Thursday, April 25, 2024

Topic: Sexual harassment

Former Karnataka CM, senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa booked under POCSO for sexually harassing minor girl

Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, 81, was booked by the Sadashivanagar police late on Thursday night under a section of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old of sexual assault.

Employers having 10 or more employees must have sexual harassment panel: Union

Every employer and organisation, whether in public or private sector, employing 10 or more people must set up an internal committee for receiving complaints of sexual harassment, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.

MP: Three arrested for molesting woman at tribal festival

Days after a group of men were recorded sexually harassing a woman during a tribal festival in Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur district, three people were...