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Kerala ‘false’ POCSO case: Inquiry into custodial torture charge begins

Hindustan Times •July 6, 2026

Police in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district on Monday began an inquiry into allegations of custodial torture made by a man who was detained in connection with a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case that investigators now believe was fabricated, a senior…

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Pvt Secretary, 2 Additional PSs removed from Union min Bhupender Yadav’s office

The orders, which HT has seen, state PS to the min, Amar Singh an IRS-IT officer of the 2010 batch has been repatriated to his parent cadre, the Department of Revenue, on ‘administrative ground’

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Woman, alleged boyfriend among three arrested for husband's murder in Telangana's Nizamabad

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Ex-IAS officer's son brutally assaults woman for refusing proposal in UP's Bithoor, arrested

The victim's sister alleged that Devashish Nigam had been continuously pressuring her sister to marry him and had issued threats in the past.

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