Plot to kill rationalist Prof Narendra Nayak?
Complaint lodged against stranger
Mangaluru, June 14: Mangaluru-based rationalist and Rationalists Association national president Prof Narendra Nayak lodged a complaint against hatching out a plot for the third time to kill him after the murder of rationalist Prof MM Kalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh.
Prof Nayak said that he has lodged the complaint following a suspicious movement of a stranger before his flat and previous incidents. On June 12, a stranger came to the flat where Prof Nayak is living and said he would require a labourer to his teacher. Suspecting his attitude and movement, when the flat watchman asked him, he fled the scene, it is said.
Speaking to Varthabharati, Prof Nayak said that the stranger came to his flat on Tuesday. Because of his suspicious attitude, flat watchman asked him. But he left the place without giving any answer. When this incident happened, he was in Tamil Nadu and he has reached Mangaluru on Thursday. Now, he has given a complaint against this incident to Urva police station, he said.
In last March and November, murder attempt was made against Prof Nayak and even he had received a threatening call. But the purpose of the stranger is not yet known. But he has given the complaint based on the previous attempts, he said.
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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.
