Bantwala, September 21: Condemning the rape on 8-year-old girl near Gudinabali in the taluk, activists of taluk Campus Front of India and National Women’s Front staged a protest at Kaikamba on BC Road in the taluk on Friday.

NWF district committee member Sumaiah said that the NWF would strongly condemn the rape incident. The number of rape and exploitation of women and children was increasing considerably in the country due to which women and children would not have safety and living under serious insecurity. As the police have been booking petty cases against the rape accused, they were coming on bails very easily and involve in such activities again. So, the state government and the police department should consider such incidents seriously and take stringent actions against the accused. The victim should be compensated properly, she urged.



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Brahmavar: Police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old man following a quarrel after a drinking party at Kotathattu Padukere in Brahmavar taluk.

The deceased has been identified as Santhosh Mogaveera, a resident of Padukere. The arrested accused are Darshan (21) of Parampalli Padukere, Kaushik (21) of Neeradi Jeddu, Sasthan Pandeshwar, and Ankit (19) and Sujan (21), both residents of Kotathattu Padukere. All four have been produced before the court.

According to the police, the incident occurred on the evening of December 14. Santhosh, along with Sachin, Chethan, Kaushik, Sujan and Darshan, had gone to a bar and later came to the Padukere Circle, where they had food and were conversing. During this time, an argument broke out between the groups over issues related to Santhosh’s family and alcohol consumption. The verbal altercation escalated, with the accused allegedly abusing Santhosh and assaulting him together.

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It is alleged that during the scuffle, Darshan struck Santhosh forcefully on the back of his neck with his hand, while Kaushik also assaulted him. Though others attempted to intervene and stop the fight, Santhosh collapsed at the spot.

He was later rushed to a private hospital in Brahmavar, where doctors declared him brought dead. A case has been registered at Kota Police Station in this regard.

Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna, Kota Sub-Inspector Praveen Kumar T and Station SI Mantesh Jabha Gowda visited the spot and conducted an inspection. Further investigation is underway.