Retired headmaster accused of misbehaving with lady in Bengaluru mall granted bail
Bengaluru: The retired head teacher of a school, who had been absconding after being accused of misbehaving with a young lady at a shopping mall in the city recently, was granted bail in the case after he surrendered before the Magadi Road police officers on Thursday.
On Sunday, retired head teacher Ashwathanarayana had allegedly misbehaving with the lady in the mall, pretending to collide with her and touching her back. He had locked his house at Basaveshwara Nagar and gone missing, allegedly for fear of arrest.
The scene, however, had been recorded by Yashwanth, who also shared the video clip on social media. On the basis of the video recording, the officers of the mall had filed a complaint with the Magadi Road Police, who booked an FIR against Ashwathanarayana.
The accused presented himself before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) with his advocate on Thursday afternoon and applied for bail. The 2nd judge of the ACMM granted bail to Ashwathanarayana after inspecting the application.
The police sources have said that the case accused has returned to his house at Basaveshwara Nagar. Further action will be taken after consultation with legal experts, they added.
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Assam CM flays Cong for 'not verifying' documents before making charges against his family
Sivasagar/Guwahati (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday slammed the Congress for “not verifying” the documents based on which it brought allegations against him and his family.
Congress leader Pawan Khera had on Sunday alleged that Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has multiple passports and foreign property, which were not declared in the chief minister’s election affidavit.
Sarma also hit out at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, claiming that he was “speaking like a madman” due to old age, after the latter put the onus on central agencies to probe the charges.
The CM asserted that Khera had “run away” to Hyderabad, but the Assam Police will “hunt him down even from ‘pataal’ (netherworld)”.
“‘Assam Police ko nahi jante hain.. Pataal se bhi ukhar ke le ayega’ (They don’t know the Assam Police... they will hunt him down even from the netherworld),” asserted Sarma.
An Assam Police team had earlier in the day visited the Delhi residence of Khera for questioning him in connection with the case.
“If they didn’t know the truth, why did they put it out in public? They should have asked the foreign minister first,” Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of an election campaign, when asked for his reaction to Kharge’s assertion that the Union government should probe the allegations now.
Kharge, at a presser in Guwahati on Tuesday, said all agencies are under the central government, which should probe the charges.
"They have already filed an FIR against Khera. Let them probe the matter. We will face the case as it progresses. We have sought probes by the ED or CBI into the allegations," he said.
Sarma added: “Kharge is ageing and is speaking like a ‘pagal’ (madman). You insult the people first and then say will ask the foreign minister (for verification)? Is he your ‘damad’ (son-in-law),” the chief minister said.
“I think Rahul Gandhi had given these documents to Khera, and if that is so, the case will then include Gandhi,” he added.
