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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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
