Sex assault on mentally impaired girls: 5 held
Mangaluru: Police have arrested five persons including Aban (30) who allegedly sexually assaulted three mentally impaired minor girls for two years.
Three sisters aged 16, 17, and 18, from Udayagiri police limits, were sexually abused in different places. The crime was exposed with the initiative of Odanadi Seva—a Mysuru-based NGO.
According to the NGO, all the three girls who belonged to an economically backward family were pushed into prostitution.
The arrested took them to Bengaluru, Mangaluru, and Mandya and sexually abused the girls. Following a complaint from their family members, police tracked down the victims and brought them to Odanadi Samsthe for counseling. During the counseling session, the girls provided details of the abusers.
According to police, one of the victims was asked to call the mastermind from Mangaluru. When he reached the city to meet her, Mangaluru City police arrested him.
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Govt asks Wikipedia why it should not be treated as publisher instead of intermediary
New Delhi (PTI): The Centre has written to Wikipedia noting numerous complaints of bias and inaccuracies in information provided by it, and asked why it should not be treated as a publisher instead of an intermediary, sources said on Tuesday.
The communication from the Information and Broadcasting ministry said there is a view that a small group exercises editorial control on its pages.
Wikipedia advertises itself as a free online encyclopedia where volunteers can create or edit pages on personalities, issues or various subjects.
The popular online source of information is embroiled in legal cases in India over alleged inaccurate and defamatory content provided by it.
