Karnataka HC issues notice to State Government in Actor Sadhu Kokila's sexual harassment case
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the prosecution and directed the state to file objections within one week after lawyer of Kannada actor Sadhu Kokila told court that the actor had denied the allegations of sexual harassment labelled against him.
The actor's lawyer told court that the police had filed FIR in the case despite the actor's refusal of visiting the beauty parlour and sexually harassing the woman.
A woman, who was rescued from a beauty parlour, had alleged that Sadhu Kokila and another actor, Mandya Ramesh, had visited the parlour and forced her for favors.
The woman had complained to the police that the owner of the parlour and three other men had sexually harassed her.
The HC on Wednesday issued notices to the authorities and directed the State to file objections within one week.
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Mysterious blast outside house in J-K's Samba, no one injured
Jammu (PTI): A mysterious blast occurred in a village in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir early Monday, officials said.
The blast took place near the main gate of the residence of former sarpanch Jai Ram Sharma at Gawala Talab, some 10 km from the International Border in the Ghagwal sector around 2 am, the officials said.
They said the blast uprooted the gate and a portion of the boundary wall but caused no casualty.
A team of forensic experts visited the site and took samples from the scene to ascertain the cause of the explosion, they said.
Police have registered an FIR, the officials said, adding senior officers are on the scene and further investigation is on.
