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#WATCH | Nagpur, Maharashtra: Haresh Kalsekar, Police Inspector, Mankapur Police Station, says, "4 girls have lodged complaints. They work for an NGO called Universal Multipurpose Society. Riyaz Fazil Qazi is its director, and these girls work there. One of the girls who complained alleged that he molested her. The other girls say he used to give them information about Muslim customs... After we registered the complaint, informed a senior officer, and under his guidance, initiated an investigation. The accused was arrested the same day and produced before the court yesterday. He has been granted police custody until the 23rd, and the investigation is ongoing from all angles... At present, there is only one accused..."

No journalist covering the #Bengal elections can ignore this: SIR deletions while they are - aren't just rolls purification —there is also clear  disenfranchisement. .. - Have met scores outside appellate tribunals with complete documentation— even links to the 2002 rolls—standing in long queues losing daily wages, spending precious  ₹150–₹300 on photocopies, only to leave confused, anxious, holding a torn white slip with a hand scribbled number. this isn't what electoral integrity looks like .. Did the powers that be fail to safeguard it? Yes.