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2 men lock-up woman behind small mirror in lodge for prostitution in Tamil Nadu
In a shocking incident, Coimbatore rural police, on August 19 night, rescued a 22-year-old woman from Bengaluru, who was allegedly held captive by two men, K Mahendran (46) and R Ganeshan (36), in a secret room behind a small mirror in Saranya Residency, on Ooty road near Kallar in Mettupalayam sub-division.
The police immediately rescued the woman and sent her to a government-run women home on Sanganoor road in Coimbatore for rehabilitation.
According to the police, Mahendran had leased a lodge for three years and Ganeshan worked as a staff member at the lodge. The lodge was functioning for a long time and was being used by tourists before COVID-19.
However, since March 2020, the lodge had been closed down due to lockdown. The victim had come to Coimbatore from Bengaluru two-three days ago and was forcefully held by the two accused in the lodge since then.
Following the lockdown, Mahendran had no source of income and was unable to rent an amount of Rs 50,000 for the lodge. Hence, he decided to start up a secret prostitution room inside the lodge. The room was set up behind a mirror in the lodge. The 22-year-old victim too was locked inside the room for the same.
After a tip-off, police inspector Chennakesavan at Mettupalayam and his team conducted a raid at the lodge and rescued the trafficked victim. The accused duo was produced before a judicial magistrate on August 20 and later taken into custody.
They have been booked under Section 3 (2) (a) and Section 4 (2) (c) of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. The lodge was sealed after the raid.
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SHOCKER: 4 gang rape monitor lizard in Maharashtra, record act on phone; get arrested

Monitor Lizard (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
In the most unbelievable incident ever, four men were arrested for allegedly raping a Bengal monitor lizard in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR). The reserve is spread over four districts of Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
The gruesome incident took place at Gothane village in Ratnagiri district on March 31 when the four accused illegally entered Chandoli National Park (part of the reserve). One of the four was also carrying a gun for hunting.
The Maharashtra Forest Department checked the mobile phone of one of the accused and that’s when he learnt about the incident. The officials found the recording of the act, which showed the accused allegedly gang-raping the monitor lizard.
A forest official said the four accused were identified as Sandeep Tukaram Pawar, Mangesh Kamtekar, Akshay Kamtekar and Ramesh Ghag.
The official said, “During the investigation, the forest officials found that the accused had allegedly raped a Bengal monitor lizard. Their act was also recorded in a mobile phone of one of the accused persons. We have recovered all the related evidence from the accused and they were granted forest department custody initially, but are out on bail now. They have been asked to mark their presence before the forest officer, who is probing the case, every Monday.”
“The four accused have been booked under various sections of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972,” said field director of Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR), Nanasaheb Ladkat.
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ED attaches Sanjay Raut’s properties in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case; Raut tweets ‘Asatyamev Jayate’

Sanjay Raut
Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Tuesday, under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), attached Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut’s property in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case. The ED, in February, had also arrested his close friend Pravin Raut.
The ED attached Raut’s plot in Alibaug and one flat in Mumbai’s Dadar area.
After ED attached Raut’s properties, the latter tweeted, “Asatyamev Jayate (the lies win)”
The attachment is linked to a money laundering probe linked to an alleged scam related to the re-development of a chawl in Mumbai.
More details are awaited.
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Wheelchair-bound Anil Deshmukh hospitalised at JJ Hospital after suffering shoulder injury

Anil Deshmukh
Wheelchair-bound former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who is currently lodged at Arthur Road Jail, was hospitalised at JJ Hospital in Mumbai on Saturday after suffering a shoulder injury. The senior leader would undergo a surgery according to ANI.

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