Puttur: Police arrest five teens in connection with the viral gang-rape video
Puttur: Dakshina Kannada Police on Wednesday arrested five people in connection with the gang-rape of a college student in a car which came to light after its video went viral on social media on Tuesday evening.
The arrested have been identified as Gurunandan Radha Krishna (19) Bajattur village of Puttur Taluk, Aryapu village’s Sunil Gowda (19), Bantwal’s Perne resident Prajwal Nagesh Naik (19), Kishan Sadashiv (19) and Prakyath Subanna Shetty of Barimar village.
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Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Laxmi Prasad had formed a special team to investigate the case after the video of the incident went viral and had warned social media users from sharing the clip.
Working under the supervision of SP the team arrested five accused in the case. Earlier, a suo-motto case was registered at Puttur’s Women Police Station on Wednesday morning.
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Teen dies in car stunt accident in Kerala, driver held
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.
