Friday, 27 June 2014

Woman raped by Shah Rukh's driver is not a minor

mid-day report yesterday

While Shah Rukh Khan’s driver has confessed to raping the former maid of a Bollywood actress, as reported by mid-day yesterday, the contours of the case have shifted, with the police finding out that the rape survivor is not a minor.

In her statement to the police while filing the FIR yesterday, the woman had stated that her age is 17, but her Aadhaar card shows that she is 24 years old. The cops are investigating why she gave them the wrong age in statement.

It has also come to light that the woman did not quit her job of her own accord, but was asked to leave on June 18. The phone number for the maid that the driver, Rajendrakumar Gautam alias Pintu Mishra (34), had got through a common friend, was of the actress’ house and she was the one who had answered when Gautam had called.

Thinking that he was speaking to the maid, Gautam told the woman that she would gain nothing by working at the actress’ house and he could get her better jobs. The actress, who was pretending to be the maid, heard everything. Infuriated, she removed the maid from her services. Incidentally, Gautam had called at a time when the actress was seeking to hire two more maids...

Flights to take off from Navi Mumbai airport in 2018: CIDCO

CIDCO said they would make the remaining two villages, which are refusing to give land for the airport, understand the details of the compensation package
If City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) is to be believed, the Navi Mumbai international airport will be ready by the end of 2018. Authorities said the first flight would take off from the airport in December 2018.

The town planning body announced yesterday that most of the villages, which had earlier opposed the proposed airport and the rehabilitation package offered, have agreed to the state’s terms and conditions.

Earlier, out of 10 villages, six had objected to the land acquisition process. Now, the number has come down to two eight villages have agreed to the government’s 22.5 per cent land rehabilitation programme, where the displaced families will get developed land at an FSI of 2.

Sanjay Bhatia, vice-chairman and managing director of CIDCO, said, “We have started the survey in villages and over 90 per cent of it is complete. Villagers who earlier opposed the project have now agreed, and the project is gaining momentum. We are confident that the first flight will take off in December 2018.”

Authorities later added that they will make residents of the two remaining villages understand the nitty-gritty of the rehabilitation package and would not impose or force their views on them. The authority has also extended the deadline for submitting the Request For Qualification (RFQ) for developing the airport till July-end...

Mumbai Metro is not very disabled-friendly

Our correspondents try to climb the ramp at Asalpha station, which they managed with some effort. The  ramp does not begin at ground level and is raised, which causes problems. Pics/Nimesh Dave
An official, after much deliberation with his colleagues, told us there was nothing they could do to help us reach the ground floor. He requested us to go back to Asalpha, but accompanied us till the train doorThe all-new Mumbai Metro might be extremely convenient for people travelling from Versova and Ghatkopar, but the city’s newest suburban travel option is not friendly for persons with disabilities (PWDs). mid-day correspondents set out to travel on the Metro, with one of them posing as wheelchair-bound. And the ride was a tough one.

Asalpha
Our journey began at Asalpha, where we found that the ramp for PWDs is difficult to navigate, since it is slightly elevated. We found that if a PWD does not have someone to help, it will be nearly impossible to get on the ramp

Jagruti Nagar
The next hurdle was at Jagruti Nagar, where there is no lift connecting the ground and the first floors. All Metro stations are on the second floor, and when we reached the first floor, we were told that the lift going to the ground floor was not functional.

The guards, while being empathetic to our situation, discussed and told us they couldn’t do anything about it. We were asked to go back to Asalpha, and reach our destination by road; we did so, as there was no other way out. However, one of the officials escorted us to the train’s door...

Source: Hindi News

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