Pratibha Kulai to add Kathua victim’s name with her daughter’s name
Mangaluru: Congress’ women’s wing leader Pratibha Kulai, who has stronlgy condemned the Katua rape case, wants to add the victims name to her daughter Prithvi.
Speaking to reporters at the DK District Congress Office on Monday, Pratibha Kulai, accompanied by her daughter and other Congress women’s wing members, said "Though I am a Hindu, the present situation is such that I feel ashamed to call myself so in front of the BJP Hindus.
“The Indian women are in great apprehension due to atrocities committed by self-proclaimed BJP and Hindu workers across the country. Mangaluru is also haunted by such elements,” she said.
“I was assaualted when I went for campaigning at Kodikere during the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. My Hindu brothers had passed urine on my feet,” she claimed.
Latha Salyan, Jisinta D’souza, Sakuntala Kamat and others were present.
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Woman falls to death from ranger swing ride at Vijayapura exhibition ground
Vijayapura (Karnataka), Oct 23: A 21-year-old woman died of head injuries after falling off a ranger swing ride at an exhibition ground here, police said on Wednesday.
They said it happened around 7 pm on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nikitha Biradar.
Biradar had gone to the exhibition ground with her mother and some friends.
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According to police, the victim fell off the ride from a height after her safety bar broke and the safety belt she was wearing ripped.
She sustained severe head injuries and was pronounced dead at a hospital, a senior police official said.
He said a case has been registered against the event manager and the ride operator under section 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
