Police constable booked for raping woman
NEW DELHI, Sep 10: A constable posted with the Uttar Pradesh Police has been booked for allegedly raping a married woman and threatening her of making the video of the act viral in northeast Delhi’s Jyoti Nagar area.A complaint was received last week by a 39-year-old victim in which she stated that she was sexually assaulted by the accused after giving cold drinks laced with sedatives at his home in August, 2021, they said.The police said that the accused lived in her neighbourhood as a tenant and they were known to each other.According to the complaint, the accused allegedly offered her the cold drink laced with sedatives and forced himself on her. He also recorded the video of his act.When the victim regained consciousness, the accused showed her the video. He allegedly threatened her of making the video viral and forcibly raped her multiple times on several occasions, a police officer said.The officer said that a case under relevant section has been registered and further investigations were on. The accused constable has been asked to join the probe. (PTI)
Cop beaten up in public; video goes viral
INDORE, Sep 10: Two men were arrested here for assaulting a police official and tearing his uniform in public on Tuesday, an official said.A video of the shocking incident went viral on social media.The accused were identified as Ravi Kashyap and his associate Manish, both around 25 years old.Kashyap was having a quarrel with another man in the middle of the road at Nagar Nigam intersection on Tuesday when sub-inspector Nathuram Dohre intervened.Kashyap and Manish then assaulted Dohre said a senior police official. The video showed the accused beating up the official while holding his collar and also tearing his uniform. Two traffic police constables intervened, but even they could not free the sub-inspector immediately.Both the assailants were arrested. (PTI)
CBI arrests DC ICD, others for bribery
NEW DELHI, Sep 10: The CBI has arrested a Deputy Commissioner of the Customs, two of his colleagues along with others for alleged bribery to issue customs clearance for import consignments here, officials said Tuesday.The agency arrested Deputy Commissioner of Inland Container Depot (ICD), Tuglakabad, Om prakash Bisht, Superintendent Amit Kumar, Peon Bijender Kumar besides Customs House Agent Ashok Yadav and his employee Ravi Kant Mishra, they said.The CBI had booked seven persons in the FIR registered on allegations that Customs officials were accepting illegal gratification from Ashok Yadav in order to impose reduced penalty on a Mumbai-based firm.It was alleged that arrested accused were in regular touch for according customs clearance for consignments and were collecting illegal gratification from various private parties, they said.The bribe money was allegedly taken by peon Bijender Kumar in his bank account and thereafter delivered to Bisht. The CBI laid a trap arrested Bisht, Bijender, and Ashok Yadav during bribe exchange of Rs 72,000 for imposing a reduced penalty on the firm The Superintendentearlier was also arrested by the CBI (PTI)