Enforce rape laws like Saudi Arabia in India: former MLA Shakuntala Shetty urges BJP Govt.
Dakshina Kannada Congress Committee demands justice for Puttur gang-rape victim
Mangaluru: Former MLA and Congress leader Shakuntala Shetty on Monday demanded laws similar to Saudi Arabia for rape cases to be implemented in India to curb crime against women and young girls.
Shakuntala was speaking at a meet outside Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner’s office in the city organised by Dakshina Kannada Congress Committee demanding justice to the girl who was gang-raped in a car in Puttur, video of which had gone viral earlier this month.
“20 year ago, Soumya Bhatt was killed by Muslim youth in Puttur. Condemning the incident the BJP activists had set Puttur on fire and had triggered riots then. Even after that such incidents continued to take place across the District. When a woman was stabbed by a youth near Derlakatte, MP Shobha Karandlaje had blamed District In-Charge Minister U T Khader. Now it is the BJP Government at the centre, they should introduce laws similar to Saudi Arabia which publicly hangs rapists. It will provide justice to the women of this country” Shankuntala demanded.
She further added “Fortunately this time the accused in this case are not from minority community. Otherwise it would have disturbed the peace and law and order of the District”.
MLC and DCC President Harish Kumar, B Ramanath Rai, former MLA Mohiddin Bava, Ibrahim Kodijal, Shahul Hameed K K, Mithun Rai, Shashidhar Hegde, Mohammed Monu and others were present at the meet.
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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.
