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| Dowry law cannot be harassment tool, says court |
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| New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) A court here has observed that dowry prohibition law cannot be allowed to become a tool for harassment. Granting relief to a man, who was booked in a dowry harassment case by his wife, the court ordered investigation against the complainant for filing a false case. The man's wife in July 2012 filed a first information report (FIR) against him in a South Delhi police station, alleging that he demanded dowry and subjected her to cruelty, which resulted in her miscarriage. Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan, accepting the cancellation report of Delhi Police, said Sections 498A (subjecting woman to cruelty) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) and Dowry Prohibition Act are special legislations enacted for the "protection of women" and have serious penal consequence for the offender. |
| Four suspected terrorists held |
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| New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Four suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives, who were allegedly planning to carry out terror attacks during the coming election, have been arrested from Rajasthan, Delhi Police said Sunday. The men were identified as Waqas, Waqar Azhar, Mohammad Mahroof and Saquib Ansari, Special Commissioner S.M. Srivastava said here. Waqas disclosed the hideout of his associates," Srivastava said. The Special Cell of Delhi Police and the Rajasthan Anti Terrorism Squad arrested the men named by Waqas from Jaipur and Jodhpur Saturday. |
| Threatened, Bengal woman attempts suicide |
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| Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Faced with threats and harassment for lodging a police complaint after her minor daughter was molested, a woman in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas attempted suicide by consuming poison. |
| Maharashtra tanker blast toll rises to 10 |
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| Thane, March 23 (IANS) The toll in Saturday's petrol tanker blast went up to 10 with two more people dying due to their injuries, officials said here Sunday. According to investigating officer D.K. Palwankar of Kasa police station, near Dahanu town, the process of identifying the victims is underway and three men have been identified so far. |
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