Assault

NCPCR chief Priyank Kanoongo alleges assault by police in Kolkata

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo on Friday claimed that he was roughed up by police officers while visiting the residence of a minor girl in Kolkata's Tiljala area, who was killed by a neighbour earlier this week. Police, however, rubbished Kanoongo's allegation and said officers had cooperated with him, and it was the NCPCR chief who "misbehaved" with them. "Bengal police officer Biswak Mukherjee beat me up at Tiljala police station in West Bengal. Policemen were secretly recording our investigation proceedings. They beat me up for protesting against this," Kanoongo tweeted in Hindi. Meanwhile, West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) chief Sudeshna Roy claimed that Kanoongo "insulted her and her colleagues", and that she was contemplating lodging a police complaint in this regard. "The NCPCR team went there without informing us. When I reached the spot, he (Kanoongo) started speaking in a very insulting

To assess worldwide view on bail in case of assault, HC turns to ChatGPT

In what could probably be a first-of-its-kind instance in an Indian court, the Punjab and Haryana High Court took help of ChatGPT to assess the worldwide view on bail in a case of assault "laced with cruelty". The court sought aid of ChatGPT -- an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot -- while hearing the bail plea of an accused in a murder case. Justice Anoop Chitkara, in his order on Monday, however, made it clear that any reference to ChatGPT and any observation made is neither an expression of opinion on the merits of the case nor shall the trial court advert to these comments. "This reference is only intended to present a broader picture on bail jurisprudence, where cruelty is a factor," the judge observed. While dismissing the bail plea, the judge observed "causing death itself is cruel but if the cruelty causes death, the tables turn". "When the physical assault is done with an element of cruelty, the parameters of bail also change," he further observed. "...when the offenc

Police issue notice to former cricketer Vinod Kambli for assaulting wife

Bandra police served notice to Vinod Kambli directing him to appear before police for investigation in connection to case registered against the former cricketer for allegedly assaulting his wife

Driver of Kerala Minister's private secretary held for assault on woman

A contract driver of the staff of Kerala Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a woman recently when she was out for a morning walk near the Museum area here, police said. An officer of Museum police station said that the accused driver has also been arrested for trespassing into a house here recently. In view of the police recording the contract driver's arrest for the two offences, the minister ordered his immediate removal from being driver of his private secretary, according to a statement issued by his office. He also instructed the water authority to conduct an inquiry against the accused driver and take appropriate action, it said. According to police, the accused allegedly used the vehicle allotted by the water authority to the minister's private secretary for carrying out the offences. However, while being taken for evidence collection, the accused told reporters here that he was being falsely implicated in the case an

Texas police arrests Mexican-American woman for assault on Indian Americans

Police in Texas on Thursday arrested a person after a video of her assaulting a group of four Indian-American women surfaced and went viral in which she is abusing them and asking them to go back to India. The incident took place on Wednesday night in a parking lot of Dallas, Texas. The woman, who has now been arrested, is seen in the video identifying herself as a Mexican-American and assaulting a group of Indian Americans. "I hate you Indian. All these Indians come to America because they want a better life," the woman is seen saying in the video, while repeatedly dropping the f-bomb. The video has now gone viral and sent shock waves among the Indian-American community across the United States. The Mexican-American woman has been identified as Esmeralda Upton of Plano. The person who posted this video wrote that "this incident occurred in Dallas, Texas after my mom and her three friends went to dinner". The mom is seen contesting the arguments made by the Mexican-American woman

Rushdie's son says author off ventilator, retains 'feisty sense of humour'

The Mumbai-born author was stabbed in New York in what US authorities described as a 'targeted, unprovoked, preplanned' attack

Rushdie taken off ventilator and able to talk; accused pleads 'not guilty'

The attack on Rushdie drew shock and condemnation from world leaders and literary stalwarts

Salman Rushdie's attacker Hadi Matar charged with attempted murder, assault

He was arraigned in centralised arraignment on Saturday and "remanded without bail to the Chautauqua County Jail", the New York State Police said in a statement.

UP Court rejects Shrikant Tyagi's bail plea in Noida woman assault case

The Court has also fixed August 16 as the date on which it would hear another matter registered under section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) on August 16.

Noida: Shrikant Tyagi sent to 14-day custody for assaulting a woman

Tyagi had hurled expletives at the woman resident of Grand Omaxe, who had objected to his planting of trees in the common area of society. He had claimed that he was well within his rights to do so.

Noida Police declares Rs 25k bounty on absconding politician Shrikant Tyagi

According to sources, an intense operation to nab the absconding accused is currently underway and multiple teams of the Noida Police are currently working in coordination to zero in on his location.

Court seeks Tihar jail officials' presence in case involving Sharjeel Imam

Imam had alleged that he was assaulted and called a terrorist during a security check inside the Tihar jail premises on June 30.

Scotland Yard investigates man arrested for assault on Air India flight

The unnamed individual was taken to a west London police station last week and released under investigation.

Ex-aide of Chhota Rajan held in Gujarat over assault on 2 lawyers in Mumbai

A former aide of gangster Chhota Rajan was nabbed from Gujarat by the Maharashtra Housing Board (MHB) police in connection with an assault on two lawyers in suburban Dahisar

Manhandling of IndiGo passenger: DGCA to take views of all affected parties

A video clip of the airline's staff pinning down a passenger to the ground went viral recently

Another IndiGo mishap: Passenger falls off wheelchair, airline apologises

The development also comes days after the airline had apologised to a passenger who was manhandled at Delhi airport in October

Air India takes a jibe at IndiGo over assault, tweets 'unbeatable' service

The airline was also the butt of jokes on social media

Whistleblower provoked passenger: IndiGo's letter to aviation ministry

IndiGo President Aditya Ghosh said the ex-staffer instigated the incident and provoked the customer by recording the video

Full text: IndiGo says 'whistleblower' instigated passenger's assault, had to be sacked

IndiGo President Aditya Ghosh said he personally spoke to the customer and apologised to him the same day

IndiGo fires staffer who shot passenger assault video, Twitter outraged over incident

The male passenger shouts and attempts to fight back but is overpowered by the IndiGo staff