Bhovis in Tarikere ostracize woman for permitting daughter to have intercaste marriage
Chikkamagaluru: A woman living in Lingadahalli of Tarikere taluk and belonging to the Bhovi community was ostracized by the members of the community for having permitted the intercaste marriage of one of her daughters.
Jayamma, who was a member of the Bhovi community and had four daughters and a son, had married three of her daughters to youngsters from the same community. Her youngest daughter, however, loved a youngster belonging to Adikarnataka community and married him with the consent of both families.
The Bhovis in Lingadahalli, however, took objection to a girl of their community opting for intercaste marriage and, led by a teacher from the community, are learned to have ostracized Jayamma for a year now. The woman is denied permission to attend social functions of the community and enter temples, sources have said.
Jayamma is reportedly running from pillar to post in an attempt to file a complaint with the deputy commissioner regarding the ostracism.
The Bhim Army, however, has expressed its support to the family, clarifying that a citizen had the right to marry the person he/she loved, adding that love marriage was not a crime. The Army members also stated that ostracizing people, however, was unjust.
The members have said that a meeting would be called to discuss Jayamma’s issue under the SC/ST Act in order to give justice to the woman and also convince the Bhovis in the matter.
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
