Rave mania, police arrest 200 boys, girls June 27, 2011 10:47
Raigad police in Maharashtra have raided a rave party last night and arrested 200 boys and girls for consuming narcotics and indulging in obscene dances and objectionable deeds. A senior police officer said that the arrested included Mr Anil Jadhav of the special cell dealing with drug trafficking.Most of those detained are in the age group of 20 to 25 and have been taken for medical examination, said the police. The raid was conducted on a tip off that a rave party was going on at the resort of the hotel Mount View at Karjat, 100 km off Raigad on Mumbai-Pune highway.The young boys and girls were caught red handed by the police on a day observed as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.While the raiding teams arrested the participants in the rave party, the organizers absconded. Among the girls arrested, 59 girls are from very rich families. Police said they have seized contrabands like ganja, charas, cocaine besides articles used for consuming drugs and Rs 3.08 lakh in cash.
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Indian diplomat faces forced labour case June 21, 2011 10:26
A 45-year old former domestic help of Indian Consul General in New York Mr Prabhu Dayal has accused him of treating her like a slave and making sexual advances towards her when she worked in his house.In a labor suit filed before the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Ms. Santosh Bhardwaj, mother of four children, charged that Dayal had forced her to work for longer hours daily at $ 300 for month and confiscated her passport. She also accused him of letting her sleep in a storage room and making sexual advances towards her.Prabhu Dayal however rejected the charge as complete nonsense and described her statement as sheer lie.Bhardwaj said the Dayals brought her to the US promising an hourly pay of $ 10 and also overtime pay whenever worked. “But I was paid less than $1 per hour and he also confiscated my passport,” she complained.Dayal clarified that the lady had absconded in January 2010 following denial of permission to her to work out side the consulate as there was no permission under the terms of the Visa. He also said she always slept in a fifth floor room of the consulate which is equipped with phone and TV.When asked about the allegations, an Embassy staff member said she was bluntly lying. “Dayals treated her like their family member and with respect,” he said.
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