Sexual harassment allegation: Kabaddi coach hangs self
Davangere, October 16: A Bengaluru-based Kabaddi coach committed suicide by hanging himself in a lodge at Harihara in the district on Monday.
The deceased has been identified as Rudrappa Hosamani (56). Hailed from Dharwad, Rudrappa Hosamani was working as the senior Kabaddi coach in Sports Authority of India (SAI) in Bengaluru. He was facing a charge of sexually harassing and attempting to rape of 13-year-old girl. Rudrappa came to Harihar by train and stayed in a lodge. In his death note, he asked his wife, son, relatives and colleagues to forgive him. He also asked his son to look after his mother well and donate his body to a medical college, it is said.
He was facing the sexual harassment case at Jnanabharathi police station. In view of this, a case was registered against him under POCSO Act and the police have investigated the case. Desperate over the incident, Rudrappa committed suicide, it is said.
Harihara police registered a case.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
