Girl harassed by auto rickshaw driver in Bantwal; case filed under POCSO Act
Bantwal: In an incident reported on Thursday, local police have booked an auto-rickshaw driver for allegedly harassing a minor girl student who was waiting for a bus near college in Panemangalore here.
The accused has been identified as Aboobakar Siddiq, an auto rickshaw driver, and a resident of Narikombu. He was booked based on a complaint filed by the girl’s father.
According to the complaint, the girl fainted after being harassed by the accused following which she was shifted to a local shifted.
Rumors soon spread that the girl fainted after eating the chocolate offered by the auto-driver leading to hundreds of people thronging to the hospital. Local police howevere rejected the claims that the chocolate was drugged and added that the chocolate was sent for lab testing and the test results confirmed that there was no narcotic traces on the chocolate
They added that investigation was on and the accused would soon be arrested.
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Eligible families won't be inconvenienced with BPL card revision: Karnataka minister Muniyappa
Bengaluru, Nov 26: Karnataka minister K H Muniyappa on Monday said the officials have been instructed to restore the Below Poverty Line and Above Poverty Line ration cards as they existed earlier.
The Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister said the decision to this effect was taken in a meeting on November 21 on the orders of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Muniyappa said he has instructed officials to correct all the ration cards by November 28 and distribute rice to the BPL ration card holders with all the facilities.
This comes after some confusion in the state over the cancellation of many Below Poverty Line ration cards while the list of BPL families was being revised. The minister clarified that there was no need to worry for the eligible beneficiaries.
"Steps are being taken to ensure that the eligible beneficiaries are not inconvenienced, and the ineligible ration cards of taxpayers and government employees will be transferred to APL," he said.
The minister underlined that the state government has introduced pro-poor schemes for the benefit of economically weaker sections.
