Measures to release prisoners from minority Communities: GA Bava
Mangaluru: The state Minority Commission would take steps to release the prisoners who have been undergoing punishment in the jails of the state, said Commission chairman GA Bava.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said that steps would be taken to release the prisoners, including those from the minority communities. This decision would apply to only those who were imprisoned for the first time. Those who involved in petty cases, suspected movements and theft cases were normally imprisoned. Usually, the courts would award three to six months imprisonment in theft cases. Though such convicted people get bails, they could not be able to pay the surety amount. Those who fail to pay the amount continue in jail even after two and a half years despite convicted for just three months. So the Commission would take steps to release such convicted persons, he said.
The details on such convicted persons would be collected from all jails in the state. Jailers have been directed to provide the details every month. Details of such convicted persons would be given to advocates and NGOs to help them, he said.
Minority Welfare department district officer Usman, Minority Welfare Corporation district manager Safwan were present.
Removal of encroachment from waqf property
Many Wakf properties were encroached across the state. In 1968, all Wakf properties were notified through Gazette notification and those properties would remain as Wakf properties according to the Supreme Court. So, the Commission has taken tough steps to get back all those encroached Wakf properties. In future also, the commission would take up such cases, he said.
Injustice to minorities
The Commission came to know that minorities were encountering injustice from all departments. Details were being collected from all departments every month. Once the complete information is collected, it would be verified. If it is proved, the Commission would take action, GA Bava added.
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Malaysian Indian sentenced to jail and caning for raping Indonesian woman in Singapore
Singapore (PTI): An Indian-origin Malaysian man was sentenced in Singapore to 12 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a domestic worker outside a train station after tricking her into thinking that he was a police officer.
Sharveen Chetty, 48, pleaded guilty on February 4 to one charge of raping the 35-year-old Indonesian woman in the bushes outside Exit F of a subway, Little India Mass Rapid Transit station, at about 8pm on July 11, 2022.
The victim was with her friends at the time, but Chetty lured her away before he sexually assaulted her, according to a report by The Straits Times on Thursday.
Two other charges – a second rape charge and a charge of impersonating a police officer – were taken into consideration during sentencing on Wednesday.
The witnesses who testified on the first day of the trial included a doctor from Women’s and Children’s Hospital who examined the victim a day after the rapes, and forensic scientists from the Health Sciences Authority.
Chetty had initially contested the charges in a High Court trial that began on February 3. But he changed his mind and pleaded guilty on what would have been the second day of the trial, according to the daily report.
In sentencing, Justice Dedar Singh Gill considered it aggravating that Chetty had targeted the victim because she was a foreigner who might be unfamiliar with the local authorities.
The judge rejected the defence's arguments that the rape was not premeditated.
The judge, however, noted that Chetty had pleaded guilty before the victim and key prosecution witnesses testified, thus sparing her and her friends from going through cross-examination.
The prosecution had sought a sentence of between 11 and 13 years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane, noting Chetty’s extensive efforts to disguise himself, and his predatory act of leading the victim away from the rest of the group.
Chetty admitted that he became sexually attracted to the victim.
