Two arrested on sexual harassment charge
The Hindu
The police on Wednesday arrested two persons on the charge of sexually harassing minor girls in two cases. While in one case, the father of the victim is said to have sexually harassed the girl, in th
The police on Wednesday arrested two persons on the charge of sexually harassing minor girls in two cases. While in one case, the father of the victim is said to have sexually harassed the girl, in the other, the maternal uncle of the victim is the accused.
The Mangaluru East Police arrested a 44-year-old man who is said to be in the rowdy-list of the police station on the charge of sexually harassing his six-year-old daughter. The accused, working as a delivery boy with an online food delivery service provider, is said to have sexually harassed the girl when no one was at home.
The girl narrated the incident to her mother and grandmother when they returned home. The accused, the police said, later attacked his mother. The victim’s grandmother and mother then filed a complaint with the police. East Police have taken up cases against the accused under the PoCSO Act for sexual harassment of the minor and under IPC for the assault on his mother.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.