30- day 'Door to Door visit by BLOs' campaign inaugurated in Dakshina Kannada
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District Administration in association with Zilla Panchayath on Sunday kicked off the 30 campaign of Door-to-Door visit by Block Level Officers (BLOs) for verification, authentication and other related revisions of electoral roll.
The campaign will also offer opportunity for the voters authenticate, add, delete, correct and revise their names in the electoral rolls during the Sept 1 to 30 campaign across the state.
Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayath Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Salvamani after inaugurating the campaign added that the administration has received several complaints regarding adding, authenticating and revising their names in the electoral rolls and asserted that this was the right opportunity for the people to benefit from the campaign and get their work done.
During the campaign the Block Level Officers will pay visit to homes and would offer assistance on all the electoral roll related queries and changes to be made.
Several officials of District Administration including Additional Deputy Commissioner M J Roopa, Mangaluru Assistant Commissioner Ravichandra Nayak and others addressed the event and urged people and BLOs to work cooperatively during the campaign.
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Three arrested for gangrape, blackmail of college student in Bengaluru
Ramanagara (Karnataka) (PTI): Three men have been arrested for allegedly gangraping a 19-year-old college student and blackmailing her using a video of the assault, police said on Thursday.
The incident occurred in October at the house of one of the accused in Magadi taluk of Bengaluru South district, they added.
Of the three accused, two are college students, while the third is an electrician by profession, police said.
According to police, the woman came into contact with the prime accused, also a college student, around six to seven months ago.
He befriended her, gained her confidence, and later entered into a relationship with her after promising marriage.
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On the pretext of the relationship, he allegedly established a physical relationship with her and secretly recorded the act on his mobile phone without her knowledge.
He later showed the video to his friends, who are co-accused in the case, a senior police officer said.
In October, the prime accused allegedly threatened and blackmailed the woman using the video clip of their intimate moments and forced her to comply with his demands.
He then allegedly sexually assaulted her along with the other two accused. The assault was also recorded, police said.
The video was later circulated on WhatsApp by one of the accused, they added.
Unable to bear the harassment, the victim informed her parents and approached the police.
Based on her complaint, a case was registered on December 17 at the Magadi police station under Sections 64 (rape), 70 (gangrape) and 71 (punishment for repeat offenders) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police said.
Bengaluru South District Superintendent of Police Srinivas Gowda said all three accused were arrested.
"Two of them are students, and one is employed. All three were known to the victim and had been acquainted with her for more than a couple of months," he said.
