Bantwal: Juvenile booked under POCSO granted bail by court
Bantwal: Minor boy who was booked under stringent POCSO Act for allegedly sending obscene content to a minor girl on messaging app, was granted bail on Wednesday.
Earlier, a video of Bajrang Dal leader Dinesh and three others thrashing the boy had gone viral in local social media groups after which Dinesh and others were arrested by police following a complaint by the boy’s family in May last week.
The boy was later booked under POCSO, arrested, and sent to Juvenile book based on a complaint filed by a girl claiming he had sent explicit content to her on messaging app.
The lawyers of the boy on Wednesday evening confirmed that the boy was granted bail by the court.
More details on this development are awaited. The story will be updated with fresh inputs as and when available.
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Six hospitals in Bengaluru receive bomb threat, turns out to be hoax
Bengaluru: Six private hospitals here received a bomb threat via email which turned out to be a hoax, police said on Monday.
Police began an extensive search operation along with dog and bomb disposal teams in these city hospitals.
"However, no suspicious object was found inside the premises of these hospitals", a senior police official said.
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"It was a hoax threat," he said.
The email to the hospitals on Sunday claimed: "I have placed explosive devices in your building. They will explode in the following hours. This isn't a threat, you have a few hours to disarm the bomb or else the blood of the innocent people inside of the building will be on your hands."
