UP: Police constable, brother booked for gang-raping woman
Pilibhit (UP) (PTI): A police constable and his brother were booked for allegedly gang-raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, police said on Tuesday.
According to the police, the woman, who is a resident of Saharanpur district, wrote a letter to the superintendent of police alleging that the accused constable had promised to marry her after they came in contact with each other.
She alleged that the accused took her to different hotels and continued to rape her following which she became pregnant twice, they said.
The woman also alleged that about six months ago she had lodged a complaint against the accused person at a police station. However, the accused constable on January 25 this year made her give an affidavit regarding their marriage to the police. After this, he took her to Shamli at the residence of his elder brother, police said.
The woman, in her complaint, said the accused person and his brother both raped her at gunpoint there, they said.
Police said a case has been registered in this connection investigation launched.
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Yogish Gowda murder case: HC issues notice to CBI after hearing Kulkarni’s plea
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) following the filing of application by Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and Chandrashekhar Indi challenging the life imprisonment awarded to them by the Special Court for murder of BJP Dharwad leader Yogish Gowda.
The divisional bench comprising Justices Muhammad Nawaz and T Venkatesh Naik heard the pleas filed by Kulkarni on April 15 and Chandrashekhar Indi also called Chandu Mama on April 16.
The bench has now issued a notice to the CBI and also directed the HC Registry to obtain the trial court documents before adjourning the hearing.
