Kundapur girl secures second state rank in SSLC examination, says did not take any tuition
Kundapur: Srilahari Devadiga, a student of Kundapura Sri Venkataramana English Medium High School, secured the second position in the state and the first position in Udupi district by scoring 624 marks in the SSLC examination.
She is the daughter of Shridhar Devadiga, a businessman, and Lalitha S, a typist in the Kundapur City Planning Authority.
Srilahari has been attending Venkataramana School since first grade and scored 125 in Sanskrit, 100 in Kannada, 100 in English, 100 in Science, 100 in Social Studies, and 99 in Mathematics. Despite not taking any tuitions, Srilahari attributed her success to her daily study routine and the encouragement of her parents, family, and teachers.
Expressing her joy at her daughter's achievement, Lalitha Sridhar Devadiga said that Srilahari studied diligently and did not go to tuitions, except for home lessons.
Srilahari expressed her desire to continue in the science department and pursue a career as a doctor. She also stated that achieving a score of 620 was expected to be high and she is pleased to have secured the first position in the district.
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Malaysian Indian sentenced to jail and caning for raping Indonesian woman in Singapore
Singapore (PTI): An Indian-origin Malaysian man was sentenced in Singapore to 12 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a domestic worker outside a train station after tricking her into thinking that he was a police officer.
Sharveen Chetty, 48, pleaded guilty on February 4 to one charge of raping the 35-year-old Indonesian woman in the bushes outside Exit F of a subway, Little India Mass Rapid Transit station, at about 8pm on July 11, 2022.
The victim was with her friends at the time, but Chetty lured her away before he sexually assaulted her, according to a report by The Straits Times on Thursday.
Two other charges – a second rape charge and a charge of impersonating a police officer – were taken into consideration during sentencing on Wednesday.
The witnesses who testified on the first day of the trial included a doctor from Women’s and Children’s Hospital who examined the victim a day after the rapes, and forensic scientists from the Health Sciences Authority.
Chetty had initially contested the charges in a High Court trial that began on February 3. But he changed his mind and pleaded guilty on what would have been the second day of the trial, according to the daily report.
In sentencing, Justice Dedar Singh Gill considered it aggravating that Chetty had targeted the victim because she was a foreigner who might be unfamiliar with the local authorities.
The judge rejected the defence's arguments that the rape was not premeditated.
The judge, however, noted that Chetty had pleaded guilty before the victim and key prosecution witnesses testified, thus sparing her and her friends from going through cross-examination.
The prosecution had sought a sentence of between 11 and 13 years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane, noting Chetty’s extensive efforts to disguise himself, and his predatory act of leading the victim away from the rest of the group.
Chetty admitted that he became sexually attracted to the victim.
