Mumbai , April 2: In an incident that has sent shockwaves across Pune, a 25-year-old woman was kidnapped on the pretext of giving her a lift and then gangraped by three persons in an open ground near a large infotech company complex on Thursday. Two persons were arrested, and produced in court on Friday.
The woman, who lived with her husband in the United States, had come to Nagpur a month ago and had been staying with an aunt in Pune for about a fortnight.
On Thursday, she was waiting for a bus, on her way to attend a seminar, when two men in a Tata Indica had offered her a lift.
Age Correspondent
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Pay for calls to customer care nos. of phone firms
Age Correspondent
New Delhi
April 2: Some calls made to the customer care numbers of telecom companies will now be chargeable.
A number of companies like Airtel, Vodafone and Aircel have started charging subscribers for calls made to customer care relating to queries or requests, but all calls on complaints about service are still free.
A senior telecom executive said the permission of Trai, the telecom regulator, had been obtained before effecting this change.
A number of telecom NGOs have criticised the move, saying it was putting an unfair burden on consumers.
Telecom Watchdog secretary Anil Kumar also criticised Trai for agreeing to the telecom companies’ proposal. Consumer Care Society secretary Ravindra Nath Guru said it was a move by these companies to “cover up revenue losses due to competition.”
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