Puttur: Before the district could forget the gang rape incident of a college student which rocked the district, a married man has been arrested for raping a girl.

The accused has been identified as Sanjeev Poojary, a resident of Palaneeru of Madnooru village in Puttur taluk.  Puttur rural police have arrested him.  

It has been alleged that Sanjeev forcibly took the girl to a deserted area and sexually assaulted her in Papemajal, a village in Ariyadka village in the limits of Puttur police station, on Friday.

DK District Police Superintendent BM Lakshmiprasad visited Puttur and obtained details about the girl's health at a government hospital. The subjected the accused to interrogation at the Puttur Rural Police Station.

MLA condemned the incident

Puttur MLA Sanjeeva Matandoor has condemned the rape case. He has appealed advocate community not to advocate on behalf of the accused.

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Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): A man was arrested on Monday after a 14-year-old boy was killed when a car overturned during a stunt-driving incident at Chamakala Rajiv Road beach in Chentrappinni here, police said.

The arrested accused was identified as Shajeer alias Saddam (36), a native of Kurikkuzhi in Kaipamangalam.

According to police, the incident occurred around 6 pm on Sunday when the accused allegedly performed dangerous drifting manoeuvres with an open-top Gypsy vehicle at the beach, without following any safety norms.

The accused picked up three minors — Mohammed Sinan (14), Mohammed Shafeer (14) and Ameer (12) — who were playing at the beach, and made them sit at the rear of the vehicle before driving recklessly.

While performing the drifting stunt, the vehicle went out of control and overturned, trapping Sinan underneath.

He suffered severe head injuries and succumbed to the impact, police said.

Based on a complaint, Kaipamangalam police registered a case under Section 105 (culpable homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

After completing the preliminary probe, police arrested Shajeer on Monday.

He was later produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody, police said.

The accused is involved in 11 criminal cases.