Woman injured as leopard paws through safari bus window in Bannerghatta park
Bengaluru (PTI): A woman was injured after a leopard allegedly tried to attack her through the mesh window of a safari bus in Bannerghatta National Park here on Thursday, officials said. The woman identified as Vahitha Banu (56), was immediately given first aid and later shifted to a private hospital for further treatment. The incident occurred at around 1 pm during a leopard safari trip, they said. A video of the incident, widely shared on social media, shows the leopard climbing on to the safari bus and pawing through the window in an attempt to attack the woman. According to officials, the safari buses in the park are fitted with metal wire mesh on their windows and openings to prevent animals from coming into direct contact with visitors, and that the leopard’s paw had reached through a small gap in the mesh. “The woman received scratch injuries to her hand and was given first aid. She was shifted to a private hospital for treatment and is stated to be doing fine,” an official said. According to an official statement, all the safari drivers were warned about a previous leopard attack and were instructed to follow precautionary safety measures during the leopard safari. "However, the authorities are reviewing the incident and non-AC bus safari will be stopped indefinitely till further communication and the buses will be assessed for complete safety during the downtime. Inconvenience caused to visitors is regretted," it added.
A 50-year-old woman from Chennai sustained injuries to her hand when a leopard, at @bannerghattazoo, leapt on to a safari bus & clawed her. She was rushed to a hospital in Jigani & she is stable. Post the incident non AC bus safari has been halted. #Karnataka #Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/ZSPJOrM3oe
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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.
