Belagavi: Malamaruthi Police have filed an FIR against the accused in a recent incident reported from Waddarwadi, where a 60-year-old woman and her 29-year-old daughter were attacked and their clothes torn in public by a group that suspected the two women to be running a sex racket.

A case has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 115(2), 3(5), 331, 352 and 74 based on a complaint filed by the two women. The Malamaruthi police officers are conducting an investigation of the incident.

The two women and their children had been living in the house in Waddarwadi for four years. On Monday night, members of a family in the neighbourhood, which suspected the women to be running a sex racket, forced their way into the women’s house. The assaulters tore the women’s clothes apart and also attacked them in public.

The shocking incident, which occurred on Monday night, was reportedly captured on the mobile phone of an eye-witness.

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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.