AGRA: A police constable in Aligarh has been suspended and booked for allegedly telling a 25-year-old rape survivor that her complaint would be acted upon only if she first met him in a hotel room and “had sex with him”, police said on Friday.The survivor recorded phone conversations in which constable Imran Khan, posted at Quarsi police station, allegedly told her: “If you send me a sexy photo of yourself right now, I will get you clothes for Eid… come with me to the hotel. We share the same religion… I will send him to jail and get a case registered against him; in return, you will have to sleep with me,” the constable allegedly told her.He further said, “Swear on the Quran, if you tell this to anyone, I will die… I will not let any action be taken; on the contrary, I will send you to jail.”According to the complaint, the woman had approached the Quarsi police station weeks ago, alleging that a man raped her on the false promise of marriage. She also submitted a complaint through the CM’s Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS) portal seeking action.She alleged that instead of acting on her complaint, the constable called her, gathered details, and later began pressuring her for sexual favours over text messages and phone calls. The survivor recorded the conversations and approached senior police officials.Following her complaint, SSP Neeraj Kumar Jadaun ordered the constable’s suspension and directed registration of an FIR on Wednesday.Police said the accused has been booked under relevant BNS sections, including sexual harassment and criminal intimidation. Further investigation is underway.

DSP Sarvam Singh said, “The woman appeared before the SSP, after which an inquiry was assigned to me. A report was submitted, and on the SSP’s directions, a case has been registered. Further investigation is underway.”

Aditya Dhar‘s ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ headlined by Ranveer Singh released in theatres on March 19 and reviews are pouring in from all over. Viral scenes from the film are all over the internet and netizens cannot stop gushing over the film and several celebs have also dropped their reviews. Despite the fact that ‘Dhurandhar 2’ also criticised and accused of being a propaganda film, it’s creating history at the box office. Many celebs have reacted to the film and now ‘Krrish’ director Rakesh Roshan has also praised the film. The film-maker shared a photo of Aditya Dhar on his Instagram and he wrote, “I just watched ADITYA DHAR’S HISTORIC DHURANDHAR, and it is a reminder to all of us filmmakers to pause and reset the fabric of cinema with the vision, passion and audacity with which Aditya has made Dhurandhar. He has started a new era in filmmaking! This should not be considered as a threat, but a healthy and much needed revolution in storytelling and entertainment. It was about time, and @adityadharfilms has delivered beyond expectations! God bless and more power to you, Aditya!” Director Siddharth Malhotra of ‘We Are Family’ fame commented on Rakesh Roshan’s post and wrote, “So so so agree sir ❤️❤️ I hope actors also learn to stop following trends and film makers also start believing in scripts and conviction 🙌 ❤️ inspiring this is for everyone.”Mahesh Babu also reviewed the film and said, “#DhurandharTheRevenge is an explosion executed with perfect precision!!!! The finest version of Ranveer unleashed and how… 💥💥💥 The way Aditya Dhar has conceived and delivered this standing ovation worthy experience is remarkable 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Special mention to Maddy’s performance and Shashwat Sachdev’s music..🔥🔥🔥 This is a film meant to be experienced and celebrated…. Congratulations to the entire team….❤️❤️❤️Meanwhile, Ram Gopal Varma called it a ‘horror’, as he wrote, “Allu Arjun, Jr NTR, Ram Gopal Varma among others also showered praise on ‘Dhurandhar 2’.

Mumbai: In Oct 2024, Mangibai Naik, a 53-year-old woman from Ghatkopar, walked into a Govt Railway Police (GRP) chowky at Kurla station. She had been summoned by the police to examine a photo of an unidentified young man who had lost his life in a railway accident. After sharing a copy of the image with her daughter over phone, Naik was certain: the man was her missing son, Nandesh.The identification appeared conclusive until Bholanath Barik, a security guard from Boisar, arrived at the chowky a few days later. Barik believed the face in the photo belonged to his missing son, Ghanshyam. Both families had searched exhaustively for any word on their sons’ whereabouts. “The man (in the photograph) had died in a railway accident four months earlier and was cremated then. He hadn’t been carrying any personal effects that could be recognised by his family,” said a GRP officer. But investigators had preserved a blood sample. They turned to the state forensic science laboratory for a DNA profile to resolve the conflict. When the result finally arrived, the news was devastating for Barik: the victim was indeed Ghanshyam.

In 2025, railway accidents claimed 2,287 lives, with fatalities resulting from track crossing, falls from overcrowded trains, and collisions with railway poles, besides other factors. Over 23% of these victims remained unidentified, their families never knowing the fate of their loved ones. The GRP has ramped up its efforts to ascertain identities of unknown victims. As part of a special campaign, a dedicated four-member team was set up at each chowky towards the end of last year to pursue every possible lead.But there are challenges. Sometimes, victims are found disfigured beyond recognition or without identification documents or a cellphone that could provide investigators with a lead. Ghanshyam, too, wasn’t carrying any ID when he was struck by a train between Kurla and Vidyavihar stations while crossing the tracks on June 8, 2024.“Ghanshyam worked as a guard alongside his father. The two would fight frequently over money,” said a police official. On June 6, Ghanshyam left Boisar and never returned. He would have likely remained an anonymous statistic if not for a friend who spotted his photo on a banner, put up by the police at Kurla railway station, and alerted his father. The banner was put up with the intention that passing commuters might recognise someone they knew.Activist Sameer Zaveri said families of victims often have no idea which authority to turn to for help. “Migrant workers perishing in railway accidents in the city may remain unidentified as their families living in their hometown thousands of kilometers away may not even be aware the accident occurred,” Zaveri said.When a victim’s identity is not known, the body is held in a morgue for seven to 10 days while the police investigate. If no claimant emerges, the victim is cremated. The police retain a photo, a piece of clothing and personal belongings in case the family is traced later. In some instances, investigators have successfully identified victims through body tattoos or tailoring tags on clothes. The CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems) and the Maharashtra Citizen’s portal have become vital tools for ascertaining identities of unknown victims. Police key in details and upload photos of unidentified deceased persons via CCTNS, a govt project to digitise crime data and link police stations across the country. These details and photos can be accessed by anyone using the portal, a digital platform to track complaints and report incidents to the police. The portal provides for a search option by date and location. On Sept 23, 2025, a male commuter in his mid-thirties died after falling from a long-distance train between Sion and Kurla stations. With no identification found on his person, police uploaded his details and photo into the CCTNS. The details were eventually seen on the portal by Odisha’s Binati Durva, while she was searching for her 36-year-old brother, Gopinath.Gopinath had travelled from Odisha to Madgaon, Goa, with friends to look for work. But he decided to head back after a day. He called his wife to say he would take a train to Mumbai and then another train to Odisha. But he was never heard from again. “We wondered if he had changed his mind about coming home or if his phone had been stolen. Even the friends were clueless,” Binati said. Odisha police informed the Durvas that a complaint could not be registered as Gopinath had gone missing in another state. An acquaintance within the police department directed the family to the Citizen’s portal. On the portal, the family spotted a photo of an individual resembling Gopinath. They then asked distant relatives in Mumbai to verify details with the GRP. “We were shocked to find out that Gopinath had fallen off a train and perished,” Binati said. She and her brother-in-law travelled to Mumbai on unreserved train tickets, carrying a note from the police for the ticket checker explaining their situation. With limited funds, they stayed overnight at a temple before claiming Gopinath’s body.