Anurag Das from Pune was the winner of the FedEx International Student of the Year award and was the recipient of a `5 lakh scholarship. Mr Das was handed the award by Bollywood director Karan Johar at a ceremony in Mumbai. He emerged as the winner from a competitive field of 5,000 students. “I feel happy to present the award to Das. I wish him great success for his future endeavours. Similar to my movie, Student of the Year, this contest invoked a competitive spirit among students and it was a pleasure for me to be associated with a brand like FedEx for Student of the Year,” said Mr Johar. “It’s a great privilege to be handed this accolade. And it is a bonus that it comes from Karan Johar,” said Mr Das, adding, “I would like to pass on my thanks to FedEx.”
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Fir filed for molestation
Mumbai: The Juhu police has registered an FIR against unknown persons for molesting a blind woman who is the wife of a blind Ayurvedic doctor. The Ayurvedic doctor had a financial dispute with three of his patients who later tried to extort the money from him. When the doctor tried approaching the Juhu police for registering a case of extortion, the men tried to threaten him. According to the complaint given by the doctor’s wife, the three men sent goons who stopped her autorickshaw near the Juhu police station and molested her. They also hurled abuses at her and threatened to kill her if they didn’t return the money. Confirming the development senior inspector, Arun Bhagat of Juhu police station said, “An FIR has been registered in the case against three persons.” The unknown accused have been booked under IPC Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), and 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), among others.