Misappropriating funds of CSWs: Bail of 5 accused rejected
Misappropriating funds of CSWs: Bail of 5 accused rejected
ByArchana MoreArchana More / Updated: May 27, 2021, 06:00 IST
The Judicial Magistrate First Class (
JMFC) on Wednesday rejected bail applications of all five accused, who were arrested for allegedly misappropriating commercial sex workers’ (CSW) funds granted by the state government amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society programme officer Prasad Sonawane, who is the prime accused in the case, is still absconding.
The court rejected the bail of Gauri Gurung (32) of Balaji Nagar, Savita Lashkare (26) and Sarika Lashkare (30) of Yerawada, all of whom were employees of the Pune-based NGO Kayakalpa, as well as Amol Mali (25) of Balaji Nagar and Mahesh Ghadsing (26) of Ganeshkhind Road. They were arrested on May 13 and remanded in police custody, after which they were sent to magistrate’s custody. They then filed bail applications on
Congress MLA Bhikha Joshi
RAJKOT: Junagadh district court on Saturday convicted Congress MLA Bhikha Joshi and his three sons in a 2008 case pertaining to trespassing and assault and also sentenced them to one year of imprisonment. However, on the request of the accused, the JMFC (Judicial magistrate first class) court of Mendarda suspended execution of the sentence to allow the accused to challenge the order in a higher forum.
According to case details, Joshi and his sons Bharat, Manoj and Jenti have been convicted under IPC sections 452 (trespassing), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt), 323 and 114, respectively, for an incident that took place at Amrapur village of Mendarda taluka on November 4, 2008 when the Joshis had assaulted one Mugar Mahmed Juneja for political rivalry.
Data theft case filed by a Pune software firm
Data theft case filed by a Pune software firm
ByArchana MoreArchana More / Updated: Jan 28, 2021, 06:00 IST
JMFC
A Pune-based cloud computing company
Cognosys Technology Pvt Ltd has filed a case of cheating, forgery and data theft against one of its former assistant engineers and four others, for starting new companies with data stolen from her former employer. The complaint was filed at Hadapsar police station but has been registered by
Pune cyber police. A second FIR has been filed with
Pune Rural cyber police. Of the five, who were arrested on January 13, three were granted bail by the