20-Year Jail To A Man For Raping Minor In Sangareddy
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 31: A court in Kasargod on Tuesday sentenced opposition Indian Union Muslim League legislator A.K.M. Ashraf, representing the Manjeswaram constituency, to one-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 in a 13-year-old case of assaulting an official.
In 2010, Ashraf had taken up cudgels with government official Damodaran while dealing with corrections in the voters list and there was a heated argument which led to an alleged manhandling of the official.
Ashraf, along with other three IUML workers, was arraigned as accused and the verdict on Tuesday deemed all as guilty.
The lower court after pronouncing the verdict gave bail to all the accused.
Ashraf later said this is a false and fabricated case and he will file an appeal in the higher court.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.