Kalaburagi: A 15-year-old girl was sexually abused and murdered near Koralli village of Alanda taluk here on Tuesday, when she had gone out of her house to relieve herself.

The teenager, a native of Ajalapura taluk, was living with her relatives in Koralli for education. She had visited her parents for a few days during the festive season, before returning to Koralli on Tuesday, said sources.

In the afternoon, she reportedly went out of the house but did not return home even by evening. Worried over this, the girl’s relatives are said to have searched for her and found her body in a sugarcane field nearby.

The girl was dragged to the field when she went out on Tuesday afternoon and her limbs tied before she was sexually abused and murdered. Her clothes are torn and have blood stains. There are blood spots on the girl’s neck too, giving rise to the suspicion that she was strangulated, said the police.

A case was registered at the Alanda Police Station.

Superintendent of Police Isha Panth, Additional SP Prasanna Desai, DySP Ravindra Shiroor, Circle Inspector Basu Chavan and Sub-inspector Thirumalesh visited the village on learning of the incident, said sources.

The officers spoke to the victim’s relatives and Koralli residents to get information on the case.

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Shivamogga: A leopard was killed after being hit by a motorcycle near Mandagadde in Thirthahalli taluk of Shivamogga district.

According to reports, the biker was travelling from Shivamogga towards Thirthahalli when the leopard suddenly came onto the road from a nearby forest area near Mandagadde. The rider is said to have lost control of the bike and crashed into the animal.

The leopard suffered severe injuries in the impact and died on the spot. The biker also fell onto the road along with the motorcycle and sustained serious injuries. He was shifted to a hospital in Shivamogga for further treatment.

After receiving information about the incident, forest department officials, including Gajanur RFO Vinay Kumar, visited the spot and conducted an inspection.