Pregnant woman rape, murder case: accused gets death sentence
Kundapur: The Kundapur Additional Sessions Court convicted Prashant Mogaveera to death in the rape and murder of a pregnant woman three years ago.
The district court judge Prakash Khanderi sentenced the victim to 10 years for raping a pregnant woman, ten years for theft, four years for attempt to kidnap, one year for illegally entering the house, and a death sentence for killing a woman and her fetal.
Hundreds of people had gathered in front of the court in the wake of the verdict.
On April 11, 2015, Prashanth, had arrived at a house in Moodugopadi asking for drinking water. When the resident of the home, a pregnant woman opened the door, he allegedly raped her.
The pregnant woman Indira was then murdered by him with a boulder. He then fled away from the spot after robbing her necklace. However, he was nabbed by the Kundapur police, who saw him running with blood-soaked clothes.
The court had rejected his bail, and after three years, on February 14, the court had finally declared him guilty, after all the allegations were proved against him.
Various organizations had staged protests demanding harsh punishment for the accused.
Kundapur Senior Advocate Ravikiran Murdeshwara was appointed as a special government prosecutor at the request of the family of the deceased.
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Tahawwur Rana likely to be lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail after reaching India
New Delhi (PTI): Mumbai terror attack case accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is being extradited from the US, is likely to be lodged in a high-security ward in Tihar jail here when he reaches India, prison sources said.
All necessary preparations have been made in the jail, they said.
Rana, 64, is a Pakistan-born Canadian national and close associate of one of the main conspirators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, a US citizen.
Rana is being brought to India after his last-ditch attempt to evade extradition failed as the US Supreme Court justices rejected his application.
According to officials, a multi-agency team had gone to the US to bring him to India.
On November 26, 2008, a group of 10 Pakistani terrorists went on a rampage, carrying out a coordinated attack on a railway station, two luxury hotels and a Jewish centre, after they sneaked into India's financial capital using the sea route in the Arabian Sea.
As many as 166 people were killed in the nearly 60-hour assault that sent shockwaves across the country and even brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
