Udupi: Man gets 10-year RI for sexually harassing, robbing elderly woman
Udupi, Dec 2: The Udupi district and sessions court has sentenced a 30-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing an 80-year-old woman and robbing her of 'mangalsutra', ear-rings, and cash.
Irfan (30), a native of Shivamogga, was convicted and fined Rs 50,000 by judge Dinesh Hegde.
The elderly woman from Tamil Nadu was living in Udupi city for the last 40 years. She used to pick scrap and sell it to the scrap dealer for a living and used to sleep in the vicinity of Sri Krishna mutt.
Irfan, working in a nearby chicken shop, sexually harassed the woman and robbed her of her gold ornaments and cash in June 2017, and escaped.
The woman was admitted to Udupi district hospital. Personnel from the women's police station took her statement and registered a case.
Irfan was taken into custody under body warrant from Bengaluru where he was jailed in connection with a murder case. The charge sheet was filed in the court in 2018.
The court started the hearing in April 2022. A total of 18 witnesses deposed before the court, which found him guilty.
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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.
