Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Guest professor booked for molesting female students at college event gets bail

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Complaint filed by college`s principal; educator calls allegations `misunderstanding`, `personal grudge`

Based on the complaint filed by the college principal, an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) section dealing with outraging woman`s modesty was registered against him. The professor later sought anticipatory bail from the court, claiming the case against him might be due to "misunderstanding" or "personal grudge". The educator, in his anticipatory bail plea, claimed the FIR was registered with an unexplained delay of five days.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Guest professor misbehaved with nine female student volunteers, says complaint

The guest professor allegedly misbehaved with nine female student volunteers and touched them inappropriately at the event, said police, citing the complaint. Further, the accused also allegedly misbehaved with a retired female professor and took selfies with some students without their consent, they said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Accused was invited as guest lecturer in college on Nov 24

A detailed court order was not available yet. As per the case registered at the Azad Maidan police station, the accused was invited as a guest lecturer at the college`s annual event on November 24. 

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Powai bus accident: BEST claims injured biker not hit by bus

In the Powai bus accident involving route 307, BEST in an official statement said that the injured bike rider was not struck by the bus. “His bike skidded and fell beside the bus, prompting the public to stop the vehicle. The rider was taken to Hiranandani Hospital by the driver and conductor, and the matter was reported at Powai Police Station. No case has been registered against BEST staff, and the bus then continued on its route,” the statement said.