Dalit man accused of raping mentally challenged minor; thrashed by locals

August 23, 2013

Moodbidri, Aug 23: Even as the nation is outraged over the brutal gang-rape of a photojournalist in Mumbai, a 15-year-old mentally challenged girl was allegedly raped by a middle-aged man in Kalladi-Jarigekatte in Kuppepadav village here.

Accused Sundar (55), a daily wage worker is the neighbour of the girl. The incident came to light on Friday afternoon.

Sources said that Sundar allegedly lured the girl when her parents-both daily wage earners-were away. In fact, the minor girl was addicted to sniffing tobacco powder which he used to supply her regulalrly. The girl is four months pregnant now, it is said.

The accused too has three daughters.

When locals came to know about his brutal crime, he was stripped, tied to a tree and thrashed and had to be rescued by the Bajpe police. The girl has been sent for medical examination in the Wenlock Hospital.

It is said that the accused was member of a political party and was involved in the communal riots which took place last year. He was also the president of SDMC of Kallady Higher Primary School.

Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Asha Nayak, chairperson of Dakshina Kannada Child Welfare Committee said the victim will be subjected to a medical examination, after filing complaint at Bajpe police station. She will be taken under the custody of the child welfare committee following the examination, she said.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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