Mangaluru: Two held for sexually assaulting differently-abled minor girl
Mangaluru, Aug 18: The women's police here have arrested two persons, including a woman, on the charges of sexually assaulting a differently-abled minor girl.
As per a complaint lodged by girl's mother, she had left her special child with the accused man who is known to her family and the woman, her relative, before leaving for Manjeshwar to enquire about an accident in which her brother was involved.
While she was away, the man allegedly sexually assaulted the minor girl with the help of the woman who was with him.
The accused have been identified as Abdul Haleem (37) of Mumbai and Shameena Banu, a native of Kulshekar in the city.
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While the woman was arrested on Wednesday itself when the complaint was lodged, the accused man was arrested with the help of Goa police from a train at Madgaon while he was trying to escape to Mumbai.
A case has been registered under IPC Sections 376 (rape), 109 (abetment) and various provisions under the POCSO Act.
Both the accused were produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody. Women police station inspector A C Lokesh is leading the investigation team, sources said.
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Fire breaks out at shopping mall in Hyderabad, no injuries
Hyderabad (PTI): A fire broke out at a shopping mall in Jubilee Hills area here on Thursday, though no one was injured in the incident, police and Fire department officials said.
The fire started at around 11.20 AM in the building, housing a saree showroom and other garment outlets, where renovation work was going on, they said, adding five workers, who were inside were brought out.
Three fire tenders were pressed into service and the blaze was extinguished. TV visuals showed flames erupting and thick smoke emanating from the exterior of the building.
"The building was vacant and there was no material inside. The fire has been brought under control. No one was injured in the incident," a fire department official said.
The exact cause of the blaze was under investigation, he said.
