The Central Bureau of Investigation on 25 June filed an FIR against all policemen working in the Wadala railway police station for the alleged murder of detainee Agnelo Valdaris and sexual assault of a minor, among other charges. This is also a rare case where alleged sexual assault perpetrated by policemen on detainees has been documented in detail in a First Information Report. While naming the 10 policemen identified by the victims, the specially constituted CBI team has also charged all the other personnel attached to the station.
The premier investigation agency has booked the policemen for murder, falsifying evidence, wrongful confinement, using force to get confession, kidnapping, unnatural sex. They have also been booked under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a minor.
AMU, THAMMASAT VARSITY SIGN MoU
The Aligarh Muslim University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand to encourage close academic ties between the two universities. AMU Registrar Group Captain (Retd.) Shahrukh Shamshad has signed the MoU on behalf of AMU. Dr. Syed Ali Nawaz Zaidi, Deputy Registrar (Legal) was also present. Mr. Mohd. Faheem presented the papers on behalf of the Rector of Thammasat University, Bangkok for establishing programmes of exchange and collaboration in common areas of interest and benefit to both the universities. AMU has the highest number of Thai students in different courses.
MUSLIMS MAKE UP TO 3% IN CIVIL SERVICES
Of the total 8,417 candidates who have cracked civil services examinations, Muslims are around 3.46 per cent. Of 292 Muslim officers, 160 are among 5,862 who had cracked the UPSC exams, while the remaining 132 are among 2,555 who were promoted to the IAS or IPS from the state civil services on the basis of their commitment and performance. Muslims are more than 13 per cent of the total population as per 2011 census. Surprisingly, by that parameter, there is one Muslim IAS or IPS among every 5.73 lakh Muslims as against one in every 1.08 lakh non-Muslims.
SEX EDUCATION IS UNSCIENTIFIC, CULTURALLY UNACCEPTABLE: HEALTH MINISTER
Taking a critical stand on sex education, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan criticised sex education and termed it unscientific and culturally unacceptable. He opposed vulgarity in the name of sex education. As per reports available in media, this criticism was made on his personal website in the context of the UPA government’s 2007 decision to introduce the Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) in its original form. “I’m a medical professional who has embraced rationalism and I wholeheartedly support pedagogy that is scientific and culturally acceptable. Anything abrasive to common sensibilities and articulated as such by responsible persons should be discarded and replaced by consensually accepted learning processes,” he said.