Jaipur: A Kerala Police team on Saturday arrived in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur with former Odisha police chief's son Bitti Mohanty, who jumped parole in 2006 while serving a sentence in a jail here for raping a German tourist. Mohanty, son of former Indian Police Service officer BB Mohanty, was brought to Jaipur in the morning and taken to the Central Jail, a Rajasthan Police officer said. "He will be presented in a court Monday," said the officer.
Kerala Police arrested Mohanty in March from Kannur in Kerala for jumping parol and living under a disguise in south India. A Rajasthan police officer said, "A case was registered against Mohanty in Jaipur for jumping parole."
He said soon after his arrest in Kannur, Rajasthan Police rushed a team to Kerala to bring him to the city but their counterparts in Kerala could not give his custody at that time as they themselves were completing the investigation, he said. "Our team returned after serving a production warrant that required Kerala Police to bring Mohanty to Jaipur," said the officer.
Mohanty was arrested for raping a German tourist in Rajasthan's Alwar district March 21, 2006. He was convicted April 12, 2006. He was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment on rape charges and lodged in Jaipur jail. In November 2006, he secured parole to meet his ailing mother and did not return. Mohanty's father served as director general, home guards, and fire services at the time when Mohanty committed the crime....
09:14 PM, May 25, 2013
Kannur: A Sessions Court in Kannur on Friday ordered DNA test on Bitti Mohanty to obtain scientific proof for establishing his identity following his arrest in March this year after being on the run for several years. Bitti remained absconding by jumping bail following his conviction for raping of a German woman at Alwar in Jaipur. Additional Sessions Judge KV Jayakumar issued the order on Friday on Kerala Police's plea...
11:41 PM, May 17, 2013
Panaji: Goa will not be home to the country's first Playboy club with the state government deciding to reject a proposal for opening this facility at Candolim beach amid a controversy that it would promote vulgarism. Bowing to pressure from within ruling BJP against the US-based Playboy club's move to open a branch in the tourist state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the application would not be considered...
07:26 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Panaji: Goa will not be home to the country's first Playboy club with the state government deciding to reject a proposal for opening this facility at Candolim beach amid a controversy that it would promote vulgarism. Bowing to pressure from within ruling BJP against the US-based Playboy club's move to open a branch in the tourist state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the application would not be considered ...
07:16 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said his government would continue its efforts to get travel advisories lifted by the US and other countries to attract tourists. "As a tourist state, the growth and development of economy in Jammu and Kashmir is largely associated with successful and productive tourist seasons," Abdullah said. Many countries, including the US, have issued travel advisories to their citizens against visiting...
04:15 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Srinagar: The Dutch national arrested on charges on murdering a Briton inside a houseboat in Srinagar was on Sunday remanded in 10-day police custody by a local court. De-Wit Richard was produced before a magistrate at his official residence by the police, which sought his custody, sources said. The magistrate gave police the custody of Richard for 10 days. Richard was arrested from Qazigund town of south Kashmir on Saturday...
02:59 AM, Apr 08, 2013
A 24-year-old British national was found dead inside a boathouse in Srinagar. Police have arrested the accused for the woman's murder while he was trying to flee after the incident. ...
09:59 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Srinagar: A British tourist was found dead inside a houseboat in the Dal Lake in Srinagar on Saturday after being allegedly molested by another foreign tourist from Netherlands, the police said. The woman was reportedly found in a pool of blood inside her room in the houseboat. The Dutch tourist has been arrested in connection with the murder while he was reportedly trying to flee. The police are now probing...
08:00 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Mumbai: In order to further rationalise money changing activities, the Reserve Bank on Friday allowed authorised money changers (AMCs) to sell Indian rupees to foreign tourists against international debit cards. This facility was earlier limited only to international credit cards. "...it has been decided that Authorised Money Changers (AMCs) may sell Indian rupees to foreign tourists/visitors against International Credit Cards/International Debit Cards," RBI said in a notification. RBI added that...
04:15 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Mumbai: A fatal gangrape in New Delhi didn't deter Germans Carolina De Paolo and Canan Wahner from traveling to India for a six-week tour. The attack was awful, but there is crime everywhere, they figured, and they'd take precautions. Then a man sidled up to Wahner on a train to Goa and ran his hand up her leg a few weeks into the trip. On another train, a different man...
03:48 PM, Apr 04, 2013
In wake of the alleged gangrape of a Swiss woman in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district recently, the state government has decided to constitute a special police force for the safety and security of foreign tourists. ...
06:25 PM, Mar 26, 2013
With renewed attention on crimes against women in India after the gangrape of a Swiss woman in Madhya Pradesh, foreign nationals living in or visiting India feel the country is as unsafe as any other. Sexual abuse is a global phenomenon; many woman visitors say they have never felt especially unsafe here. ...
11:30 AM, Mar 20, 2013
British female tourist jumped from the second floor of a hotel in Agra on to escape an alleged sexual assault. ...
03:54 PM, Mar 19, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday stressed the need for a specialised and motivated workforce for the growth of tourism sector. "I stress the importance of a highly specialised and motivated workforce. It is important for the government and private sector to collectively generate adequate manpower both in terms of quantity and quality," Mukherjee said on the occasion of National Tourism Awards in various categories. ...
01:43 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Britain has advised its female tourists to be cautious while travelling in India in the wake of the rape of a Swiss tourist in Madhya Pradesh last week. "Our travel advice states that women should use caution if travelling alone in India. Reported cases of sexual assault against women and young girls are increasing; recent sexual attacks against female visitors in tourist areas and cities show that foreign women are...
09:59 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The Datia Police have arrested six people in connection with the alleged gangrape of a Swiss national even as the Madhya Pradesh Home Minister said the couple should have informed the police about their travel plans for additional security. The suspects - six members of a nomadic tribe in the area - have been arrested and a stolen laptop and a mobile phone have been seized from them. ...
09:18 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Two days after a group of men allegedly gangraped a tourist from Switzerland and assaulted her husband in Madhya Pradesh, the state's Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta, while calling the incident "unfortunate", said more often than not, "foreign nations fail to follow rules of the state". He added that if the foreigners inform the Assistant Superintendent of Police after entering the state, additional security arrangements could be made for them....
06:06 PM, Mar 17, 2013
A Swiss woman was allegedly gangraped near a popular tourist destination in Madhya Pradesh, while another woman was gangraped by three men in a bus in Indore. Thirteen suspects have been detained in Datia in the Swiss woman's gangrape while three have been arrested in Indore. ...
11:24 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Bitti's father former Odisha DGP BB Mohanty is innocent, said Kerala Police after quizzing him in Cuttak on Saturday. A special investigation team of Kerala Police, which is probing impersonation and forgery charges against Bitihotra Mohanty, convicted for raping a German woman, interrogated BB Mohanty at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police. ...
06:04 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Questions are being raised about the way rape convict Bitti Mohanty was being treated in Alwar where he had been taken earlier. He reportedly spent the night in an air-conditioned room in a guest house instead of the prison. This VIP treatment was reportedly given to him at the expense of the Alwar Police. ...
03:08 PM, Mar 16, 2013
