The customer was reportedly found in a compromising position with a woman inside the spa, and aphrodisiac substances were seized from the premises.
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth earlier this week after spending over nine months in space – after what was supposed to be an eight-day ISS (International Space Station) mission. Despite spending an additional 278 days in space, the NASA astronauts will not be receiving overtime salary – to which US President Donald Trump has made an offer.
On being questioned over the NASA astronauts’ calculated overtime, Mr Trump said, “Nobody’s ever mentioned this to me. If I have to, I’ll pay it out of my own pocket”.
Unlike commercial jobs, NASA astronauts are federal employees – which means they get the same standard salary as other government employees. Under the General Schedule, they do not get extra wages for extended missions – including working overtime, on weekends, or on holidays. Even travelling to space is considered official travel as government employees.
NASA covers the astronauts’ transportation, stay, and meals. They also give extra money ($5) for small daily expenses which they call “incidentals”. Ms Williams and Mr Wilmore spent a total of 286 days in space so they will get an extra $1,430 (Rs 1,22,980) each – in addition to their salary between $94,998 (Rs 81,69,861) and $123,152 (Rs 1,05,91,115).
As Trump was informed about the “incidentals”, he said, “Is that all? That’s not a lot for what they had to go through”.
During a press conference at the Oval Office, Mr Trump thanked Elon Musk for bringing the NASA astronauts back home.
“If we don’t have Elon…They could be up there for a long time. Who else is going to get them? The body starts to deteriorate after 9-10 months in space. Think if we don’t have time? He’s (Elon Musk) is going through a lot right now,” the US President said.
REPORTER: The two astronauts that you just helped save from space, they didn’t get any overtime pay…@POTUS: “If I have to, I’ll pay it out of my own pocket… and I want to thank @elonmusk by the way because think if we don’t have him.” pic.twitter.com/b86RanXggp
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 21, 2025
Ms Williams and Mr Wilmore, who had been at the ISS since June 5 last year, were flown back to Earth early Wednesday in SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. They splashed down Florida’s eastern coast and disembarked the capsule on stretchers – as is customary.
Visuals of the astronauts smiling and waving from inside the capsule and on the stretchers were beamed live worldwide.
Not just their families, but the astronauts’ return was celebrated across the world.
While the flight back home was a challenge, the NASA astronauts will take some time to return to normal lives. They will go through a months-long rehabilitation program to rebuild muscle mass and bone density – including strength training and mobility exercises.
In an incident stranger than a movie script, a 35-year-old woman believed to have been murdered in 2023 has returned home, leaving his family and friends surprised.
Lalita Bai, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, was considered dead and even ‘cremated’ by her family. Four men arrested for supposedly killing her are still in prison. But a twist came a few days ago as she turned up alive at her village in Mandsaur district.
Her father immediately took her to the Gandhi Sagar Police Station to inform them about her return.
Confirming the incident, officer-in-charge Taruna Bhardwaj said she had left home on her own. Ms Bai told them a man named Shahrukh had taken her to Bhanpura in the same district. He “sold” her to another man, whose name was also Shahrukh, for Rs 5 lakh. The second man took her to Rajasthan’s Kota where she lived for 18 months.
Ms Bai said she managed to escape from there and returned home. “I did not have a mobile phone, so I was unable to contact my family members,” she told the police.
Reunited with her children after a year and a half, the mother of two has given her Aadhaar and Voter IDs to confirm her identity to the police.
Ms Bai was reported missing from the Gandhi Sagar area in September 2023. A video of a truck accident emerged days later. The victim’s body was found with a crushed head. A murder case was filed in Jhabua after her father identified it as that of his daughter.
“After we filed a missing person report, Thandla police informed us about the recovery of a woman’s body with her head crushed. We went there and identified it as the body of our daughter on the basis of a tattoo and a black string tied around her leg. We performed the last rites too,” said the father.
Four men – Imran, Shahrukh, Sonu, Ejaz – were arrested for the ‘murder’. The suspects, who are in jail pending a trial, have now filed a petition in the local court citing the woman’s reappearance. The court has sought information about the matter, said Jhabua Superintendent Police (SP) Padmavilochan Shukla.
“We will first conduct a medical examination and DNA test of the woman, and also record afresh the statements of witnesses. Only after a thorough investigation, we would be able to state conclusively that the woman who turned up at Gandhi Sagar police station earlier this month is the same woman who was thought to have been murdered,” Mr Shukla told news agency PTI.