Gang-rape of college girl by Hindutva activists: GP president among 3 more held for sharing video

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July 6, 2019

Mangaluru, Jul 6: The Dakshina Kannada district police have arrested three more persons on the charges of sharing the obscene video clip of the gang-rape of a college student of Putur in Dakshina Kannada District.

The group of college Hindutva activists, had gang-raped the teenaged girl in a car in the month of March and then threatened her against revealing the matter to anyone.

Police said on Saturday that the number of accused who were arrested in connection with the crime has risen to 11. On Thursday police had arrested eight persons on the same charge. On Wednesday the police had arrested five for the gang-rape.

The newly arrested three persons are Nazeer, a resident of Belladur, who is a gram panchayat president, Shukat Ali from Puttur and Jabeer, a resident of Belladur. Police added that more people will be arrested in this connection.

Superintendent of police B M Laxmi Prasad had set up two teams: one to probe the gang rape, and the second to probe how the video of the incident went viral on WhatsApp.

Police have filed a suo-motu case at the Puttur town police station over a semi-nude video of the rape survivor doing the rounds on social media. According to sources, the video clip, which is of a video call between the victim and an unidentified person, is recorded using a smart phone.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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