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School principal held in sexual harassment case

2010-07-02 15:58:39

Chennai: The principal of Kodaikanal Public School, Sheefa Paul, has been arrested for acting as an accomplice to her father ML Bright, who is facing complaints of sexual harassment filed by a Bhutanese girl student. Paul, 36, was arrested on Thursday afternoon and has been remanded in 15 days judicial custody, reports from Kodaikanal said on Friday. Paul is being kept at the Nilakottai sub-jail. Bright, the school administrator, has been accused of sexually harassing the girl who was a resident student and stayed in the hostel with 17 girls. The accused too stayed in the same complex. Bright, 73, is absconding since the complaint was lodged and police have launched operations to track him. The anticipatory bail plea of Bright will come up for hearing on July five at the Madras High Court. Kodaikanal Public School is in Tamil Nadu. Private tutor held for raping student 2010-07-01 10:30:00 Last Updated: 2010-07-01 10:41:06 Mumbai: A private tutor, who had been absconding for over a month, has been arrested for allegedly raping his minor student, police said on Thursday. Rajendra Nadar, 52, had been absconding since the victim's family lodged a complaint against him with Khar Police, investigating officer B. Mukhedkar said. "According to the complaint, the accused had been raping the girl for nearly three months. He then absconded from his residence in Vakola, Santacruz east," he said. Police interrogated Nadar's relatives and acquaintances and even sent a police team to Chennai to trace him. "Following a tip-off Wednesday that he will approach the sessions court to file for anticipatory bail, we laid a trap and nabbed him outside the court premises," he said. The 13-year-old victim is a resident of upmarket Khar and is studying in a nearby school. Nadar, a professional private tutor, has been teaching other children in the area. Co-pilot accused of raping air-hostess sent to police custody 2010-05-30 15:20:00 Last Updated: 2010-05-30 15:46:04 A Jet Airways aircraft waits for take off on the tarmac at the airport in M... Mumbai: A local court on Sunday remanded a co-pilot with private air carrier Jet Airway, arrested for allegedly raping an air-hostess on several occasions since May 2009 on the pretext of marrying her, to police custody till June 5. Varun Agarwal (27) was arrested on Saturday from the suburban domestic airport here for raping a 22-year-old air hostess, who was in a live-in relationship with him. Varun, who has been booked for rape, cheating, causing hurt and criminal intimidation, was produced before the Andheri metropolitan magistrate. The police sought his custody on the grounds that investigation is on and the medical reports of both the accused and the victim are awaited. According to the police, the accused, who joined Jet Airways in 2006, started luring the victim since 2008, a year after she joined the air carrier as an air-hostess. Varun had proposed marriage to the victim, who rejected several times. However, in 2008, she relented and agreed to his proposal, police said. "He took her to a temple and presented her a ring and convinced her to stay at his house in suburban Marol," assistant inspector Asha Korke said. The victim agreed and moved into his house in May 2009. However, after a few months, Varun allegedly started assaulting her and threatened to throw acid on her face if she left him. "Varun kept stalling the marriage following which the victim approached the police and lodged a complaint," Korke said. Primary school students rape eight-year-old girl 2010-05-13 11:40:00 Last Updated: 2010-05-13 14:43:21 London: An eight-year-old British girl tightly clutched a teddy bear as she told a court here about how she was lured and allegedly raped by two 10-year-old boys. The girl said she was attacked after the boys took her to a field and a bin shed beside a block of flats. Daily Express reported on Thursday that the girl was given the toy to hold during an interview that was filmed and played at the Old Bailey court. The boys deny the rape charge. They are among the youngest in Britain to be charged with rape. The girl held an usher's hand and was lifted into a chair. She was connected through a video link. The judge then gently asked her to take a juice bottle away from her mouth so he could hear her. She then sat as her interviews were played to the jury. The jury was told how the girl was playing with her younger sister near her home in October last year when the boys took her away. The incident took place in Hayes, Middlesex. The girl later told her mother she had been taken to some flats before being led to the field where she was allegedly raped, prosecutor Rosina Cottage said. She later went to hospital complaining of stomach pains. "This case concerns rape by two boys still at primary school of a girl even younger. Together they took her to different locations near where they lived in order to find a sufficiently secluded spot to assault her," Cottage was quoted as saying. The victim recalled how her scooter was thrown into a bush. "They said if I didn't pull down my pants, they wouldn't get my scooter from the bush," she said. (sify news) SEARCH