KULLU: The police in Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh have registered a case of sexual harassment against controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and former assembly deputy speaker Hans Raj, who allegedly sent obscene messages and demanded nude pictures while chatting on WhatsApp with a 20-year-old woman.A case under sections 75 (sexual harassment by demanding…
NEW DELHI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Karnataka has sought the cancellation of bail granted JD(S) MLA and former Karnataka minister HD Revanna in a sexual assault case. Revanna faces charges in two separate cases, one involving sexual harassment and the other related to kidnapping. He is currently out of jail on conditional bail.The…
MYSURU: BJP functionary G Devarajegowda, the first to alert his party last year about sleaze and sexual abuse videos allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, was arrested late Friday in a sexual harassment case, reports Milton Lawrence.Devarajegowda, also an advocate, was held near Chitradurga and brought to Holenarasipura, Hassan, on Saturday. He was later remanded…
NEW DELHI: Sakshi Malik, Olympic bronze medallist wrestler, has described the Delhi court’s order on Friday to frame charges related to sexual harassment and intimidation against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as “a small step towards victory” in the case filed by female wrestlers.The court has directed the framing…
BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister Gangadharaiah Parameshwara announced on Saturday that a second lookout notice has been issued against JD(S) MLA HD Revanna and his son, Prajwal Revanna, in connection with the ongoing investigation into the alleged ‘obscene video‘ case. “We have issued lookout notices against both HD Revanna and Prajwal Revanna. We had issued a…
NEW DELHI: JD(S) MLA and former Karnataka minister H D Revanna has moved the People’s Representative Court in Bengaluru on Thursday, seeking anticipatory bail following a notice from the Special Investigation Team (SIT) indicating an imminent arrest in a sexual harassment case registered in Holenarasipura, Hassan.The court, responding to Revanna’s plea, has directed the SIT…
BELAGAVI: Laxmi Hebbalkar, the women and child welfare minister, accused the BJP leadership of shielding JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna in the sex scandal case for political gain. She urged the BJP leaders to clarify their stance on the scandal and whether they will continue their alliance with JD(S) despite the exposure of such a massive…
New Delhi: The Union government has initiated a process to dismiss Khajan Singh, a DIG-ranked former chief sports officer of CRPF, on charges of sexual harassment levelled against him by some women working in the force, official sources said Friday.Singh, an Arjuna awardee in 1984, had won a silver medal at the 1986 Seoul Asian…
KOLKATA: Even if one affidavit was found to be accurate, it would be a matter of shame, Calcutta HC remarked Thursday, expressing deep concern over the contents of affidavits presented before it during a hearing on a PIL seeking an independent investigation into the Sandeshkhali sexual harassment allegations.A division bench comprising Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam…
