Attempt to outrage GP member: Accused held
Puttur, September 24: The police arrested an aged person on charges of outraging Badagannur grama panchayat member and ASHA worker at Dembale in the taluk on Sunday. The accused was produced before the court which remanded him to judicial custody.
The accused is identified as Muhammad Kunhi (68) of Dembale in Paduvannutu village. On September 20, the accused had tried to sexually harass the victim and fled the scene after the incident, according to a complaint lodged in the police station. Later, the gram panchayat held an emergency meeting which urged the authorities to arrest the accused immediately.
On Sunday night, the police traced the accused and produced him before the judge who remanded him to the judicial custody.
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Three of family killed as car overturns in Mandya
Mandya (PTI): Three members of a family, two of them women, were killed when the car they were travelling in overturned and fell into a ditch on Sunday, police said.
The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a bridge on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway at Nagamangala in Mandya district, police added.
The deceased were identified as Chandregowda (62) and Sarojamma (57), both residents of Chikkamagaluru. They were returning to their hometown when the accident occurred, police sources said.
In another incident near Agaralinganna Doddi in Maddur taluk, a private bus overturned on a service road, injuring more than 30 people. Locals helped rescue the passengers after the accident.
The passengers were travelling to Bengaluru after visiting the Shimsha Maramma temple in Malavalli. The injured were taken to hospitals in Mandya and Maddur for treatment.
