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Protest demands arrest of police official
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March 08, 2021 14:47 IST
A woman IPS officer had levelled a sexual harassment allegation against ormer Special Director General of Police Rajesh Das.
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Members of AIDWA, SFI and DYFI staged a demonstration in Madurai on Friday. | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy
A woman IPS officer had levelled a sexual harassment allegation against ormer Special Director General of Police Rajesh Das.
Members of All India Democratic Women s Association, Students Federation of India and Democratic Youth Federation of India staged a demonstration outside the Collectorate here on Friday demanding the arrest of former Special Director General of Police Rajesh Das in an alleged sexual harassment case.
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COIMBATORE: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested three men, including an AIADMK student wing functionary, in connection with the sensational Pollachi sexual assault and extortion case. The arrested were identified as K Arulanantham, 34, of Vadugapalayam in Pollachi, T Heron Paul, 29, of Achipatti in Pollachi and P Babu, 27, of Vadugapalayam.
Arulanantham, Pollachi town secretary of AIADMK students wing, was expelled from the party following the arrest. The party has instructed members not to have any links with him.
The arrests were made after a magistrate court recorded the statements of three survivors a few weeks ago. The women said that the arrested men, along with N Sabarirajan abducted them in a car in June 2018, sexually assaulted them and threatened to leak the footage, a source said.
AIDWA stir against hike in cylinder price
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Members of All India Democratic Women Association staged a protest here against the sudden hike in cooking gas cylinder price, on Sunday.
The protest was led by its Rajapalayam town secretary Mary. As part of their protest, the women garlanded LPG cylinders and put up a firewood stove to highlight that the women were forced to switch over to cooking with firewood due to lack of affordability to LPG cylinders.
Addressing the protesters, its State general secretary, P. Suganthi, said that the increase of ₹ 100 in price of gas cylinders in the last 15 days had not only hit the women who manage the family expenses, but also the hotel industry badly.