Youth Deprived of Voting Rights as Polling Officials make errors in Kadaba
Kadaba: In a disturbing incident at booth number 101 of Kermai Government Higher Primary School in the Sullia assembly constituency, a young individual was denied his right to vote due to errors committed by polling officials.
The individual, named Sadiq, arrived at the polling booth with the intention of exercising their voting rights. However, he was informed by the polling officials that his vote had already been cast. Perplexed by this revelation, Sadiq raised an objection, leading to a thorough examination of the voters' list.
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It was discovered that another individual named Sadiq K., who had arrived prior to Sadiq, had mistakenly cast his vote under Sadiq's name. The polling officials incorrectly recorded Sadiq K. 's details as Sadiq's and obtained his signature. Apparently, the similarity in their fathers' names contributed to the confusion.
Subsequently, when Sadiq arrived at the polling booth, they discovered the error, resulting in a period of confusion and uncertainty. Unfortunately, due to the officials' negligence, Sadiq was asked to leave without having the opportunity to vote.
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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.
