Police make headway in medical student gang-rape case; Home Minister to visit Manipal

June 22, 2013

Udupi, Jun 22: Claiming to have made a breakthrough into Manipal medical student gang-rape case, police expressed confidence that they would soon arrest all the culprits.

Udupi Superintendent of Police Boralingaiah addressing reporters here on Friday said that police have obtained "some leads" on the shocking incident that has triggered protests from students.

"We have gathered some information from different sources. We have some leads into the kidnap and gangrape, and we are working on it. We have formed eight teams and are rigorously working on it. We hope to crack the case soon," he said.

Home Minister K J George would visit Manipal and Udupi tomorrow to take stock of the situation, he informed.

The 22-year old student from Kerala was allegedly kidnapped in Manipal University campus late night on Thursday as she was returning to her room from the library and gangraped.

The victim, who has suffered a fracture in the legs and injuries on her hands and neck, is being treated and recovering.

Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Pratap Reddy said that police are striving to collect details about the incident through trained counsellors and doctor. Woman police officer has been directed to be with the victim, who is undergoing treatment at the hospital for a minor fracture on her leg and is under observation at the medical college hospital, he added.

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Udupi: SDPI leaders booked for holding ‘Ambedkar jatha’ without permission

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December 11,2024

Udupi: The police have booked a case against the office-bearers of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) for holding 'Chalo Belagavi - Ambedkar Jatha’ without permission and thereby disrupting the movement of vehicles on national highway at Hejmadi.

The SDPI held a jatha on December 10 from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. According to the police, the group had unlawfully gathered near the National Highway toll gate in Hejmadi. Despite instructions from the PSI to disperse, they failed to act and disrupted the traffic on the national highway.

The police have booked case against SDPI state secretary Riyaz Kadumbu, leaders Haneef Muloor, Nooruddin Mallaru, Firoz Kanchinadka, Thoufeeq Uchila, Majeed Uchila, Ibrahim Kanchinadka and others under Sections 57, 189(2), 189(3), 281, 285 and 190 of the BNS.

About 75 to 100 people commenced a procession --without obtaining permission -- in cars and two-wheelers shouting slogans. They caused inconvenience to the vehicles moving on the national highway, police said.

The jatha, which was launched in Udupi on December 10, is expected to cover Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Davanagere, Haveri, Koppal, Bagalkote, Hubballi, Dharwad and reach Belagavi on December 16.

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