Puttur Gang-rape case: Accused sent to Judicial custody for sharing video
Puttur: The accused arrested for sharing the Puttur college student's gang rape video on social media were on Thursday sent to one-day judicial custody.
The police had arrested Chandrashekhar Mayya of Kabaka, Murali Parladka, Pawan Karlarpe, physical educator Poovaiah and Shreya under the IT Act for sharing the video on social media groups.
They were produced before Puttur first divisional magistrate court on Thursday, the judge sent them to one day judicial custody. The judge also directed the police to produce the accused before the court on Friday as there was no assistant public prosecutor available to argue or file objections.
Five of Sullia Taluk were held on charges of sharing the gang rape video, the police have arrested five persons from Sullia and Bellare and registered a case.
Investigation is being supervised by SP DM Lakshmiprasad.
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Murder accused jumps off train to escape police custody in Khandwa
Khandwa/MP (PTI): A man arrested in connection with the murder of a local journalist escaped from police custody by jumping off a train in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa while being taken to Uttar Pradesh on a transit remand, police said on Saturday.
The absconding accused, Jamiruddin Qureshi, is one of the five persons booked for their alleged involvement in the murder of a journalist in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh on May 13, said assistant sub-inspector Anni Lal of Khandwa Government Railway Police (GRP).
Following the murder, Qureshi fled to Mumbai, and the crime branch of the Thane police apprehended him, he said.
Two UP police personnel were bringing him to Jaunpur on transit remand on May 15 and were travelling on the Gorakhpur Weekly Express, the official said.
The train reached Khandwa station around 2.40 am on May 16, and when the train started leaving the platform, the accused sought permission to go to the toilet, he said.
As the two policemen started taking him to the toilet at the entrance of the coach, the accused jumped off the train, the official said.
The police have lodged a complaint, and a search has been launched for the accused, he said.
