Udupi college washroom video row: COD Police submit charge sheet
Udupi: Corps of Detectives (COD) Police has on Tuesday submitted the charge sheet in connection with the Netra Jyoti Paramedical college washroom video shooting case to the Udupi Principal Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class court.
COD Deputy Superintendent of Police AnjuMala submitted the charge sheet in two volumes to the Judge Deepa following the completion of investigation into the matter. Senior Assistant Public Prosecutor HM Nadaf was present on this occasion.
Earlier in June 2023, three women students of the Nethra Jyoti college were accused of shooting a video of another female student of the same college who went to the washroom. widespread controversy, leading to a suo-moto case being registered by the Malpe Police Station against the three students after a week of the incident. Subsequently, an investigation was initiated.
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The incident triggered protests from various quarters, including the Bharatiya Janata Party, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ABVP, and Sangh Parivar, demanding a thorough investigation. Following these protests, Malpe Police Circle Inspector Manjunath Gowda was replaced as the lead investigator, and Kundapur DySP Belliyappa took over. Subsequently, On August 7, the state government released an order handing over the investigation of this case to the CID.
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South African police arrest suspect in mass shooting that killed 12, including 3 children
Johannesburg (AP): A 32-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting which claimed the lives of 12 people including three children at an unlicensed pub earlier this month, South African police said on Monday.
The man is suspected of being one of the three people who opened fire on patrons in a pub at Saulsville township, west of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing 12 people including three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
At least 13 people were also injured during the attack, whose motive remains unknown.
According to the police, the suspect was arrested on Sunday while traveling to Botlokwa in Limpopo province, more than 340 km from where the mass shooting took place on Dec 6.
An unlicensed firearm believed to have been used during the attack was recovered from the suspect's vehicle.
“The 32-year-old suspect was intercepted by Limpopo Tracking Team on the R101 Road in Westenburg precinct. During the arrest, the team recovered an unlicensed firearm, a hand gun, believed to have been used in the commission of the multiple murders. The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic analysis,” police said in statement.
The suspect was arrested on the same day that another mass shooting at a pub took place in the Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg, in which nine people were killed and 10 wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on patrons.
Police have since launched a search for the suspects.
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and recorded more than 26,000 homicides in 2024 — an average of more than 70 a day. Firearms are by far the leading cause of death in homicides.
The country of 62 million people has relatively strict gun ownership laws, but many killings are committed with illegal guns, according to authorities.
According to police, mass shootings at unlicensed bars are becoming a serious problem. Police shut down more than 11,000 illegal taverns between April and September this year and arrested more than 18,000 people for involvement in illegal liquor sales.
