Times Of India
New Delhi,
15 May 2008,
TNN
NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old woman became so attached to her driver that she allegedly hired goons to throw acid on him after he had left the job to ply his own cab. The woman, Jaya, has been arrested for plotting the acid attack along with a BAMS doctor she befriended. On April 22, driver Deepak Kumar, 27, was admitted to hospital with burns. He told police that an unidentified man had thrown acid on him near Mahavir Enclave after calling him there for hiring his cab.
Police said Kumar had earlier been beaten up by unidentified assailants soon after he got engaged. The goons had then warned him of dire consequences if he went ahead with his marriage. Jaya’s husband is an NRI engineer working in the US while she lives in Gurgaon.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
AICC panel starts inquiry into allegations against MLA
Sahara Samay
Patna, May 5: A two-member panel sent by the AICC today began its probe into the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by a former bodyguard against Congress MLA Sunita Devi, who had resigned as the state Mahila Congress chief on "moral grounds" in the wake of the controversy.
AICC (Women cell) General Secretaries Mahjamin Khan and Sheikha Kapoor, soon after their arrival from New Delhi, called Sunita Devi at the state party headquarters here.
Sunita Devi explained her position and rubbished the charges against her, a senior party leader said pleading anonymity. Sunita Devi alleged that the policeman was playing into the hands of her political opponents and had tried to "blackmail" her.
Emerging from the party headquarters, Khan and Kapoor told reporters that they examined Sunita "and would submit a report to the AICC on return to New Delhi tomorrow".
Bal Yogeshwar Sharma, a constable and a former bodyguard of Sunita Devi, who had levelled the sexual harassment charges against her and was placed under suspension on Saturday, was likely to be contacted by the probe panel for his version, party sources said.
Taking a serious view of the allegations, state Congress president Sadanand Singh had also constituted a three-member committee to hold an impartial inquiry.
Sharma has accused Sunita Devi, a Congress legislator from Korha in Katihar district, of having exploited him sexually when he was posted as her bodyguard after the 2005 assembly election.
Patna, May 5: A two-member panel sent by the AICC today began its probe into the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by a former bodyguard against Congress MLA Sunita Devi, who had resigned as the state Mahila Congress chief on "moral grounds" in the wake of the controversy.
AICC (Women cell) General Secretaries Mahjamin Khan and Sheikha Kapoor, soon after their arrival from New Delhi, called Sunita Devi at the state party headquarters here.
Sunita Devi explained her position and rubbished the charges against her, a senior party leader said pleading anonymity. Sunita Devi alleged that the policeman was playing into the hands of her political opponents and had tried to "blackmail" her.
Emerging from the party headquarters, Khan and Kapoor told reporters that they examined Sunita "and would submit a report to the AICC on return to New Delhi tomorrow".
Bal Yogeshwar Sharma, a constable and a former bodyguard of Sunita Devi, who had levelled the sexual harassment charges against her and was placed under suspension on Saturday, was likely to be contacted by the probe panel for his version, party sources said.
Taking a serious view of the allegations, state Congress president Sadanand Singh had also constituted a three-member committee to hold an impartial inquiry.
Sharma has accused Sunita Devi, a Congress legislator from Korha in Katihar district, of having exploited him sexually when he was posted as her bodyguard after the 2005 assembly election.
Friday, May 02, 2008
India proposes only women judges for rape trials
Reuters
New Delhi, August 4:
India has proposed that only women judges try rape cases to help sexual assault victims get justice faster and make trials sensitive to their trauma, a Law Ministry spokesman said on Friday.
The proposal, a Bill which has to be passed by Parliament, was approved at a Cabinet meeting late on Thursday, S M Kumar said.
Women's groups and rights activists have for long campaigned for reforming the judicial process that deals with sexual assault in a country where a woman is raped every 29 minutes.
The national capital, New Delhi, is the most unsafe Indian city for women, accounting for 30 per cent of rapes, according to government data.
"This is a very positive step and will help get justice for the rape victim," said Girija Vyas, chairwoman of the National Womens' Commission.
"Until now, male lawyers were able to threaten the victim and scare her. A woman judge will help build a sensitive atmosphere," she said.
The amendment would also allow the rape victim to have her lawyer with her during cross-examination. Earlier, this was in-camera, making it uncomfortable for the victim, Kumar said.
"A rape victim will also be given a female lawyer because only a woman can understand a woman," he added.
The Cabinet also proposed to allow victims of crime to appoint their own lawyers instead of being forced to use government prosecutors and end the practice of witnesses making confessions to police.
New Delhi, August 4:
India has proposed that only women judges try rape cases to help sexual assault victims get justice faster and make trials sensitive to their trauma, a Law Ministry spokesman said on Friday.
The proposal, a Bill which has to be passed by Parliament, was approved at a Cabinet meeting late on Thursday, S M Kumar said.
Women's groups and rights activists have for long campaigned for reforming the judicial process that deals with sexual assault in a country where a woman is raped every 29 minutes.
The national capital, New Delhi, is the most unsafe Indian city for women, accounting for 30 per cent of rapes, according to government data.
"This is a very positive step and will help get justice for the rape victim," said Girija Vyas, chairwoman of the National Womens' Commission.
"Until now, male lawyers were able to threaten the victim and scare her. A woman judge will help build a sensitive atmosphere," she said.
The amendment would also allow the rape victim to have her lawyer with her during cross-examination. Earlier, this was in-camera, making it uncomfortable for the victim, Kumar said.
"A rape victim will also be given a female lawyer because only a woman can understand a woman," he added.
The Cabinet also proposed to allow victims of crime to appoint their own lawyers instead of being forced to use government prosecutors and end the practice of witnesses making confessions to police.
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