Mangaluru: Two including lecturers arrested for plastering defamatory posters on female colleague
Mangaluru: The Mangaluru city police have arrested three men including a college convener and two professors of a prestigious college in the district, for plastering a defamatory poster containing offensive writing against a female lecturer at a public place.
The arrested accused have been identified as Prakash Shenoy (44), a resident of Laaila at Belthangady Taluk, Pradeep Poojary (36), a resident of Ulirodi at Siddakatte Vegi, and Tharanath B. S. Shetty (32), a resident of Sitanadi at Hebri Taluk in Udupi. While one of the accused was a college convener, the other two were working lecturers in the college, it is learned.
Reportedly, amid an ongoing conflict over the appointment of lecturers in the college and matters of administration at a prestigious college at Bantwal in D.K. District, a female lecturer of the college was being targeted by the accused who indulged in producing offensive letters, defamatory posters against her and sending them via post to her lecturer colleagues, college head, and the top-level officials in the education department to defame her. The victim had registered a complaint against the accused for defamation, issuing threats to her life, and inflicting psychological abuse on her, at the Mangaluru women’s police station. The police have arrested the accused in this regard.
In the beginning, the accused male college convener and the two male lecturers had joined together and distributed defamatory writings against the female lecturer through postcards, inland letter attached with the victimized lecturer’s photo to her fellow lecturer colleagues, college head, and the top-level officials in the education department via the post. After that, the accused publicized the victim’s mobile number and email-id by creating obscene posters attached with this information and plastered them at various bus stand toilets at Sulya, Subramanya, Smapaje, Madikeri, Mysuru, Chikmagalur, Mudigere, Balehonnur, N. R. Pura and Shimoga. Following this the victim had started receiving obscene phone calls from members of the public, causing her much mental anguish and psychological abuse. Notably, among the accused, Pradeep Poojary has an existing case from the year 2019 that was registered against him for attempting to slander a female lecturer, it is learned.
Reportedly, there are many others involved in the current case, and the police are in the process of identifying them. The police have seized 3 mobile phones from the accused, the police informed.
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28-year old woman allegedly raped by 7 men in front of her boyfriend
Silchar (PTI): A 28-year-old woman was allegedly raped by seven men who also extorted money from her while she was out with her boyfriend near Silchar town in Assam's Cachar district, police said on Tuesday. The victim filed a complaint of the incident, which took place on February 19, and a case has been registered in this connection, a senior police officer said.
The victim identified two persons, who were subsequently arrested, while efforts are on to identify and nab the others, he added.
The case was registered at Silchar Sadar Police Station under sections 308 (5) (extortion by death threat), 310 (2) (dacoity), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 61(2) (unlawful act committed by two or more persons, 70(1) (gang rape), 76 (criminal force against woman with intent to disrobe her or compel her to be naked), 79 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, police said.
The mandatory medical examination has been conducted, and her statement has also been recorded, the officer said.
The victim alleged that at least seven unknown men raped her one after the other and then forced her to transfer Rs 10,000 to one of the accused's accounts.
The police were initially tight-lipped about the issue, but the matter went viral on social media on Tuesday after a Silchar-based journalist was attacked by family members of one of the accused.
The journalist claimed that he was stopped by the family members of the accused near the National Highway Road police station, asked why he reported the incident and then beaten up, but was saved by onlookers.
He also lodged a complaint in this connection, and the police arrested one person in this connection.
A senior police officer appealed to people not to spread misinformation on social media and shared the details.
The victim's family members said that she was in a car with her boyfriend on Bypass Road, a few kilometres from Silchar town, when a group of men appeared in an SUV and attacked them.
"They first asked the couple about their whereabouts and then suddenly grabbed the woman and her friend. There were around 7 men, and they raped her one by one in front of her friend," they alleged.
Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev also demanded strict action and asked the police for an update on the matter.
''I have met SP Cachar District for an update on action taken There should be no attempt to cover up this case. @AITC4Assam will not tolerate it. Medical report awaited I am told'', the Trinamool Congress MP said.
