investigation.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
