Mangaluru, Sept 2: A UAE-bound passenger was detained by the sleuths of Customs at Mangaluru International Airport for trying to carry foreign currency out of the country illegally.
The accused, a native of Kasargod, was about to board a Dubai-bound flight.
During checking, the custom officials found AED 27,500 (Rs 5,77,500) in his possession.
An offence case is registered against the passenger.
Bengaluru: In a shocking revelation, a former member of Hassan Zilla Panchayat (ZP) has accused incumbent JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna of raping her multiple times over three years and videographing the alleged crime.
A case was registered by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) based on the statement by the 44-year-old survivor on Wednesday, May 1.
According to the First Information Report (FIR), the woman claimed that when she was a ZP member she used to visit the MLAs and MPs for various development works.
In one such instance in 2021, she met Prajwal seeking his help to get hostel seats for some female students at a local college. The woman, in her statement, said that since the MP was busy, she was asked to meet him the next day.
“The following day I visited the MP at his office and the MP's quarters in Hassan. The staff present there told me to wait on the first floor as there were many others in the hall. Prajwal spoke to some of the women waiting there, spoke with them and sent them off until I was the only one left,” the woman alleged.
As per the survivor, the MP then called her inside a room and she obliged.
“He held my hand, pulled me inside and locked the door. When I asked him why was he closing the door, he told me nothing would happen and made me sit on the bed. He said my husband should talk less and warned me of the consequences. He also said that because of my husband, his mother, Bhavani Revanna, missed the MLA ticket. He told me that if my husband wants to grow politically, I should listen to him [Prajwal],” the woman alleged.
Next, Prajwal allegedly told the woman to lie down on the bed and undress. When the woman refused and said that she would shout, Prajwal allegedly threatened her that he had a gun and warned of dire consequences for her and her husband.
The woman alleged that Prajwal took out his mobile phone and then raped her.
“He raped me and sexually assaulted me and recorded the act on his mobile phone,” the woman alleged. “He threatened to leak the video if I ever spoke about it and told me to be there whenever he wanted. After that, he used to video call me frequently, ask me to be naked during the call and raped me in multiple instances.”
The woman claimed that she was scared and did not make the incident public and chose to come forward after she learnt of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Karnataka government to probe the alleged Hassan sex scandal.
A case was registered under Sections 376(2)(n) (commits rape repeatedly on the same woman), 506 (criminal intimidation), 354A(1)(physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures), 354B (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe) and 354C (voyeurism) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 66E (violation of privacy) of the Information Technology (IT) Act.
Prajwal is also accused in a sexual harassment case along with his father, Holenarasipur MLA HD Revanna, registered at the Holenarasipur police station in Hassan on April 28.
"I always wanted to be in a bar fight," said a US police official after pinning a Black man down on the ground and kneeling on his neck. The man later died at a hospital.
Ohio Police have come under intense scrutiny following the release of body camera footage showing officers pinning a Black man to the ground in a bar, reminiscent of the events that led to George Floyd's death in 2020.
The video, released by the Canton Police Department, captured the moments leading up to the death of Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old man suspected of leaving the scene of a single-car accident on April 18.
In the footage, officers are seen confronting Tyson inside a bar, where an altercation quickly ensues. Despite Tyson's pleas for help and his repeated cries of "I can't breathe," officers wrestle him to the ground and handcuff him, with one officer applying pressure to his back near his neck while saying, "You're fine."
Tyson continues to plead for relief while lying on the floor. After several minutes, officers notice his lack of responsiveness and proceed to administer CPR. Paramedics arrive on the scene and transport Tyson to a local hospital, where he later dies.
In the body cam footage, one police officer can be heard bragging about how he always wanted to be in a "bar fight" with one of the patrons of the establishment.
The circumstances surrounding Tyson's death draw chilling parallels to George Floyd's fatal encounter with Minneapolis Police in 2020 which sparked global outrage.
The officers involved in Tyson's case, identified as Beau Schoenegge and Camden Burch, have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
The genocidal war on Gaza launched by Israel on October 7 last year, with the support of the US and its other Western allies, completes 200 days on Tuesday, leaving behind a trail of death, destruction, displacement and starvation.
These 200 days – between October 7, 2023, and April 23, 2024 – have been marked by unprecedented crimes against the people of Gaza, especially children and women, the bombardment of hospitals and schools, abuse and torture of women and abduction of young boys.
Human rights groups and international bodies have described the harrowing events unfolding in the besieged Palestinian territory as a textbook case of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Israeli regime’s key international allies – Washington, London, Paris and Berlin – have also been at the receiving end of massive public backlash for their continued military support for the regime.
The death toll in the apartheid regime’s genocidal campaign has already topped 34,150 since October 7, more than 75 percent of them being women and children, according to the Gaza government office.
The 2.3 million people in the besieged territory continue to deal with a catastrophic humanitarian crisis amid relentless bombings and crippling siege imposed by the Israeli regime with the backing of the US.
Following are the statistics related to 200 days of war waged by the Israeli occupation on Gaza.
200 – the number of days of the latest Israeli genocidal war on Gaza
41,183 – the total number of those killed and missing in Gaza since Oct. 7
34,183 – the total number of fatalities in Gaza since Oct. 7 (confirmed dead)
7,000 – the number of people still under the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza (presumed dead)
77,183 – the number of wounded persons in Gaza since Oct. 7
3,025 – the number of massacres committed by the regime since Oct. 7
14,778 – the number of children killed since Oct. 7
30 – the number of children who died due to starvation and famine
9,752 – the number of women killed since Oct. 7
485 – the number of doctors and paramedics killed since Oct. 7
67 – the number of civil defense personnel killed since Oct. 7
140 – the number of Palestinian journalists killed since Oct. 7
72 – the percentage of children and women killed since Oct. 7
17,000 – the number of children who have lost one or both parents since Oct. 7
11,000 – the number of injured people who need to travel for treatment
10,000 – the number of cancer patients who face the risk of death
1,090,000 – the number of people with infectious diseases due to displacement
8,000 – the number of cases of viral hepatitis due to displacement
60,000 – the number of pregnant women at risk due to lack of healthcare
350,000 – the number of chronically ill patients suffering due to lack of medicine
5,000 – the number of people arbitrarily detained in Gaza since Oct. 7
310 – the number of health practitioners who have been arrested
20 – the number of known journalists arbitrarily detained since Oct. 7
2 million – the number of displaced people in the Gaza Strip
181 – the number of government buildings destroyed since Oct. 7
103 – the number of schools and universities completely destroyed since Oct. 7
317 – the number of schools and universities partially destroyed by the occupation
239 – the number of mosques completely destroyed since Oct. 7
317 – the number of mosques partially destroyed since Oct. 7
3 – the number of churches targeted and destroyed since Oct. 7
86,000 – the number of housing units completely destroyed since Oct. 7
294,000 – the number of housing units partially destroyed since Oct. 7
75,000 – tons of explosives dropped by the occupation on Gaza since Oct. 7
32 – the number of hospitals taken out of service by the occupation since Oct. 7
53 – the number of health centers that have become non-functional since Oct. 7
160 – the number of health institutions partially or fully destroyed since Oct. 7
126 – the number of ambulances destroyed by the occupation army since Oct. 7
206 – the number of archaeological and heritage sites destroyed since Oct. 7
$30 – billions in preliminary direct losses as a result of the genocidal war on Gaza
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