-The Hindu High Court tells state to install CCTVs to monitor police behaviour Bangalore: In a people-friendly move, the Karnataka High Court said the State government should install video cameras (closed-circuit television cameras) in and around all Police Stations to ensure discipline among the police force. If this is implemented in letter and spirit, people in the near future may walk into Police Stations without fear of being harassed or ill-treated. A bunch of...
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Policeman who tried to hush up 5-year-old’s rape identified
-The Indian Express New Delhi: Constable claims seniors instructed him to hand Rs 2,000 to girl's father. The Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed to have identified the policeman who allegedly offered a bribe of Rs 2,000 to the family of the five-year-old rape victim. According to Vigilance Wing officers, the constable was identified by the child's father. The constable reportedly told investigators that he had offered the money to the family at the...
More »For Jharkhand girls, Delhi was to be a fresh start, not the end -Deepu Sebastian Edmond
-The Indian Express Khunti: It could not have been an easy decision for Jyoti Mariyam Hora, 10, to leave Khunti and head for Delhi. Though her best friend, Jayamani Guria, accompanied Jyoti, leaving behind her five siblings and alcoholic father should have wieghed heavily on her mind. Her mother had died when she was a toddler. They boarded the Swarna Jayanti Express to Delhi on April 11 along with Jayamani's neighbour, Chandmani,...
More »NHRC appalled at police insensitivity to rape victims-J Balaji
-The Hindu The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed its deep concern at the utter insensitivity of the Uttar Pradesh police in dealing with two rape victims, including a 10-year-old, and called for reports from the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP) on the incidents. The approach of policemen to the rape victims was so horrible that one victim was put behind bars for 20 hours and the...
More »Rs 4,000 cr at stake, SEBI asks Bengal to probe five more chit fund companies -Madhuparna Das
-The Indian Express Kolkata: As the investigation into the Saradha chit fund scam threatens to reach the doorstep of the Trinamool Congress, the markets watchdog is learnt to have warned of a larger, more frightening scenario: similar Ponzi schemes run by at least five other companies in West Bengal, involving over Rs 4,000 crore of small investors' money. In its latest communication sent to the state government, the Securities and Exchange Board...
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