1. Two Men Molest, Assault Model At Juhu Hotel Party
A 22-year-old model has filed a complaint with the police that two men allegedly molested and assaulted her a few days ago when she was at a friend’s party in a Juhu hotel.
In her complaint to the Juhu police, the Malad resident has stated that on the night of July 3, a friend of hers from Goregaon, also a model, invited her to a party at a hotel in Juhu. On reaching the venue, she was introduced to nine of the host’s friends present there.
A short while later, the victim said, when she was walking to the washroom, a man followed her and touched her inappropriately; she told him to stay away, but he asked her to come along with him. Ignoring him, she went to the washroom. After coming out, the same man followed her again and touched her once more, leading to a heated argument between the two.
Soon, his friend joined him and the two allegedly started beating the victim. She asked the hotel staff to intervene, but the duo refused to listen to them as well. The victim said she then called up a friend of hers, identified as Dilsher Shaikh, narrated the incident to him and asked him to reach the hotel as soon as possible.
(Source: Mid-Day)
2. 20 Women MPs Visit Byculla Jail After Inmate's Death
Twenty women MPs on Thursday visited Byculla jail here, days after a female convict died of alleged torture by the jail staff. The MPs, part of the Parliamentary Empowerment of Women committee, interacted with the inmates for about an hour.
"The 20-member delegation of women MPs visited the jail," ADG Prisons B K Upadhyay told PTI. He, however, declined to divulge details of the visit. NCP MP Vandana Chavan, who was part of the delegation, said the visit would help the women MPs get a better understanding of problems faced by the inmates. "We will suggest changes in policies of the jail administration, if needed," she told PTI.
The police had last month registered a case of murder against six staffers of the jail in connection with the death of Manju Govind Shete. The 45-year-old inmate died at state-run J J Hospital on June 23 after allegedly being beaten up by jail staff. Six people, including female jailer Manisha Pokharkar,
were arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch. The jail also launched an internal inquiry into the matter.
(Source: PTI)
3. Bomb Scare At Churchgate Station Turns Out To Be Hoax
An unclaimed baggage was found at Churchgate station in Mumbai which turned out to be a hoax. The officials received a call in the morning at around 10.30 am.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) then conducted a through search with sniffer dogs trying to detect any bomb, before declaring the station safe.
Immediately, the RPF and other security agencies launched a search operation involving among other agencies the Mumbai Police and the Anti-Terrorism Squad which lasted for about two hours-and-a-half. The call turned out to be hoax and no bomb was found.
(Source: Mid-Day)
4. ‘Land Fraud’: Chhagan Bhujbal’s Son, Nephew Booked by ACB
IN FRESH trouble for arrested former deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau has booked his nephew Sameer and son Pankaj for allegedly fraudulently obtaining a plot of land in Oshiwara and constructing a commercial complex on it, allegedly in connivance with some former senior bureaucrats .
The ACB has booked 15 others including former senior officials of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) who allegedly helped clear the project awarded to Bhavesh builders.
In all, 17 people have been booked by the ACB under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code. The ACB also carried out raids on the said commercial complex in the western suburbs of Mumbai Thursday.
(Source: Indian Express)
5. HC Asks BMC Why 2 Bandra Crosses Are Marked For Demolition
The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the BMC to produce material showing why two crosses in Bandra (West) are marked for demolition. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Vibha Kankanwadi heard a petition by the Bombay Catholic Sabha regarding the crosses at Chapel Road and at Nandi Cinema which were issued demolition notices on June 24. The HC on June 30, in an interim order, restrained BMC from demolishing them.
The Sabha moved the HC afresh to challenge individual demolition notices after the court last month declined to pass a general order staying demolition of crosses. It also challenged the committee set up by the state government's May 5, 2011, circular to identify unauthorised religious shrines and categorise them. The circular divided illegal shrines prior to September 29, 2009 into three categories - those to be regularized, demolished and relocated. Its petition said the cross at Chapel Road is shown in the city survey record and has a property card. Also, documents show the cross at Nandi Cinema existed since 1937 and it is also in a heritage precinct.
(Source: Times of India)
6. Man Runs Away With Woman's Diamond Ring On First Date
It went from first date jitters to first date horror for this Dadar resident, after a man, whom she had befriended on a matrimonial site nearly a year ago and met on Tuesday for the first time, ran away with her diamond ring. The Khar police are investigating the incident, which happened at a Carter Road coffee shop.
In her complaint to the police, the woman said that the two had come in contact on a matrimonial site and been in touch through social media, messages and calls for one year before finally deciding to meet.
According to the police, the incident happened on Tuesday evening, when the woman and the man, who had introduced himself as Aryan Patel, met at the café. In the middle of the conversation, Patel spotted a diamond ring on the woman's finger and gushed about how beautiful it was, asking her if he could see it. The woman obliged. As he was allegedly pretending to scrutinise and admire it, his mobile phone rang and he excused himself in a hurry, saying he needed to take the call and would be back in a few minutes, surreptitiously taking the ring with him.
(Source: Mid-Day)
7. Pervert Held For Masturbating Gets 7 Days Judicial Custody
The 20-year-old pervert, arrested for masturbating in front of two women in the Tapovan Express at CSMT on June 29, was remanded in judicial custody for seven days by a railway court on Thursday. Police said Ashok Pradhan (20), who does not have a previous crime record, lives on the streets near GPO or inside CST.
A victim filmed Pradhan in the act and alerted a cop on the platform on June 29. But the cop told her to occupy another seat and took no action. Pradhan was arrested on Wednesday after TOI reported the incident.
(Source: Times of India)
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