Puttur: Married man rapes a girl, arrested
Puttur: Before the district could forget the gang rape incident of a college student which rocked the district, a married man has been arrested for raping a girl.
The accused has been identified as Sanjeev Poojary, a resident of Palaneeru of Madnooru village in Puttur taluk. Puttur rural police have arrested him.
It has been alleged that Sanjeev forcibly took the girl to a deserted area and sexually assaulted her in Papemajal, a village in Ariyadka village in the limits of Puttur police station, on Friday.
DK District Police Superintendent BM Lakshmiprasad visited Puttur and obtained details about the girl's health at a government hospital. The subjected the accused to interrogation at the Puttur Rural Police Station.
MLA condemned the incident
Puttur MLA Sanjeeva Matandoor has condemned the rape case. He has appealed advocate community not to advocate on behalf of the accused.
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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.
