Tag: Stalking

  • Brij Bhushan sexually harassed, molested, and stalked wrestlers, says Delhi police chargesheet

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is “liable to be prosecuted and punished for offences” of sexual harassment, molestation and stalking, as per the Delhi Police chargesheet filed before a city court, following the alleged sexual harassment case moved by six female grapplers. In Singh’s case, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjeet Singh Jaspal had earlier taken cognisance of the offences committed under Sections 354 (outraging modesty), 354A (sexually coloured remarks) and 354D (stalking), 506 (para 1) (criminal intimidation) and 109 (abetment to offense) of the Indian Penal Code.

    As per the court summons, the WFI chief has to appear before the court on July 18, 2.30 PM for further proceedings.

    Co-accused Vinod Tomar, the suspended assistant secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) was also asked by the court to be present in connection with the case.

    “Having heard the submissions and having carefully considered the police report, along with its annexed documents, including the statements of the victims recorded… the other oral and documentary evidence, etc., this Court takes cognizance for the offences committed, under aforementioned Sections of IPC,” the order said in the order.

    ALSO READ: Wrestlers who accused Brij Bhushan of sexual harassment seek copy of charge sheet against him

    The court had noted that “it is settled law that at this stage, the Magistrate Court taking cognizance is primarily concerned with the allegations made in the police report and the evidence, offered to be lead in support thereof. It is not the province of the Magistrate to enter into a detailed discussion on merits/de-merits of the matter. Appreciation is permissible only to the extent of justification of issue of process,” it read.

    Notably, the Delhi High Court on July 7, allowed a minor wrestler to withdraw her plea relating to the hearing of a sexual harassment case against Singh, a six-time MP, by a competent court. The issue arose as the cases related to sexual offences against minors have to be heard by a special court set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

    The FIRs narrate several alleged instances of sexual harassment like inappropriate touching, groping, stalking and intimidation by Singh at different times and places over a decade.

    The politician has been questioned by the police twice so far, and on both occasions, he denied all the allegations against him and claimed he was being “framed”.

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    NEW DELHI: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is “liable to be prosecuted and punished for offences” of sexual harassment, molestation and stalking, as per the Delhi Police chargesheet filed before a city court, following the alleged sexual harassment case moved by six female grapplers.
     
    In Singh’s case, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjeet Singh Jaspal had earlier taken cognisance of the offences committed under Sections 354 (outraging modesty), 354A (sexually coloured remarks) and 354D (stalking), 506 (para 1) (criminal intimidation) and 109 (abetment to offense) of the Indian Penal Code.

    As per the court summons, the WFI chief has to appear before the court on July 18, 2.30 PM for further proceedings.

    Co-accused Vinod Tomar, the suspended assistant secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) was also asked by the court to be present in connection with the case.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    “Having heard the submissions and having carefully considered the police report, along with its annexed documents, including the statements of the victims recorded… the other oral and documentary evidence, etc., this Court takes cognizance for the offences committed, under aforementioned Sections of IPC,” the order said in the order.

    ALSO READ: Wrestlers who accused Brij Bhushan of sexual harassment seek copy of charge sheet against him

    The court had noted that “it is settled law that at this stage, the Magistrate Court taking cognizance is primarily concerned with the allegations made in the police report and the evidence, offered to be lead in support thereof. It is not the province of the Magistrate to enter into a detailed discussion on merits/de-merits of the matter. Appreciation is permissible only to the extent of justification of issue of process,” it read.

    Notably, the Delhi High Court on July 7, allowed a minor wrestler to withdraw her plea relating to the hearing of a sexual harassment case against Singh, a six-time MP, by a competent court. The issue arose as the cases related to sexual offences against minors have to be heard by a special court set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

    The FIRs narrate several alleged instances of sexual harassment like inappropriate touching, groping, stalking and intimidation by Singh at different times and places over a decade.

    The politician has been questioned by the police twice so far, and on both occasions, he denied all the allegations against him and claimed he was being “framed”.

    READ MORE HERE:

    “We will participate in Asian Games only when all our issues will be resolved”: Sakshi Malik

    We did not ask for exemption from trials, will quit wrestling if proved: Bajrang Punia

    ‘Yogeshwar leaked the names of women complainants to Brij Bhushan and the media’: Vinesh Phogat

    ‘Two BJP leaders helped wrestlers stir’, discloses Sakshi Malik

  • Man stalks Mumbai-based web series actor on her social media platforms, held

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: A 35-year-old man was arrested in suburban Andheri for allegedly stalking and harassing a 26-year-old web series actor on her social media platforms, police said on Monday.

    The actor, who worked in web series in Hindi and Bengali, has been facing the harassment for the last few months, a police official said.

    While interacting with her fans through live streaming on a social media platform recently, the actor had received obscene messages from an unidentified person, he said.

    She blocked the person on the platform but he started sending messages on her Instagram account. After a few days, he started tagging her and her husband with defamatory content on Twitter too, the official added.

    The accused person recently obtained the contact number of the actor and started to call her and also sent her text messages, the official said, adding he also stalked her in person.

    The actor approached DN Nagar police station and filed a complaint. The police registered a case and arrested the accused on Sunday, he said.

    MUMBAI: A 35-year-old man was arrested in suburban Andheri for allegedly stalking and harassing a 26-year-old web series actor on her social media platforms, police said on Monday.

    The actor, who worked in web series in Hindi and Bengali, has been facing the harassment for the last few months, a police official said.

    While interacting with her fans through live streaming on a social media platform recently, the actor had received obscene messages from an unidentified person, he said.

    She blocked the person on the platform but he started sending messages on her Instagram account. After a few days, he started tagging her and her husband with defamatory content on Twitter too, the official added.

    The accused person recently obtained the contact number of the actor and started to call her and also sent her text messages, the official said, adding he also stalked her in person.

    The actor approached DN Nagar police station and filed a complaint. The police registered a case and arrested the accused on Sunday, he said.

  • Two held for harassing Korean woman on Mumbai street

    By PTI

    The Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested two men for allegedly molesting and stalking a South Korean woman YouTuber on a street in the city, an official said. A video surfaced on Wednesday showing the woman being sexually harassed by a young man in Khar area of Mumbai.

    A Twitter handle which had shared the video claimed the woman was from South Korea and was livestreaming in suburban Khar when the incident took place around 8 pm on Tuesday. The video showed a young man coming very close to her and trying to pull her by holding her hand even when she protested.

    As the woman began to walk away from the spot, the man again appeared on a motorbike with a friend, offering her a lift while she told him in broken English that she did not want it.

    The police took notice of the incident on their own after receiving the video on their Twitter handle, an official from Khar police station said. They registered an FIR and started a probe into the incident.

    Last night on stream, there was a guy who harassed me. I tried my best not to escalate the situation and leave because he was with his friend. And some people said that it was initiated by me being too friendly and engaging the conversation. Makes me think again about streaming. https://t.co/QQvXbOVp9F
    — Mhyochi in

    The Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested two men for allegedly molesting and stalking a South Korean woman YouTuber on a street in the city, an official said. A video surfaced on Wednesday showing the woman being sexually harassed by a young man in Khar area of Mumbai.

    A Twitter handle which had shared the video claimed the woman was from South Korea and was livestreaming in suburban Khar when the incident took place around 8 pm on Tuesday. The video showed a young man coming very close to her and trying to pull her by holding her hand even when she protested.

    As the woman began to walk away from the spot, the man again appeared on a motorbike with a friend, offering her a lift while she told him in broken English that she did not want it.

    The police took notice of the incident on their own after receiving the video on their Twitter handle, an official from Khar police station said. They registered an FIR and started a probe into the incident.

    Last night on stream, there was a guy who harassed me. I tried my best not to escalate the situation and leave because he was with his friend. And some people said that it was initiated by me being too friendly and engaging the conversation. Makes me think again about streaming. https://t.co/QQvXbOVp9F
    — Mhyochi in