Activist Timarodi files complaint with SIT about four suspicious deaths; asks officers to file FIR
Belthangady: Sowjanya Movement activist Mahesh Shetty Timarodi visited the office of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Dharmasthala mass burial case here and filed a complaint on Thursday night alleging that four unidentified people had died under suspicious circumstances in various lodges in Dharmasthala village between 2006 and 2010.
Timarodi told the officers that there was also a suspicion of the deaths, which occurred in lodges named ‘Gayathri’, ‘Sharavathi’ and ‘Vaishali’, being cases of murder. The Gram Panchayat was forced to declare the corpses to be unidentified and close the case hurriedly, he told the SIT, asking the officers to file an FIR and investigate the matter.
The activist has said in the complaint that only unnatural death reports (UDR) were filed in relation to the deaths. Although the deaths were suspected either murders or suicides, the failure on the part of the officials to file an FIR has only aggravated suspicion regarding the cause for the deaths, he has added.
Timarodi is said to have filed the complaint on Thursday night, based on information from documents accessed using the RTI Act.
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Minor girl kidnapped and raped; main accused and two cafe owners held
Latur (PTI): A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an 18-year-old man in Latur, leading to the arrest of the main accused and owners of two cafes where the crime occurred on December 4, police said on Saturday.
Police traced the girl within hours of registering the complaint. The accused, identified as Rihan Gulab Shaikh, was arrested based on the girl's complaint. Two others are owners of two cafes where the crime occurred, police said.
Police registered a case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), POCSO Act, and the Prevention of Atrocities Act, an official said.
