Police atrocity alleged: Girl admitted to hospital
Three cops suspended
Puttur: A girl who accused Puttur rural police of torturing her in a theft case, was admitted to the government hospital here on Saturday. Following this case, three police personnel including two police women of the rural police station were suspended from the service.
Gold ornaments were stolen from the house of Mumtaz of Koudichchar in Olamogru in the taluk. Related to the incident, the local police have summoned the girl and her mother for interrogation. But the girl alleged that the police have forced her to accept theft and she was beaten up and gave electric shock.
On the charges of torturing the minor girl, the SP suspended three police personnel Gayatri, Prashnitha and Dinesh.
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Three of family killed as car overturns in Mandya
Mandya (PTI): Three members of a family, two of them women, were killed when the car they were travelling in overturned and fell into a ditch on Sunday, police said.
The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a bridge on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway at Nagamangala in Mandya district, police added.
The deceased were identified as Chandregowda (62) and Sarojamma (57), both residents of Chikkamagaluru. They were returning to their hometown when the accident occurred, police sources said.
In another incident near Agaralinganna Doddi in Maddur taluk, a private bus overturned on a service road, injuring more than 30 people. Locals helped rescue the passengers after the accident.
The passengers were travelling to Bengaluru after visiting the Shimsha Maramma temple in Malavalli. The injured were taken to hospitals in Mandya and Maddur for treatment.
