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Saturday 15 June 2013
Domestic helps on strike from today
Domestic helps on strike from today
BANGALORE: Don't be surprised if your maid doesn't turn up for work. For, domestic workers across the country are slated to go on strike from Saturday. Their protest will culminate in a rally in New Delhi on July 31.
The National Platform for Domestic Workers (NPDW) has called for the nationwide strike. In Bangalore, the protest will take off with a rally from Banappa Park to Town Hall.
There are over 50 lakh domestic workers in Bangalore, said Sister Celia, National Care Team member in NPDW. She said the nation-wide campaign is backed by 50-60 unions and NGOs working for the betterment of domestic helps.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted Convention 189 on June 16 to ensure decent working conditions for domestic workers and giving them equal rights. Activists point out that in India, the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act (2008) and Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (2013) are just for namesake.
NPDW activists slammed the government for failing to enforce any law to ensure social and legal securities of domestic workers. "Their condition is unpardonable. A large section comes from vulnerable communities and backward areas. Most are poor, illiterate, unskilled and do not understand the urban labour market," Celia told TOI.
Lack of decent wages, poor work conditions, undefined work time, violence, abuse, sexual harassment, victimization at the hands of traffickers or placement agencies and forced migration are major problems faced by domestic workers. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Domestic-helps-on-strike-from-today/articleshow/20598554.cms
BANGALORE: Don't be surprised if your maid doesn't turn up for work. For, domestic workers across the country are slated to go on strike from Saturday. Their protest will culminate in a rally in New Delhi on July 31.
The National Platform for Domestic Workers (NPDW) has called for the nationwide strike. In Bangalore, the protest will take off with a rally from Banappa Park to Town Hall.
There are over 50 lakh domestic workers in Bangalore, said Sister Celia, National Care Team member in NPDW. She said the nation-wide campaign is backed by 50-60 unions and NGOs working for the betterment of domestic helps.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted Convention 189 on June 16 to ensure decent working conditions for domestic workers and giving them equal rights. Activists point out that in India, the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act (2008) and Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (2013) are just for namesake.
NPDW activists slammed the government for failing to enforce any law to ensure social and legal securities of domestic workers. "Their condition is unpardonable. A large section comes from vulnerable communities and backward areas. Most are poor, illiterate, unskilled and do not understand the urban labour market," Celia told TOI.
Lack of decent wages, poor work conditions, undefined work time, violence, abuse, sexual harassment, victimization at the hands of traffickers or placement agencies and forced migration are major problems faced by domestic workers. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Domestic-helps-on-strike-from-today/articleshow/20598554.cms
Congress leader's son attempts suicide
Congress leader's son attempts suicide
INDORE: Younger son of former chairman of Indore Development Authority
(IDA) and city Congress unit president Kripashankar Shukla allegedly
attempted suicide by consuming poisonous substance at his house in Jinsi
area here on Thursday evening. Amit Shukla, 30, consumed poisonous
substance at his house in the evening and was later rushed to the CHL
Apolo Hospital. His condition is stated to be out of danger, Mallaharganj police station in charge Pawan Singhal said. What prompted him to attempt suicide is still not known. Investigations are on.
Three years ago, senior Congress leader's elder son Atul Shukla had allegedly committed suicide by shooting self with a pistol at the house.
Three years ago, senior Congress leader's elder son Atul Shukla had allegedly committed suicide by shooting self with a pistol at the house.
Man commits suicide, leaves note blaming cops for it
Man commits suicide, leaves note blaming cops for it
JAIPUR: A 40-year-old man committed suicide near Jaipur on Friday and
left behind a note blaming two cops for pushing him to take him life as
they were "torturing him to confess that he had murdered IRS officer
Shriram Meena" (46).
Kamal Meena, who jumped in front of a moving train, was close to the officer's family. Some passerby has seen him walking on railway tracks on Jaipur outskirts before killing himself.
"Kamal's car was found 200m from the railway tracks. While scanning the car, a suicide note was also found in which it was written that senior police officers had tortured him while interrogating in connection with the officer's murder," said a police officer.
He identified the two as additional DCP (East) Yogesh Dadich and Sanagner ACP Rajesh Meel.
ACP (crime) Girraj Meena said Kamal's family had lodged a case on the basis of the suicide note. "The victim was called for interrogation since he was a closely associated with the family of Shriram,'' he said. "After recording his statements, police never called him back. I am of the suicide note. We will fairly investigate whether the note is genuine and if so was the deceased tortured.''
A senior officer said prima facie there was no evidence against Kamal and he was let off.
Some officers termed the note a conspiracy to mislead police in the murder case. "While police were zeroing in on actual culprits, this conspiracy was hatched to divert the attention and making the case more confusing," said a police officer.
Sriram Meena, who was deputy director in central excise intelligence, was found murdered at his residence in Sanganer on Monday.
Kamal Meena, who jumped in front of a moving train, was close to the officer's family. Some passerby has seen him walking on railway tracks on Jaipur outskirts before killing himself.
"Kamal's car was found 200m from the railway tracks. While scanning the car, a suicide note was also found in which it was written that senior police officers had tortured him while interrogating in connection with the officer's murder," said a police officer.
He identified the two as additional DCP (East) Yogesh Dadich and Sanagner ACP Rajesh Meel.
ACP (crime) Girraj Meena said Kamal's family had lodged a case on the basis of the suicide note. "The victim was called for interrogation since he was a closely associated with the family of Shriram,'' he said. "After recording his statements, police never called him back. I am of the suicide note. We will fairly investigate whether the note is genuine and if so was the deceased tortured.''
A senior officer said prima facie there was no evidence against Kamal and he was let off.
Some officers termed the note a conspiracy to mislead police in the murder case. "While police were zeroing in on actual culprits, this conspiracy was hatched to divert the attention and making the case more confusing," said a police officer.
Sriram Meena, who was deputy director in central excise intelligence, was found murdered at his residence in Sanganer on Monday.
Woman jailed for forcing minor into prostitution
Woman jailed for forcing minor into prostitution
A city court has sentenced a woman, who owned a brothel, to 10 years in prison for forcing a minor girl into prostitution.
Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja awarded the jail term to convict Haseena for forcing the minor girl into prostitution and for detaining the victim, who was less than 17 years old. The judge also directed closure of the brothel.
“The victim has been held to be a ‘minor’ under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, and convict Haseena is found guilty of the offences punishable under sections 5(1)(d) (inducing a minor to carry on prostitution) and 6 (detaining a person in premises where prostitution is carried on) of the Act,” the judge said.
He added:”...the above named convict is directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 years”. A fine of Rs. 20,000 was imposed on the convict.
The court recommended compensation to the minor. It observed that while those soliciting or seducing any person for the purpose of prostitution are convicted under the act, their “customers” are not treated as accused under the statute”. The order came on a complaint by the victim, a native of West Bengal, who was rescued from a brothel at GB Road here. The girl alleged that she was brought to Delhi in 2009.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Woman-jailed-for-forcing-minor-into-prostitution/Article1-1076532.aspx?hts0021
A city court has sentenced a woman, who owned a brothel, to 10 years in prison for forcing a minor girl into prostitution.
Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja awarded the jail term to convict Haseena for forcing the minor girl into prostitution and for detaining the victim, who was less than 17 years old. The judge also directed closure of the brothel.
“The victim has been held to be a ‘minor’ under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, and convict Haseena is found guilty of the offences punishable under sections 5(1)(d) (inducing a minor to carry on prostitution) and 6 (detaining a person in premises where prostitution is carried on) of the Act,” the judge said.
He added:”...the above named convict is directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 years”. A fine of Rs. 20,000 was imposed on the convict.
The court recommended compensation to the minor. It observed that while those soliciting or seducing any person for the purpose of prostitution are convicted under the act, their “customers” are not treated as accused under the statute”. The order came on a complaint by the victim, a native of West Bengal, who was rescued from a brothel at GB Road here. The girl alleged that she was brought to Delhi in 2009.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Woman-jailed-for-forcing-minor-into-prostitution/Article1-1076532.aspx?hts0021
Married woman, 40, booked for 25-year-old's suicide
Married woman, 40, booked for 25-year-old's suicide
NAGPUR: In a case very similar to the 1994 Michael Douglas-Demi Moore Hollywood starrer 'Disclosure', 42-year-old Veera Kalra, who is a manager at a ready-made garment store, was booked by the Sadar police on Thursday night for the abetting the suicide of 25-year-old youth Rahul Khandare who was employed at the shop. In a 5-page note, Khandare, a son of a traffic cop, had said he was taking the step for being sexually harassed by Kalra, a married woman.
Khandare, a 2{+n}{+d} year BA student, had consumed poison on May 24, the night before his birthday. He was found dead at the rural tehsil office, in Civil Lines, on the morning of May 25. Police said that Kalra is absconding and her cell phone is "not reachable" too.
Khandare's family was for the last 19 days trying to persuade the Sadar police to accept their complaint. Khandare's mother Shobha said that the police tried to hush-up the matter and had even concealed the suicide note.
"I met RV Bansod (senior police inspector at Sadar) many times and asked him to file a case against Kalra. But every time I was sent back after being told that she is a 'high-profile' woman," said Shobha.
On Tuesday, the Khandare family, with the support of NGO Oriental Human Rights Protection Forum, had sat on a dharna for two hours at the Sadar police station. Along with the NGO's city president Manish Chauhan, they had even tried to met DCP (Zone II) MY Siram, but got no response. On Thursday, they met CP, KK Pathak who then immediately ordered that a case be filed against Kalra.
"I had even applied on RTI for Khandare's suicide note," added Chauhan. "Even Rahul's father was not allowed to read the note."
Recalling the evening of May 24, Shobha told TOI that Khandare had left their home at Police Lines Takli without saying anything. "When we tried to call him after midnight to greet him on his birthday, Rahul could not be contacted. We tried throughout the night and were shocked to learn the next morning that he had committed suicide," said Shobha. Khandare's father Manohar is a naik constable and is posted at the MIDC police station.
Khandare was appointed as a counter boy by Kalra in January. However, after three months, he was sacked. "In his suicide note, Rahul has mentioned how Kalra forced him to maintain a physical relationship with her. When he stopped after a few occasions, she turned abusive. Kalra would even call Rahul late in the night asking him to meet her," said Shobha.
On one occasion when Kalra called, Khandare put the call on speaker phone and asked his younger sister to listen to the conversation. "She was using filthy language and trying to force him to continue the relationship," she said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Married-woman-40-booked-for-25-year-olds-suicide/articleshow/20596669.cms
NAGPUR: In a case very similar to the 1994 Michael Douglas-Demi Moore Hollywood starrer 'Disclosure', 42-year-old Veera Kalra, who is a manager at a ready-made garment store, was booked by the Sadar police on Thursday night for the abetting the suicide of 25-year-old youth Rahul Khandare who was employed at the shop. In a 5-page note, Khandare, a son of a traffic cop, had said he was taking the step for being sexually harassed by Kalra, a married woman.
Khandare, a 2{+n}{+d} year BA student, had consumed poison on May 24, the night before his birthday. He was found dead at the rural tehsil office, in Civil Lines, on the morning of May 25. Police said that Kalra is absconding and her cell phone is "not reachable" too.
Khandare's family was for the last 19 days trying to persuade the Sadar police to accept their complaint. Khandare's mother Shobha said that the police tried to hush-up the matter and had even concealed the suicide note.
"I met RV Bansod (senior police inspector at Sadar) many times and asked him to file a case against Kalra. But every time I was sent back after being told that she is a 'high-profile' woman," said Shobha.
On Tuesday, the Khandare family, with the support of NGO Oriental Human Rights Protection Forum, had sat on a dharna for two hours at the Sadar police station. Along with the NGO's city president Manish Chauhan, they had even tried to met DCP (Zone II) MY Siram, but got no response. On Thursday, they met CP, KK Pathak who then immediately ordered that a case be filed against Kalra.
"I had even applied on RTI for Khandare's suicide note," added Chauhan. "Even Rahul's father was not allowed to read the note."
Recalling the evening of May 24, Shobha told TOI that Khandare had left their home at Police Lines Takli without saying anything. "When we tried to call him after midnight to greet him on his birthday, Rahul could not be contacted. We tried throughout the night and were shocked to learn the next morning that he had committed suicide," said Shobha. Khandare's father Manohar is a naik constable and is posted at the MIDC police station.
Khandare was appointed as a counter boy by Kalra in January. However, after three months, he was sacked. "In his suicide note, Rahul has mentioned how Kalra forced him to maintain a physical relationship with her. When he stopped after a few occasions, she turned abusive. Kalra would even call Rahul late in the night asking him to meet her," said Shobha.
On one occasion when Kalra called, Khandare put the call on speaker phone and asked his younger sister to listen to the conversation. "She was using filthy language and trying to force him to continue the relationship," she said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Married-woman-40-booked-for-25-year-olds-suicide/articleshow/20596669.cms
Man demands Rs 50 lakh from wife to settle abroad
Man demands Rs 50 lakh from wife to settle abroad
AHMEDABAD:
A 24-year-old woman has filed a complaint against her husband and
in-laws for demanding Rs 50 lakh as dowry money from her parents with
the Gujarat University (GU) police station.
According to the GU police, Purvi Parekh, a resident of Kuldip Society, Ishwar Bhuvan, has filed a complaint against her husband Vishal Parekh, father-in-law Jignesh and mother-in-law Bhavna, along with four others. As per Parkeh's complaint, she got married to Vishal in January 2011. Vishal stayed with her for a month and then went to UK for work. He promised her that she would soon join him once he settles there. Her parents were happy to have got an NRI bridegroom.
"The happiness, however, did not last long. As per Parekh's complaint, she went to London along with her mother-in-law to visit Vishal in 2012. At that time, Vishal stated that it would be difficult to survive in UK without money and he would require Rs 50 lakh. Along with his other relatives, he then started pressing Purvi to get the amount," said a GU police official.
In March this year, Vishal came back and settled in Ahmedabad after starting a job. However, the demands for money increased.
"As per her complaint, she was constantly physically and mentally harassed by her in-laws and relatives to get the dowry. We have called upon the accused in the case to record their statements on the case," said VM Selar, inspector of GU police station.
According to the GU police, Purvi Parekh, a resident of Kuldip Society, Ishwar Bhuvan, has filed a complaint against her husband Vishal Parekh, father-in-law Jignesh and mother-in-law Bhavna, along with four others. As per Parkeh's complaint, she got married to Vishal in January 2011. Vishal stayed with her for a month and then went to UK for work. He promised her that she would soon join him once he settles there. Her parents were happy to have got an NRI bridegroom.
"The happiness, however, did not last long. As per Parekh's complaint, she went to London along with her mother-in-law to visit Vishal in 2012. At that time, Vishal stated that it would be difficult to survive in UK without money and he would require Rs 50 lakh. Along with his other relatives, he then started pressing Purvi to get the amount," said a GU police official.
In March this year, Vishal came back and settled in Ahmedabad after starting a job. However, the demands for money increased.
"As per her complaint, she was constantly physically and mentally harassed by her in-laws and relatives to get the dowry. We have called upon the accused in the case to record their statements on the case," said VM Selar, inspector of GU police station.
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