Belthangady: A case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been lodged against BJP leader Rajesh for allegedly attempting to molest a minor girl amidst a fight within the Dharmasthala police station limits.

The accused faces charges of molestation, verbal abuse, and violation of POCSO regulations. Rajesh, identified as the ST Morcha President of Beltangady BJP, has been named as the suspect in this incident.

The Dharmasthala police have taken action by registering the case against Rajesh.M.K. on June 5.

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Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.

Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.

The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.

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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.

The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.

The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.

A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.