Woman held for Bangalore techie's suicide

She mailed him photos of a friend, lied about her job, and cooked up her 'wedding'.

Police, on Friday, arrested a 23-year-old woman who allegedly drove Sriraj Subramanian, an IT professional, to suicide.
Gayatri alias Jennifer, a resident of KR Puram and working with a private bank’s tele-marketing department, trapped him in online romance by mailing him fake photos and false messages.
According to deputy commissioner of police (east) TG Krishna Bhat, Gayatri used to send him photos of her beautiful friend. She also mailed him false information about her job by claiming that she was working as an IT professional in a top firm. The girl had just passed 7th class.
Sriraj immediately fell in love with her. As the romance progressed, he was longing to meet her. Then came the shock when, one day, he received a mail saying that she was getting engaged with ‘David’ living in England.
He believed her and his world crashed. The love-sick youth had only one choice left.
He took some sleeping pills, got into the rear seat of his black Volkswagen, ran cell tape all over his legs, covered his head with a plastic bag and put on the seat belt to embrace death.
On Tuesday morning, people found his body in that posture at AECS Layout near Kundalahalli in the limits of Mahadevapura police station.
The police initially took it as a case of murder. But further investigation and the post-mortem report confirmed that he had committed suicide.
They soon traced the woman who had driven him to the extreme by checking his emails. The last e-mail, the longest he had ever sent, was around 2.37 am on Tuesday.
In it he told her how she should behave with her kids and husband in future. She should never to scream at her children. He also requested her to name her daughter as Kate and son as Jack.

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/1693850/report-woman-held-for-bangalore-techies-suicide 

Woman held for Bangalore techie's suicide

She mailed him photos of a friend, lied about her job, and cooked up her 'wedding'.

Police, on Friday, arrested a 23-year-old woman who allegedly drove Sriraj Subramanian, an IT professional, to suicide.
Gayatri alias Jennifer, a resident of KR Puram and working with a private bank’s tele-marketing department, trapped him in online romance by mailing him fake photos and false messages.
According to deputy commissioner of police (east) TG Krishna Bhat, Gayatri used to send him photos of her beautiful friend. She also mailed him false information about her job by claiming that she was working as an IT professional in a top firm. The girl had just passed 7th class.
Sriraj immediately fell in love with her. As the romance progressed, he was longing to meet her. Then came the shock when, one day, he received a mail saying that she was getting engaged with ‘David’ living in England.
He believed her and his world crashed. The love-sick youth had only one choice left.
He took some sleeping pills, got into the rear seat of his black Volkswagen, ran cell tape all over his legs, covered his head with a plastic bag and put on the seat belt to embrace death.
On Tuesday morning, people found his body in that posture at AECS Layout near Kundalahalli in the limits of Mahadevapura police station.
The police initially took it as a case of murder. But further investigation and the post-mortem report confirmed that he had committed suicide.
They soon traced the woman who had driven him to the extreme by checking his emails. The last e-mail, the longest he had ever sent, was around 2.37 am on Tuesday.
In it he told her how she should behave with her kids and husband in future. She should never to scream at her children. He also requested her to name her daughter as Kate and son as Jack.
 

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/1693850/report-woman-held-for-bangalore-techies-suicide 

PIL questions immediate arrests in dowry harassment cases

JAIPUR: A division bench of the high court has asked state government to give its reply to a PIL filed by one Vinod Singhal who questioned immediate arrests in cases pertaining to Section 498A (dowry harassment) and Section 406 of IPC (criminal breach of trust) filed by aggrieved wives against husband and his relatives.
The petition alleges that 70% matrimonial disputes are being converted into criminal cases by misuse of the provisions of Sections 498A and 406 of IPC. It has been alleged that once such a false criminal case is filed against the husband and his relatives the police immediately arrest the accused resulting in vanishing of chances of reconciliation between the warring husband and wife.

The PIL raises a point that since the offences are non-bailable, some guidelines must be issued so as to see that no husband or his relatives are arrested on false complaints. The petitioner demands that instead of registering the FIR immediately, the police must first call the parties for conciliation and in case the dispute remains unresolved, then only action should be initiated against the guilty husband and his relatives.
It has also been highlighted in the petition that in the recent past the Supreme Court too had observed that the law made for protection of women is being misused and has asked the Law Commission of India to report as to whether the law can be made bailable. The division bench of Chief Justice Amitava Roy and Justice V S Siradhana directed that a copy of the PIL be supplied to the government advocate.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-09/jaipur/40468015_1_pil-questions-dowry-harassment-cases-division-bench

पत्‍नी के रहते हुए दूसरी महिला से अफेयर क्रूरता नहीं: सुप्रीम कोर्ट

सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने फैसला सुनाते हुए कहा है कि अगर कोई पति किसी अन्‍य महिला के नजदीक जाता है तो उसे अपनी पत्‍नी पर क्रूरता का कसूरवार नहीं ठहराया जा सकता. कोर्ट का कहना है कि ऐसा मामला तब तक क्रूरता के दायरे में नहीं आएगा जब तक कि पति की नजदीकी अन्य महिला के साथ इतनी न हो जाए कि उसकी पत्नी आत्महत्या करने पर मजबूर हो जाए.
जस्टिस केएस राधाकृष्‍णन की अध्‍यक्षता वाली बेंच ने कहा, 'हमारा ऐसा मानना है कि शादीशुदा रिश्ते के कायम रहने के दौरान अगर पति किसी और के नजदीक आ जाता है और वह अपनी वैवाहिक जिम्मेदारियां नहीं निभाता है तो भी यह पत्नी के साथ क्रूरता नहीं है.'
उन्‍होंने कहा, 'लेकिन अगर दूसरी महिला से पति की नजदीकी इस कदर हो कि पत्‍नी आत्‍महत्‍या करने पर मजबूर हो जाए तो आईपीसी की धारा 498-ए के तहत मामला बनता है.'
यह फैसला एक शख्‍स की अपील पर सुनाया गया, जिसके ऊपर धारा 498-ए के तहत अपनी पत्नी के साथ क्रूरता बरतने और धारा 306 के तहत आत्महत्या के लिए उकसाने का आरोप था.
इस जोड़े ने 1989 में शादी की थी. बाद में पति का अपनी सहयोगी के साथ अफेयर हो गया. इसके बाद तथाकथित रूप से पत्नी अलग-थलग महसूस करने लगी और मार्च 1996 में उसने आत्महत्या कर ली.
बेंच ने कहा, 'अदालत ने पाया कि तथाकथित एक्स्ट्रा-मेरिटल रिश्ता ऐसा नहीं था कि वह आरोपी शख्स की पत्नी को आत्महत्या के लिए मजबूर कर दे. इसके साथ ही आत्महत्या करने वाली महिला के पति ने कभी कोई ऐसा काम नहीं किया जो सामान्य परिस्थिति में पत्नी को आत्महत्या के लिए उकसाए.'
अदालत ने यह भी कहा कि अगर साबित हो जाए तो एक्स्ट्रा-मेरिटल अफेयर को गैरकानूनी और अनैतिक करार दिया जा सकता है. लेकिन इस मामले में यह साबित नहीं किया जा सका है कि पति ने पत्नी को आत्महत्या के लिए मजबूर किया.

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बच्चियों की मां आई और अमिताभ से 2 लाख रुपये लेकर चंपत हो गई

अंजलि और रिमझिम

एक महिला द्वारा महानायक अमिताभ बच्‍चन की दरियादिली का बेजा फायदा उठाकर फरार होने का बेहद अनोखा मामला सामने आया है. मामला ऐसा है, जिससे पूरी इंसानियत शर्मसार हो जाए. अमिताभ बच्चन से मदद के तौर पर मिली 2 लाख रुपये की राशि लेकर दो बच्चियों की मां के चंपत होने से बिग बी का इनकी मदद करना बेकार साबित हुआ.
ये दोनों बहनें रिमझिम (12) और अंजलि (11) हैं. इन्हें इनकी मां ने बेसहारा छोड़ दिया था और अब इनका एकमात्र सहारा पटना के एक निजी स्कूल के प्रिंसिपल अविनेश्वर प्रसाद सिंह हैं, जहां वे तीसरी कक्षा में पढती और रहती हैं.
इन दोनों लडकियों की मां शिखा पांडेय स्वयं को मुजफ्फरपुर की निवासी होने का दावा करती थी. उसने साल 2006 के अक्‍टूबर में पटना के शांति निकेतन स्कूल में दाखिला करवाया लेकिन इसके बाद वह लापता हो गयी.
शांति निकेतन स्कूल के प्राचार्य अविनेश्वर प्रसाद सिंह ने बताया कि अमिताभ इन परित्यक्त बहनों के बारे में एक टीवी समाचार चैनल माध्यम से मिली जानकारी के आधार पर इनकी मदद को आगे आए.
27 जनवरी, 2008 को पुत्रवधु ऐश्वर्या राय के नाम पर उत्तर प्रदेश के बाराबंकी में एक बालिका स्कूल के शिलान्यास के अवसर पर अमिताभ बच्चन से इन बच्चियों को मिलवाने के लिए ले जाए जाने के ठीक तीन दिनों पहले उनकी मां के अचानक सामने आयी. उसने बताया कि उसके पति के जेल में होने के कारण उसे आर्थिक कठिनाइयां झेलनी पडीं, जिस वजह से बच्चों के पास नहीं आ सकी.
उन्होंने कहा कि शिखा पांडेय अपनी दोनों बेटियों के साथ बाराबंकी गयी और बच्चन ने समारोह के दौरान इन दोनों बच्चियों को अपनी गोद में उठाते हुए उनके बेहतर भविष्य के लिए उनकी मां को 2 लाख रुपये का चैक दिया दिया था.
सिंह ने कहा कि अगले दिन दोनों बच्चियां अपनी मां के साथ स्कूल लौट आयीं और उन्हें वापस ले जाने का वादा कर चैक लेकर रवाना हुई उनकी मां दोबारा नहीं लौटी. उन्होंने कहा कि जब उनकी मुलाकात बच्चन जी से होगी, तो वे निश्चित तौर पर उन्हें इन बच्चियों के साथ हुए इस धोखे के बारे में उन्‍हें बताएंगे.
सिंह ने बताया कि पूर्व में ये दोनों बहनें रातभर रोती रहती थीं, लेकिन समय बीतने के साथ अब उनके आंखों के आंसू सूख चुके हैं और वे अब अपनी मां के बारे में और इस घटना के बारे में बात करना पसंद नहीं करतीं. इन दोनों बहनों में बडी बहन रिमझिम को मिर्गी की बीमारी है और प्रिंसिपल के लिए उसकी देखभाल करना मुश्किल हो रहा है.

http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/amitabh-bachchans-help-goes-in-vain-for-deserted-patna-sisters-1-741330.html

Man kills wife’s lover in Chennai

CHENNAI: A 33-year-old painter killed his wife's lover when he found them sleeping together in his house at Maduravoyal here in the wee hours of Sunday.
M Sakthivel, a resident of Rajiv Gandhi Nagar in Alapakkam, left home at 8pm on Saturday after an altercation with his wife, Bhuvaneshwari. He returned home at 12.30am on Sunday and knocked on the door. When the door was not opened, he got suspicious and barged into the house and found Bhuvaneshwari sleeping with his neighbour, Satish.

An angry Sakthivel attacked Satish with a knife and killed him in front of Bhuvaneshwari. Sakthivel's three children were sleeping in the adjacent room when the murder happened.
After the murder, Sakthivel went to the Maduravoyal police station and informed the police about it. They arrested and produced him before a magistrate court in the city on Sunday. The court remanded him in judicial custody.
Preliminary inquiries revealed that Bhuvaneshwari had eloped with Satish a year ago. Based on Sakthivel's complaint, the police then registered a woman missing case and traced her. The police reportedly warned her and asked her to stay with her husband. However, she allegedly continued to meet Satish.
Sakthivel married Bhuvaneshwari 10 years ago.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-08/chennai/41873073_1_satish-bhuvaneshwari-wife-s-lover 

Man elopes with mother of fiancee

CHENNAI: The Pallikaranai police are looking for a 25-year-old man who allegedly eloped with the mother of the woman he was to marry later this month. The construction worker, who often visited the house of his fiancee after the engagement, got attracted to the older woman and the two began a relationship that culminated in their running away, police said.

Parthasarathy, a native of Tindivanam who lived in Kovilambakkam near Pallikaranai, got engaged to an 18-year-old woman in the same area about two months ago. The girl's father Sekar, 38, and mother Vasantha, 35, were construction labourers working in the locality and got to know of Parthasarathy and the match was fixed.
Soon, Parthasarathy became a frequent visitor to his fiancee's house and began mingling closely with all her family members. Vasantha was apparently taken in by his good behaviour and he began to present her with gifts, police said.
They gradually became close to one another. Vasantha often skipped work and stayed at home and Parthasarathy came to meet her. A few days ago, Vasantha's daughter allegedly found the two of them together in an intimate position, investigators said.
That evening, soon after Sekar returned from work, the girl told him about it. A day after the incident, Vasantha went missing. A subsequent check revealed that Parthasarathy was also missing.
Sekar then lodged a complaint with the Pallikaaranai police who registered a case and launched a hunt for the two.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-08/chennai/41873523_1_fiancee-man-elopes-sekar

‘There’s a lack of positive space for men’

‘There’s a lack of positive space for men’

A family court has said that if a wife insults her husband in the presence of his friends or in the presence of her friends and relatives, it amounts to cruelty. dna gets one man talking

Amit Deshpande

There is no help for a man if the wife is abusive. The judgment where the court granted divorce to a man who accused his wife of mental cruelty, citing her abusive behaviour towards him, his friends and his relatives needs to be supported. In a marital set-up, if a wife keeps on humiliating her husband for whatever reasons — financial or sexual incompetence — the man is bound to feel a loss of dignity and it is in no way different than the loss of dignity of a wife for any reason. We should see this in the same view of a man humiliating his wife by attacking her womanhood — when she is unable to bear a child — or even if he taunts her for her looks. As a progressive and just society, we should discourage any form of humiliation based upon gender roles. The Supreme Court has given many judgments in which it has granted divorce when the wife has been abusive towards her husband and insulted him in public. Today, men have no place to go to for help if they have an abusive wife or one who shows signs of compulsive obsessive disorder. Men do not even ask for help and continue to suffer in abusive relationships as it is considered unmanly to seek help. The real problem lies in the fact that society functions by creating competition among men. Unfortunately, in the patriarchal social mindset, a man has to earn his manhood to gain respect and survive. The emotions of a man are not respected in the same way as the emotions of a woman are. With the increasing focus on women’s issues, there is a lack of positive space for men in society. Many a time it is found that men turn violent towards themselves and take the extreme step. Every year, over 63,000 married men commit suicide in India. These men are mostly those who have proven their manhood and have become eligible for marriage, including many professionals. According to the principles of natural justice, this judgment seems a step in the right direction. ‘Humiliating hubby is cruelty’, p5

http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?id=51372&boxid=30566&ed_date=2013-09-05&ed_code=820009&ed_page=3

Woman cries rape,cops see foul play

HAZARIBAG: A mother of three lodged a complaint on Tuesday at the Pelawal police station against her neighbour alleging that he had raped her. However, police said the woman was bringing false accusations against the man and termed it consensual sex.

The woman in her FIR said the accused, Umesh Kumar Mehta, entered her house forcibly on the pretext of drinking water and raped her. Mehta dared to commit the crime in absence of the woman's husband Dwarka Sao, who was out of town. Mehta even locked up the children in a room.

However, DSP (headquarters) Arvind Kumar Singh after interrogating the woman found Mehta was known to the woman and it was consensual sex.

Singh also said the woman was crying rape because her husband came back home suddenly and saw the two in a compromising position.

Youth held: A youth was arrested in Ranchi's Sukhdeo Nagar locality when he attempted to rape a 5-year-old girl on Tuesday afternoon. The accused, a driver was playing with the girl in the basement of an apartment in Sukhdeo Nagar when he took her to the bathroom where he tried to rape her. The parents of the girl caught the boy when the girl started crying. "The people caught the boy and brought him to the police station," said circle inspector Hari Chandra Singh. An FIR was lodged in this connection, said Singh http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Woman-cries-rapecops-see-foul-play/articleshow/22277731.cms 

Man kills son-in-law, his father

BAHRAICH: A man killed his son-in-law and his father when his daughter married against the wish of her parents on Friday night.

The police said that the assailants opened fire at the two persons in Chaukharia village. The man died on the spot while the son died in the hospital.

A case had been registered against four persons on the complaint of the man's wife. No arrests have been made.

Onkar Sahu (50), a resident of Chaukharia village was sleeping at his shop near Dhannu village. The assailants opened fire on him at night.

The attackers then reached his house and shot at his son Sunil (30). http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Man-kills-son-in-law-his-father/articleshow/22219409.cms 

worried about law misuse

Girls act in Public place

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It’s Freedom Friday for harassed husbands near Nagpur; “Independence Day” today!!

It’s Freedom Friday for harassed husbands near Nagpur; “Independence Day” today!!

Nagpur News.
It’s a male’s day altogether…or the Husband’s Independence Day to be more precise. While the people across the nation might have celebrated Independence Day on Thursday in solidarity with the traditional practice, a handful group of men acted otherwise. Feeling leftover in the series of issues pertaining to individual rights, husbands have moved a step forward in affirming their self in their own right and marked Friday as their day of ‘Independence’. The city of Nagpur would be a part of the one of its kind revolution which is running into its fifth year.
5^th National Men’s Rights Conference 2013, an event jointly conducted by a group of organizations fighting for equal rights to men in Hindu marriages would be held Friday at
Pench Jungle Home Resort near Nagpur.
Arnab Ganguly, a member of one of the participating organization called INSAAF told Nagpur Today, “We have found Nagpur as our strong chapter. We have got strong support from over 3500 members here. It is centrally located and easier to reach. So this year we have chosen this venue for conducting our event.
He told Nagpur Today, “On Friday we will be conducting the conference while tomorrow we would be debating on marriage laws.”
He informed that last year we could not conduct the event as we had moved to Delhi to press for the amendments in Hindu Marriage Bill. “Our previous events were conducted in Shimla, Kolkata and Yercaud in Tamil Nadu. We are fighting for the men’s rights as the provisions of current Hindu marriage bill are extremely dangerous and essentially targeting men in Hindu marriages. It allows wives to acquire 50% of the ancestral property. Even when the Hindu man is not married, 50% is accorded to his wife although she has not contributed in the property. This is very dangerous act which affects Hindu families badly. It will push husbands to become criminals. We want the government to make amendments but it did not pay any heed. Even the proposal is awaiting to be tabled in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha. It would be put up by Monday or Tuesday,” he said.
Another organization Child Right Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP) working towards the equality of parenting rights among married men and women is participating in the movement to push the envelope further.
Kumar Jahangirdar, founder and president, CRISP said, “We did not participate in the celebrations Thursday to mark the country’s Independence Day. We, a group of men who are seeking parenting rights and joint custody of their child, are meeting in Nagpur on Friday to demand ‘freedom’ from women-centric laws.
Over 100 men from across the country would participate in today’s movement. CRISP, which has been fighting for the rights of fathers and children for more than five years, in partnership with Save Indian Family, has organised this annual event which would be conducted for fifth year in a row.
Among the issues slated for discussion during the summit are Marriage Laws Amendment Bill of 2010. “The law makers have an assumption that children always live with the mother and she alone is enough to protect the child’s welfare which is simply unscientific and against nature. It also violates the spirit of the Indian constitution,” Jahgirdar said.
The bill, he said, also allows the mother to claim paternal ancestral property and the children’s share of it, which can also lead to likely misappropriation by step-fathers and step-siblings.
“The government of the people seems to be more interested in women’s rights than innocent children’s rights, simply because children are not vote banks, though they represent more than 40 percent of our population,” he said.
Another member, a software engineer in Nagpur, said, “Men have no platform to lodge a complaint when they face harassment from their wives.”

Most of the time, he said, the wives extort money by lodging false dowry cases and even deny the right of a father to meet his children, even when he has the court’s consent.
“We urge society and its stakeholders to treat fathers with dignity and accept the scientific fact that children deserve their father’s natural love and care as much as their mother,” a statement from CRISP said.


https://www.nagpurtoday.in/its-freedom-friday-for-harassed-husbands-near-nagpur-independence-day-today/ 

Love Business

wifes porn MMS, husband suicide

why no punishment for dowry givers

Domestic violence affects men too

युवती ने झांसा देकर बुलाय था ठेकेदार, सरगना सहित तीन अपहर्ता गिरफ्तार

युवती ने झांसा देकर बुलाय था ठेकेदार, सरगना सहित तीन अपहर्ता गिरफ्तार 


बिलासपुर। ठेकेदार रूपेश अग्रवाल के अपहरण के मामले में पुलिस ने सरगना सहित तीन आरोपियों को गिरफ्तार कर लिया है। एक को पहले ही पकड़ा जा चुका था। पुलिस को अब तक वह युवती नहीं मिली है, जिसने ठेकेदार को झांसा देकर रतनपुर-कोटा रोड में बुलाया था और फिर बाइक की चाबी छीन ली थी। उसकी तलाश की जा रही है।
समता कालोनी निवासी ठेकेदार रूपेश अग्रवाल का 9 अगस्त को कोटा-रतनपुर रोड से दिनदहाड़े अपहरण हो गया था। इस वारदात को एक युवती समेत पांच लोगों ने मिलकर अंजाम दिया था। पुलिस ने अभी तक एक आरोपी जी. श्रीनिवास राव को गिरफ्तार किया था, जो बोलेरो चला रहा था। बाकी आरोपियों की तलाश जारी थी। साइबर सेल ने पकड़े गए आरोपी से पूछताछ की, साथ ही युवती के मोबाइल नंबर की कॉल डिटेल निकाली। आरोपी बिलासपुर में ही रहते थे। साइबर सेल ने इनमें छपरा (बिहार) के ग्राम अरना के राजकिशोर उर्फ राज (25 वर्ष), झारखंड औरंगाबाद बारून के वकील अंसारी (36वर्ष) और भवानी नगर सिरगिट्टी बिलासपुर के गोलू उर्फ लोकेश राव नायडू (24 वर्ष) को गिरफ्तार किया।
राजकिशोर इस वारदात का मास्टरमाइंड था। आरोपी युवती का नाम ममता सिंह है, जो तारबाहर इलाके में रहती है। तारबाहर व रायगढ़ थाने में उसके खिलाफ पहले ही जुर्म दर्ज है। गौरतलब है, ठेकेदार को अपहर्ता झारखंड ले जा रहे थे। इसी बीच अंबिकापुर-पत्थलगांव रोड में बोलेरो दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गई और अपहर्ता रूपेश व चालक को छोड़कर भाग निकले। चालक के अनुसार ठेकेदार का अपहरण पांच करोड़ की फिरौती के लिए हुआ था।

ठगी की आरोपी है युवती : अपहरण के मामले में ममता सिंह नामक जिस युवती का नाम आया है, दरअसल उसका घर राजीव गांधी चौक के पास है। वह सिम्स में नौकरी लगाने के मामले में 20 लाख रुपए की ठकी के मामले में भी आरोपी है और खुलासे के बाद से फरार चल रही है। वारदात के समय वह किसी युवक के साथ तारबाहर क्षेत्र में रह रही थी। एक दिन पहले साइबर सेल की टीम उसके घर पहुंची थी और उसके छोटे भाई को पूछताछ के लिए ले गई थी।
एक आरोपी अंबिकापुर में उतर गया था
रतनपुर-कोटा रोड से अपहर्ताओं में से वकील अंसारी कोटा से युवती को लेकर बिलासपुर आ गया था। राजकिशोर, गोलू व ड्राइवर श्रीनिवास ठेकेदार को लेकर बनारस रोड की ओर जा रहे थे। इसी बीच साइबर सेल ने ठेकेदार के मोबाइल पर कॉल किया। इस नंबर को अपहर्ताओं ने अपने मोबाइल से ट्रेस किया तो उसमें बिलासपुर क्राइम ब्रांच का नाम आया। इससे अपहर्ता घबरा गए और रास्ता बदल दिया। अपहर्ताओं ने अंबिकापुर लौटते हुए जशपुर, पत्थलगांव की ओर गाड़ी रोक दी। अंबिकापुर में गोलू उर्फ लोकेश उतर गया। गाड़ी में राजकिशोर व ड्राइवर श्रीनिवास ही रह गए। पकड़े जाने के डर से श्रीनिवास तेज रफ्तार से गाड़ी चला रहा था और गाड़ी दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गई। यहां से ड्राइवर व अगवा ठेकेदार रूपेश को पुलिस अपने साथ ले गई, राजकिशोर भाग निकला। फरार सभी आरोपी शहर आ गए थे और पकड़े गए।


http://www.bhaskar.com/article/CHH-BIL-rupesh-kidnapping-case-accused-arrest-bilaspur-news-4347690-NOR.html 

Tables turn: Men harassed

Tables turn: Men harassed

In 2011, when Ashish (name changed) landed a high-paying government job, his parents were on cloud nine. Little did they know what the future had in store for him: Hikes and promotions being denied because of a 40-year-old divorcee. A married man, Ashish initially could not understand why his boss would often invite him home for dinner, call him to her cabin or ask how she looked?
“It was when she started abusing me in public did I realise that she was angry as I had refused her overtures. She made my life miserable after that. I was loaded with work. And when the time came for hikes and promotions, I was given a bad rating. My hard work turned to dust,” he lamented. Talking to the H R department or other authorities yielded no results. “People would laugh at me. Men being harassed at work places is unheard of. Many presume that a man would actually enjoy it. I had to quit my job when all options were closed,” he adds.
The Ministry of Women and Child Development, in order to implement the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013, which came into being in February, defined some finer details. These state that sexual harassment at a workplace may lead to termination of service of the accused, withholding of promotions and increments, and payment of reasonable compensation to the complainant. However, the Act only provides for aggrieved women, although the offense itself is gender neutral.
“The government is failing to recognise that sexual harassment is not a crime of passion, but a crime acted out to show dominance. In many cases, the aggressor may even be of the same sex,” explains Arnab Ganguly, a member of INSAAF (Indian Social Awareness and Activism Forum), an international NGO specialising in gender and social research, with branches in the United States and India. “The Act, however, does include a provision on “misuse” of the legislation, but it’s a very watered down version. The fine against people who misuse this Act is only `500 or 5 per cent of the aggressor’s salary, which doesn’t really act as a very serious deterrent to perpetrators,” informs Arnab.
The Save Indian Family Foundation along with INSAAF have tirelessly campaigned against the bill, so as to make it gender neutral. The fact that in India the definition of sexual assault incorporates men but the definition of sexual harassment refuses to consider men as victims seems preposterous, especially in the light of the research conducted by Synovate, a market research firm, across six Indian cities. The research states that in Bangalore alone, half of those who confessed to being sexually harassed at work had been harassed by women. Only 32 per cent said they were harassed by male colleagues.
“Although the new Act doesn’t provide for men as victims, most of the internal committees set up by companies to investigate sexual harassment are gender neutral. I usually sit in on many of these meetings as an external adviser and a lot of these cases have been filed by men as well. Companies now are being very open to issues faced by men at the workplace and take them very seriously,” says Kanti Joshi, an advocate who works with SASHA ( Support against Sexual Harassment), the consultancy arm of the NGO, IDEA (Integrated Developmental Education Academy) established to raise awareness and provide support services against sexual harassment.
Mohit Sharma (name changed), a senior architect who was working with a prominent design firm in the city, was fired unceremoniously because of allegations raised against him by a junior designer. “She wanted me to recommend her for a senior position when she clearly wasn’t ready. She flirted excessively and asked me to accompany her on coffee dates and when I didn’t comply she immediately complained to the HR, saying I was mistreating her and also alleged that I had made unwelcome advances towards her, when it was the other way around,” rues Mohit. His complaints simply echoed up the chain of command and were ignored in favour of the woman’s allegations, and after three months of fervent discussions back and forth, he was asked to leave the firm.
Atit Rajpara, president, Men’s Rights Association said that he gets more than 40 calls a month by men recalling horrifying incidents of sexual harassment at workplace.
Recalling a recent case, Rajpara said,” Shashi (name changed), an MNC employee was continuously harassed by his colleague, who wanted to marry him. When he stopped responding to her calls or messages, she landed at his doorstep and created a big scene.” Frustrated by this, Shashi filed a formal complaint with the HR. The woman was let off after a light warning but the harassment continued. She even blackmailed him that if he complained again, she would file a case against him for harassment. Despite repeated complaints, the woman continues to work with the company but Shashi was forced put in his papers. Rajpara added that in most cases men are mocked at when they talk about harassment. He said, “Sexual harassment should not be based on gender. It can happen to anyone, anytime. That’s why men never get justice.”
Women often misuse their rights and blame people at work places to get their way. In 2012, Shrishti Saxena used the same tactics. Being handed too much work by her boss, she decided to teach him a ‘lesson’. Instead of discussing the issue with him, she approached the HR and filed a sexual harassment complaint against him. Serious action was taken against the manager and Shrishti sighed a breath of relief.
Virag Dhulia, head of gender studies, Confidare India, a Bangalore-based research centre said that he gets more than three calls a month by men who have been harassed at work. “Gone are those days when offices were male dominated. These days a lot of women are handling top positions,” he said.
The centre has received calls on cases where women have tried to make advances towards their junior or colleague, asked them to stay back late at work,  threatened higher work burden and used lewd comments or abusive language. “The worst part is that companies don’t take these complaints seriously. The attitude is very insensitive towards men,” he said. Confidare runs a helpline, 9008302822, for those who are victims of sexual harassment.

 

 

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Tables-turn-Men-harassed/2013/08/14/article1732962.ece 

I enjoyed my stay in jail: James Vasanthan

I enjoyed my stay in jail: James Vasanthan

Popular music director/anchor James Vasanthan was recently arrested for allegedly abusing his 63-year-old neighbour. Now, he is out on bail, and, he opened up to Chennai Times about his arrest. He says, "It was around 3.30 pm on Sunday when cops came into our house. Though initially I was not told about the arrest, later I was informed that I would be held. They didn't even tell me on what charge they were arresting me. Following that, I was imprisoned in Puzhal jail for two days."

He was accused by the woman for displaying indecent gestures in public. Reacting to the allegations, he says, "Some women take the sexual harassment law to their advantage and target innocent men like me. This is not the first case that has been forced on me. I know very well that this woman does everything with the support of the top cop in the city."
Trouble started for the composer when he bought a house in Palavakkam in 2011. "Since then, this neighbour is causing trouble. Her intention is to get our place which she asked us to sell to her when we first bought it. At first, she filed an attempt-to-murder case and now, she lodges a sexual harassment case. I will legally disprove all these false allegations."
James has spent nearly 48 hours in the prison. He says, "I have a positive approach to life; so, I enjoyed my stay in the jail. My wife has been my pillar of strength during this crisis. I will strive hard for justice."

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-09/news-interviews/41237107_1_james-vasanthan-sexual-harassment-case-neighbour