Puttur: BJP leader’s son Krishna J. Rao arrested for sexual intercourse on false promise of marriage
Puttur: Krishna J. Rao, son of senior BJP leader P.G. Jagannivasa Rao, who had been absconding after a complaint was filed against him for engaging in sexual relations with a fellow student under the false promise of marriage and later refusing to marry her, has been arrested by police near Mysuru. He is expected to be produced before the court on Saturday.
According to police sources, Krishna, who was a high school classmate of the survivor and is currently a college student, allegedly developed a relationship with her and invited her to his house when no one was present. There, he engaged in sexual intercourse with her under the assurance that they would get married. The girl later became pregnant and recently gave birth to a baby boy.
The initial complaint was filed at the Puttur Women’s Police Station on June 11. At that time, the accused’s father submitted a written statement to the police, assuring that Krishna would marry the survivor after turning 21 on June 23. He also stated that legal action could be taken if the marriage did not take place.
However, after Krishna reached the age of 21, he allegedly refused to marry her. The survivor then lodged a formal complaint again on June 24. Following this, Krishna went into hiding, after which the police launched a search operation.
In the meantime, P.G. Jagannivasa Rao was admitted to Mahaveer Hospital due to health complications. DYSP Arun Nagegowda visited the hospital to assess his condition and informed the family to cooperate in locating Krishna. A photograph of the accused with three others inside a car had also gone viral on social media, increasing public outrage.
With growing pressure from various social organisations and rights groups, and after visits from leaders such as Karnataka Backward Classes Commission member Pratibha Kulai, the police formed a special team to trace the accused.
Shortly after P.G. Jagannivasa Rao was discharged from the hospital on July 4, police took him along during their search. They finally located Krishna near Mysuru and took him into custody. He has now been brought to Puttur and remains under police custody.
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Iran reimposes restrictions on Strait of Hormuz, accusing US of violating deal to reopen it
Cairo (AP): Iran swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway on Saturday after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iran-linked shipping.
Iran's joint military command said on Saturday that “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state ... under strict management and control of the armed forces.” It warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the US blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect.
The announcement came the morning after US President Donald Trump said that even after Iran announced the strait's reopening on Friday, the American blockade “will remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a deal with the US, including on its nuclear programme.
The conflict over the chokepoint threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy after oil prices began to fall again on Friday on hopes the US and Iran were drawing closer to an agreement. Roughly one-fifth of the world's oil passes through the strait, and further limits would squeeze already constrained supply, driving prices higher once again.
Control over the strait has proven to be one of Iran's main points of leverage and prompted the United States to deploy forces and initiate a blockade on Iranian ports as part of an effort to force Iran to accept a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire to end almost seven weeks of war that has raged between Israel, the US and Iran.
Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels after a 10-day truce was announced between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. But after Trump said the blockade would continue, top Iranian officials said his announcement violated last week's ceasefire agreement between Iran and the US and warned the strait would not stay open if the US blockade remained in effect.
A data firm, Kpler, said movement through the strait remained confined to corridors requiring Iran's approval.
US forces have sent 21 ships back to Iran since the blockade began on Monday, US Central Command said on X.
Truce in Lebanon could help US-Iran peace efforts
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The ceasefire in Lebanon could clear one major obstacle to an agreement. But it was unclear to what extent Hezbollah would abide by a deal it did not play a role in negotiating, and which will leave Israeli troops occupying a stretch of southern Lebanon.
Trump said in another post that Israel is “prohibited” by the US from further strikes on Lebanon and that “enough is enough” in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
The State Department said the prohibition applies only to offensive attacks and not to actions taken in self-defence.
Shortly before Trump's post, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel agreed to the ceasefire in Lebanon “at the request of my friend President Trump,” but that the campaign against Hezbollah is not complete.
He claimed Israel had destroyed about 90 per cent of Hezbollah's missile and rocket stockpiles and added that Israeli forces “have not finished yet” with the dismantling of the group.
In Beirut, displaced families began moving toward southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs despite warnings by officials not to return to their homes until it became clear whether the ceasefire would hold.
The Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon reported sporadic artillery shelling in some parts of southern Lebanon in the hours after the ceasefire took effect.
An end to Israel's war with Hezbollah was a key demand of Iranian negotiators, who previously accused Israel of breaking last week's ceasefire with strikes on Lebanon. Israel had said that the deal did not cover Lebanon.
The fighting has killed at least 3,000 people in Iran, more than 2,290 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Thirteen US service members have also been killed.
