Karnataka: Cook arrested for sexually assaulting minor boys and recording it on phone
Hubballi: A 47-year-old cook from Odisha was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting minor boys and recording videos of the act on his mobile phone, police said on Wednesday.
The parents of two minor boys who were sexually assaulted and threatened by the accused Prabhanjan approached the Old Hubballi Police station to lodge a complaint.
According to police, the accused who worked in a leading hotel first befriended the minor boys and took them to his rented accommodation in Siddalingeshwara Colony here by luring them with snacks, chocolates, and money. After taking them to his room, he threatened them with a knife and sexually assaulted them.
He forced them into unnatural sexual acts and got it videographed on his mobile phone with the help of another boy, a senior police official said.
The accused also threatened the boys of dire consequences if they disclosed the incident to anyone else. The minor boys were sexually assaulted on multiple occasions, he added.
When the matter came to public attention, locals thrashed the accused before handing him over to police.
Based on the complaint received, a case was registered under sections 377 (unnatural offences), 506 (2) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, and IT Act and the accused was arrested, according to police.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
