Justice for Asifa echoes in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Residents across the city took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the rape and murder of an eight year-old in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, and rape of a 17-year-old in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh.
The protests were organised as part of a silent protest that was organised across the counrty between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday.
Protestors drew parellels between the Nirbhaya case and that of Asifa. Many also felt that the country was no longer safe for woman.
The Students’ council and IISc. Families and Friends also staged a protest on the IISc. campus, demanding justice for the victims.
A unique voice was raised by an artist near the RV College of Music and Fine Arts, who stood on the street with painting imge of Asifa.
While a group of Bengalureans held a similar event at the Orion Mall in Rajajinagar wehre people staged a protest against the incident.
Around 50 people came together at N.R. Colony bus stop, who comdemned all the attempts made by vested interests to suppress this issue.
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3 held in Kolkata for trying to dupe man of Rs 5 lakh by posing as functionaries of TMC MP's office
Kolkata (PTI): Three persons were arrested here for allegedly trying to dupe a 64-year-old man of Rs 5 lakh by impersonating functionaries of the office of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, police said on Friday.
The man, a resident of Kalna in Purba Bardhaman district, lodged a police complaint, alleging that the accused demanded the money on the pretext of a false promise of providing various facilities by "applying political influence", a senior officer said.
Acting on the complaint, the police arrested the three accused at MLA hostel on Thursday, he said.
“They impersonated functionaries of the office of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee and misled the complainant with forged documents. They demanded Rs 5 lakh as part payment on the pretext of a false promise of providing assorted facilities by applying political influence," the officer said.
According to the complaint, the accused used a WhatsApp number with Banerjee’s photograph being used as a profile picture to establish credibility and deceive the man.
The case was registered at Kalna police station on December 25 under the various sections of the BNS Act, 2023, and the investigation is underway, the officer added.
