Karkala Rape incident: Accused teacher sent to judicial custody
Udupi, Dec 14: Kundapura district special court on Friday sent teacher Prasad (28) who was arrested on charges of raping a minor student of a private school in Karkala, under POCSO Act, to 14 days judicial custody.
A video clip on raping the girl in a classroom has gone viral in social media, following which, the Karkala rural police arrested Prasad based on a complaint given by the school headmaster and registered a case under POCSO Act.
On Friday, the accused was produced before the court which handed him over to judicial custody till December 28.
Later, the accused was sent to the jail at Hiriyadka.
‘Not only the teacher, the police also registered cases against a local TV channel which telecast the video and a website which published the photo based on the complaint from the school headmaster. Investigation on posting the video into the social media will also be conducted and action will be taken against them’, SP Laxman Nimbargi.
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'India stands in solidarity': PM speaks to UAE president, condemns attacks on Gulf nation
New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday night spoke to the President of the UAE, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and strongly condemned the attacks on the Gulf nation, saying India stands in solidarity with the UAE in these difficult times.
Mod also thanked the UAE president for taking care of the Indian community living in the Gulf nation, and said New Delhi supports de-escalation, regional peace, security and stability.
"Spoke with President of the UAE, my brother Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Strongly condemned the attacks on the UAE and condoled the loss of lives in these attacks. India stands in solidarity with the UAE in these difficult times.
"Thanked him for taking care of the Indian community living in the UAE. We support de-escalation, regional peace, security and stability," Modi wrote on X.
Iranian strikes across the UAE in the past two days have resulted in three fatalities and injuries to 58 people, including an Indian national, officials confirmed on Sunday.
The Indian Embassy in the UAE, in a social media post, said it was aware of the injury to the Indian national and was in touch with the hospital authorities.
The UAE's defence ministry said it intercepted 165 ballistic missiles, of which 152 were destroyed, and 13 drowned in the sea.
It also destroyed two cruise missiles and 541 Iranian drones, 506 of which were shot down, the ministry said.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a coordinated US-Israeli airstrike on Tehran early Saturday, with the Iranian state media confirming the death on Sunday.
Iran began firing missiles at Israel and the Arab countries in the region in retaliation for the killing of its supreme leader.
