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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Fire in coach of New Delhi-Chennai express train; no casualty
Nagpur (PTI): A coach of the New Delhi-Chennai Grant Trunk Express caught fire in Maharashtra's Wardha district on Tuesday morning, railway officials said.
There were no casualties, they said.
Train 12616 New Delhi-Chennai (Tambaram) Grant Trunk Express left from Nagpur in the morning. While it was heading towards Sindi railway station in Wardha, smoke was detected in the last guard coach of the train at 11.09 am, Central Railway spokesperson Sanjay Muley told PTI.
The train was stopped on the Sindi-Tuljapur section, the affected coach was detached immediately, and the fire brigade was called, he said.
All passengers in the train and the coach concerned were safe, the official said.
The cause of the fire will be known after a detailed investigation.
The train will resume its journey in some time without the affected coach, the official added.
