Rapes are common, happened during Ram Rajya too: UP top cop

December 16, 2015

Lucknow, Dec 16: Uttar Pradesh Police Director General Jagmohan Yadav on Tuesday courted controversy by saying that "rapes were committed even during the Ram Rajya".

Responding to a question by a young reporter on increasing number of sexual assault cases, Yadav asked him to meet him in private to get an answer to the question.

Yadav, who is set to retire this month, told a press conference here that rapes were a common phenomenon happening in all states. He said police were unable to completely stop crimes against women.

In the past too, Yadav has stirred controversies but the state government has paid no heed to it owing to the police officer`s alleged proximity to the family of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.

BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak termed the DGP`s remarks "loose, unwarranted, cheap and irresponsible".

"While what Jagmohan Yadav said is condemnable, I think powers that be need to answer why they do not act against such officials," the BJP leader said.

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Mangaluru NRI returning from Saudi Arabia arrested over Instagram post

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December 15,2025

Mangaluru police have arrested a 27-year-old NRI on his return from Saudi Arabia in connection with an Instagram post allegedly containing derogatory and provocative remarks about the Hindu religion, officials said on Monday.

The accused, Abdul Khader Nehad, a resident of Ulaibettu in Mangaluru, was working in Saudi Arabia when the post was uploaded, police said.

A suo motu case was registered at the Bajpe police station on October 11 after an allegedly offensive post circulated from the Instagram account ‘team_sdpi_2025’. Police said the content was flagged for being provocative and derogatory in nature.

During the investigation, technical analysis traced the Instagram post to Nehad, who was residing abroad at the time, a senior police officer said. Based on these findings, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

On December 14, Nehad arrived from Saudi Arabia at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, where he was taken into custody on arrival. Police said further investigation is underway.

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