Two held in Ballari for threatening MLA; video of incident goes viral
Ballari: Police have arrested two men for allegedly threatening B Nagendra, new MLA from Bellary Rural constituency, soon after the election results were declared on Saturday.
The police officers have said that the arrested men are Ramesh and Vishnu Venkatesh of Devinagar.
Nagendra, who is a member of the Congress, was returning home after a visit to a resident’s house at around 8 pm on Saturday, after the declaration of election results, when two men, brandishing sickles, stopped Nagendra on the way and also threatened him. Nagendra did not face problems as he was seated inside the car.
A video of the legislator being threatened by the armed miscreants has gone viral on social media.
The police officers have said that they filed a case voluntarily although neither the legislator nor his supporters had filed a police complaint regarding the threat.
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Vadodara varsity staffer held for stalking, intimidating student
Vadodara, Jan 12: An associate professor of a university in Gujarat's Vadodara has been arrested for allegedly stalking and intimidating a woman student, police said on Sunday.
Mohammed Azhar Dheriwala, an associate professor of Hindi at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU), allegedly harassed the student and threatened to end her career, an official from Sayajigunj police station said.
Dheriwala, who has been associated with MSU for 23 years, was arrested on Saturday night.
Police inspector Z N Dhasura said the accused was earlier suspended based on the recommendation of the University's internal complaints committee (ICC) of the women's grievance redressal cell (WGRC) after another student accused him of sexual harassment.
The complainant, a second-year Master of Arts student, has alleged that Dheriwala approached her on the afternoon of January 4 and asked her to accompany him to his house.
When she refused, he allegedly threatened to end her career and even followed her to her residence, she stated in her complaint.
Dhasura said a case was registered under sections 78 (stalking), 352 (intentionally insulting someone to provoke a breach of peace) and 351 (2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).
