Nine Pune tourists held in Goa for molesting minor, assaulting her brother
Panaji, May 30: Nine tourists from Pune were arrested on charge of molesting a minor, assaulting her minor brother and rioting at the popular beach village of Baga in North Goa, police said on Wednesday.
The tourists earlier took snaps of the girl on the beach but later molested her and beat up her brother when the two objected to clicking of their pictures.
A first information report was registered under Sections 143, 147, 323, 354 read with 149 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 8 of the Goa Children's Act.
"The accused were caught while attempting to flee Goa. We have seized the mobile phone on which girl's pictures were taken. It will be sent for forensic examination," Dalvi said.
Those arrested are Ramesh Kamble, Sanket Bhadale, Krishna Patil, Satyam Lambe, Aniket Gurav, Rishikesh Gurav, Akash Suvaskar, Sunny More, and Ishwar Pangare.
The coastal state, renowned as a beach and nightlife tourism destination, attracts nearly seven million tourists every year.
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Vijayanagara: One dead, 12 injured as trucks hits their vehicle from behind on NH 50
Vijayanagara: One man was killed and 12 others were injured after a truck hit vehicle they were traveling in on the National Highway 50 stretch on the outskirts of Koodligi in the district.
The accident victim, Madhu (27), is learned to have been an employee of Reliance Digital from Andhra Pradesh.
The vehicle was reportedly traveling from Bengaluru to Koodligi and the passengers are learned to have been seriously injured following the collision with the truck, which was found to have a Maharashtra registration.
Koodligi Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Mallesh Dodmani and Circle Inspector Prahlad Channagiri arrived at the accident spot on being informed of the accident.
The police officers and locals rescued the injured passengers and got them shifted to the Koodligi Government Hospital. Some of the passengers were reportedly taken to the Ballari Trauma Care Centre for further treatment.
A case has been registered at the Koodligi Police Station and the officers are investigating the incident.
