Student gang rape incident: Five students suspended from college
Sue moto case registered at Puttur women police station
Puttur: All the five students of a Vivekananda College who allegedly raped a student and circulated a gang rape video on social media were arrested on Wednesday. Following their arrest, all the five students were suspended from the college.
The incident came to light this week after a video of the act went viral.
The arrested have been identified as Gurunandan and Sunil of Puttur and Prajwal, Kishan and Prakhyath from Bantwal, all aged 19 years, police said.
They have been charged under IPC 341 (wrongful restraint), 376 (d) (gang rape), the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and IT Act.
Police said the five students had allegedly raped the girl by taking her in their car to a forest area.
They also recorded the act and threatened the girl that the video would be shared on social media if she revealed the incident to anyone.
The arrested have been identified as Gurunandan (19) of Canadamule, Sunil (19) of Pili gunda of Puttur taluk, Rawal (19) of Kadambu, Kishan (19) of Peene and Prakhyat (19) of Balua and all of them are studying in the second year degree.
As the video went viral, district police registered a case at the Puttur women's police station and formed two teams to trace the culprits, which led to the arrests.
District superintendent of police B M Laxmi Prasad warned the public not to share it on social media.
In a press note, he said this will amount to a criminal offence under 354 (c) of IPC (Voyeurism) and provisions of the IT act and people including group admins will be arraigned as accused under the sections.
The five students have been suspended from the college after the police intimated the arrest to the authorities.
The decision was taken by the institutions administrative board.
All are active in ABVP: SP
All arrested accused were active in the ABVP unit in the college. Even the victim was also the member of the organization, SP Lakshmi Prasad said.
The Sangh Parivar backed ABVP activists act evoked widespread anger across the society. As soon as the incident came to light, the college management has suspended all the five students from the college, it is said.
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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.
