In an outrageous incident, a man reportedly exposed his genitals to a woman and touched her with them while riding in an elevator at a Delhi Metro station, police said today.

According to the police, the accused, identified as 26-year-old Rajesh Kumar, was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a woman inside the lift at south Delhi’s Jasola Metro Station on April 4.

An official said that on April 4, Kumar, who works in housekeeping at a private hospital, allegedly exposed his privates to a woman and touched her with them while riding in an elevator with her at the Jasola Metro Station.

Giving details, the official said the woman, an architect by profession, objected to the man’s obscene gesture and threatened to call for help, following which the accused ran away without boarding the metro train.

Upon deboarding from the elevator, the woman narrated her ordeal to the police at the Metro station and based on her complaint an FIR was registered against the accused.

The official said that Rajesh was identified with the help of local intelligence and CCTV footage at the metro station and was subsequently arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), adding that further investigation is underway.

While uncommon, sexual harassment cases on the Delhi Metro have been reported in the past too.

In July last year, a 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a woman at the Jor Bagh metro station.

The accused, identified as Manav Aggarwal, a resident of Kotla Mubarakpur, had fled to Nepal after the incident and had applied for anticipatory bail.

Police at the time said the incident came to the fore after woman narrated her ordeal on Twitter, wherein she said that the accused thrust his genitals into her face after he approached her under the pretext of locating an address.

Four top leaders of the right-wing Bharat Hindu Mahasabha outfit have been arrested by the police for their alleged role in a purported plot to trigger communal violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra by slaughtering cows on the occasion of Ram Navami.

The names of the Hindutva outfit’s top office bearers had surfaced during the questioning of two suspects—Nakeem and Rizwan—who were arrested by the police for allegedly slaughtering a cow on Ram Navami in Gautam Nagar of Etmaduddaula area.

According to the police, the two Muslim men revealed that they were asked to kill cows in the area by top Hindu Mahasabha leaders Sanjay Jat, Saurabh Sharma, Jitendra Kushwaha and Brajesh Bhadauria.

A senior police officer said that while Nakeem and his accomplices carried out the cow slaughter, but the act was part of a conspiracy by the Hindu Mahasabha top brass to stoke communal tensions in Agra, adding that the four men have been arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Assistant Commissioner of Police, R K Singh, said that Jat is currently out on bail after being arrested on February 22 in a similar case. Jat is currently named in more than a dozen cases, he said.

The top cop said that Jitendra Kushwaha has eight cases against him while Brajesh Bhadauria and Saurabh Sharma are accused in two and five cases, respectively.

Last week, an India Today report quoting a senior police officer had said that four accused arrested in a raid during Ram Navami celebrations in Gautam Nagar area of Agra’s Etmaduddaula, adding that investigation has revealed names of several office bearers of Bharat Hindu Mahasabha who were allegedly involved in the cow slaughter plot to incite communal violence.

The report, quoting information provided by the Uttar Pradesh Police, revealed that Hindu Mahasabha national spokesperson Sanjay Jat has emerged as being the main conspirator behind the plot, besides several other workers of the right-wing Hindutva group.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Suraj Rai said that based on a complaint by Hindu Mahasabha’s Jitendra Kushwaha, an FIR regarding cow slaughter was registered at Agra’s Etmaduddaula police station and two accused, identified as Imran alias Thakur and Shanu, who were named in the FIR, were arrested by the cops.

The senior officer said that during investigation, many revelations were made such as the claim made by one of the arrested men, Shanu, that Jitendra Kushwaha had allegedly knew about the Hindutva outfit’s plot to disrupt communal harmony on Ram Navami by ordering slaughter of cows by its workers and henchmen.

Giving details, the officer said that Shanu told the police that on March 29, he found Imran, Salman and Sairo at Mehtab Bagh and together they slaughtered a cow roaming there at around 8 pm. The detained man said he and Imran, the other person named in the FIR, then informed Kushwaha about the incident.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday made an announcement that the power subsidy that benefits around 46 lakh consumers in Delhi will cease, starting from today. Delhi Power Minister Atishi Marlena announced during a press conference and blamed the Lieutenant Governor V. K. Saxena for not clearing the file to extend the subsidy, which is because such decision has been taken.

Post Marlena’s press conference, LG Saxena cleared the pending file by marking it approved.

She also said, from next Monday onwards consumers will receive inflated bills that would exclude subsidy.

The minister stated the reason behind cancelling the subsidy is because the Delhi government plans to continue its subsidy next year but the file of the same is with LG Saxena and until it does not come back with the approval, the decision remains standstill.

Marlena claimed that she had requested for a five-minute appointment with LG Saxena to discuss about the file but there was no response from the other side. She added that despite the urgency of the issue, she did not get an appointment from the LG office.

ANI reported LG Saxena’s take on this which said the Power Minister to refrain making any such statement in public and misleading people, LG claimed that when the deadline was of 15^th April then why the file reached his office on 11^th April.

The Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi currently provides 200 units free electricity to the consumers for a monthly consumption, the consumers having more than 200 units usage they receive a 50 percent subsidy for up to 400 units.

Last year, CM Kejriwal announced a power subsidy, to be provided to those consumers only who apply it. As per the official data more than 48 lakh consumers have applied for the same.

The AAP government that presented its budget 2023-24 in March 2023, allocated Rs 3250 crore towards power subsidy for the National Capital.