New Delhi: In a twist in the Karwar Naval sex scandal case, CNN-IBN has learnt that the couple was separated and had filed for divorce by mutual consent in April this year. CNN-IBN also learnt that the father of the girl had filed a complaint to the Human Rights Commission and Defence Minister AK Antony alleging sexual abuse and dowry harassment.
This after the husband agreed to paying Rs 8 lakh as alimony. There was also no mention of the abuse or harassment in thee divorce settlement.
The woman had on Tuesday alleged that her husband had asked her to perform sexual favours for his colleagues while they were stationed at Karwar in Karnataka.
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09:16 PM, May 15, 2013
The Indian Navy has been hit by allegations of another alleged sex scandal. ...
11:02 PM, May 14, 2013
Bangalore: The Indian Navy has been hit by yet another sex scandal. The wife of a Navy officer on Tuesday charged him of forcing her to get sexually involved with his colleagues. The complaint has prompted Defence Minister AK Antony to order a probe. The woman alleged that her husband, who is a Lieutenant Commander at the Naval Ship Yard in Karwar, forced her to perform sexual favours for his...
08:06 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of several alleged sex scandals in the force, Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday asked the Navy to take "sternest possible action" against its officers who are found involved in such "inappropriate behaviour". Referring to some isolated incidents of inappropriate behaviour by a few personnel, Antony urged top Commanders to take sternest possible action against those who tarnish the image and prestige of the armed...
07:50 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: At a time when stories of child abuse are hitting headlines every day, CNN-IBN meets a 17-year-old girl who dared to do the unthinkable. She blew the lid off a horrific sex scandal at a child care shelter in Haryana. The young girl showed tremendous courage to expose rampant sexual abuse at children shelters in India. CNN-IBN is calling her Vijeyta to protect her identity. Vijeyta's story started...
08:59 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to pay his estranged wife Veronica Lario 100,000 euros a day as part of a divorce settlement, the daily Corriere della Sera said on Friday. The newspaper said the 36 million-euro-a-year settlement, reached after three years of negotiations, was filed with a court in Milan around Christmas. ...
11:30 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Rome: Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has revealed that he is engaged to a woman almost 50 years junior to him. He further said, "Finally I feel less alone." The media baron said on Sunday that his engagement to 28-year-old Francesca Pascale, who is part of a support group called "Silvio, we miss you", is official. Berlusconi also apologised for his now-infamous 'bunga bunga' parties, saying he was lonely after...
09:32 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said that he has seen no evidence that national security was threatened by the widening sex scandal that ensnared his former CIA director and top military commander in Afghanistan. In his first post election news conference, Obama also reaffirmed his belief that the US can't afford to continue tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, a key sticking point in negotiations with Republicans over...
12:26 AM, Nov 15, 2012
The sex scandal that forced CIA Director David Petraeus to resign has generated bizarre plot twists. Another top general exchanged what have been described as 'inappropriate emails' with a key figure in the scandal; both generals were drawn into an ugly child custody battle; and a shirtless FBI agent leaked a report to a congressman. ...
11:11 PM, Nov 14, 2012
Perth: In a new twist to the Gen David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said on Tuesday that the top American commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with a woman who is said to have received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, the woman with whom Petraeus had an extramarital affair. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said in a written statement issued to reporters aboard...
06:17 PM, Nov 13, 2012
Milan: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is still giving thousands of euros a month to aspiring showgirls who attended his colourful parties, a Milan court heard on Friday. Weakened by a sex scandal and graft and tax fraud allegations, Berlusconi, 76, was forced to resign a year ago as Italy came close to a Greek-style debt crisis. But the centre-right leader, who recently announced he would not run as...
02:12 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Chennai: Swami Nithyananda has been sacked as the successor to a 1500-year-old Mutt in Madurai. Nithyananda was sacked by a senior pontiff and is facing criminal charges including rape after a US-based woman and others alleged sexual exploitation. Nithyananda was appointed as the successor at the Madurai Mutt in April but his appointment had received widespread criticism, including from the Tamil Nadu government. Nithyananda's own ashram is located in Bangalore,...
09:19 AM, Oct 20, 2012
Madurai: Spy cameras discreetly planted inside bedrooms and bathrooms of several homes by five perverted neighbourhood men has left an entire village near Samayanallur in Madurai district in shame and fear of a sex scandal waiting to explode. Two victims, both teenaged girls, have already attempted suicide over the loss of honour. The other women are living in fear that videos showing them in an explicit state would surface anytime...
07:11 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Houston: The US Air Force removed a top training commander at a Texas base on Saturday after a series of investigations of sexual misconduct by instructors at the base. Col Glenn Palmer, who has commanded Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base for a little over a year, will be removed from that position immediately and will be reassigned, said Colleen McGee, chief of public affairs for the...
12:08 AM, Aug 12, 2012
Kochi: The Ernakulam Additional Sessions Court on Thursday awarded rigorous life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 to Sudheer, the father of the victim and prime accused in the Paravoor sex scandal case. He has been charged for offences under Section 376(rape) of the IPC. Let there be no more such rape incidents, says the verdict issued by the Additional Sessions Court in the Paravoor sex scandal case. The...
11:53 AM, Jul 27, 2012
Ramanagar: Just hours after being granted bail by a court, controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda was re-arrested on Thursday and remanded to one-day preventive custody on charges of disturbing the peace. Nithyananda, who was arrested on Wednesday after he appeared before a court to surrender in an assault case, was slapped with a fresh case of disturbing the peace in Ramanagara and surrounding areas of Nithyananda Ashram at Bidadi near Ramanagar....
08:49 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Bangalore: The godman who claimed he could meditate and levitate is now on the run. The Karnataka government has launched a manhunt for self-styled swami Nithyananda after fresh allegations came to the fore of sexual abuse and rape. An inquiry by the regional commissioner has also begun. Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda said, "We have ordered the police and the district administration to search the premises and take possession of the...
08:27 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition of Leader of Opposition V S Achuthanandan seeking a copy of the investigation report in the Kozhikode ice-cream parlour sex case allegedly involving state minister and Indian Union Muslim League leader P K Kunhalikutty. It was Achuthanandan as the then chief minister in January last year who had ordered a fresh probe by the Kerala Police in the wake of...
04:29 PM, May 02, 2012
The US Secret Service and military have been accused of getting prostitutes before President Barack Obama's visit to Colombia. ...
02:09 PM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: The high profile Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is in the news once again and for all the wrong reasons. An IRS officer working for the project has moved court against a colleague, an IAS officer at the authority's Hyderabad office, over alleged sexual harassment. She was forced to approach court after the UIDAI didn't act against the officer despite orders from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)....
07:17 PM, Feb 21, 2012
