Puttur Gang Rape case: High Court grants bail to one accused
Puttur: One of the five accused in the Puttur gang rape case of a college student was on Thursday granted bail by Karnataka High Court in the case, while the bail application of the other four accused will be heard next week in the High Court.
Court of Thursday granted bail to Prajwal (19), a resident of Bantwal Taluk.
The case dates back to March this year when the five accused had offered lift to a girl of their college to drop her to home and had raped her in an isolated place on car. The video of the incident was also recorded by the accused.
The video went viral on social media platforms in July this year after which the Puttur Women Police filed suo-motto case and had traced and arrested the accused. The arrested accuse were identified as Gurunandan (19), Sunil (19), Prajwal (19), Kishan (19) and Prakyath (19) all students of same college that of the victim.
All the five accused were sent to judicial custody of which Prajwal was granted bail on Thursday. Bail applications of other accused will be heard next week in High Court.
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Man kills 12-year-old nephew over property dispute in Karnataka’s Sindhanur
Sindhanur: A 12-year-old boy was killed and his mother seriously injured after a man allegedly attacked his elder brother’s family with a knife over a property dispute in Alabanur village of Sindhanur taluk on Wednesday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Nagaraj Siddappa Alvi (12). Amrutha Siddappa (42) sustained serious injuries in the attack. Police said the accused is Basavaraj Rudrappa Alvi, the younger brother of the victim boy’s father.
According to preliminary information, Basavaraj had arrived in Alabanur village on Tuesday and was staying at his mother’s house.
On Wednesday morning, he allegedly went to the house of his brother Siddappa carrying a knife. At the time, Siddappa’s wife Amrutha and children Nagaraj and Dhanush were present in the house.
Police said the accused allegedly attacked them with the knife. Nagaraj died in the incident, while Amrutha and Dhanush suffered serious injuries.
The injured were shifted to the government hospital in the city for treatment.
Deputy Superintendent of Police G. Chandrashekhar visited the spot and gathered information.
Sources said Chinnamma Rudrappa of Alabanur village has two sons Siddappa, who lives in Alabanur, and Basavaraj, who resides in Alliganur village of Siruguppa taluk.
Police suspect the long-standing property dispute between the two brothers led to the fatal attack.
