Puttur rape case: BJP leader’s son, victim, child undergo DNA test; blood samples sent to B'luru FSL
Puttur: Blood samples of the son of a local BJP leader, Shrikrishna J Rao, who has been arrested for raping and impregnating a classmate after promising to marry her, along with those of the victim and the child, were collected on Tuesday to conduct a DNA test.
Rao, who is under judicial custody, was presented before court on Tuesday. The victim also appeared in court with her mother and the child. The blood samples were collected by the medical staff of the Puttur Government Hospital in the presence of the judges and taken to the Forensic Sciences Laboratory, Bengaluru by Women Police personnel.
The victim and her mother are also learned to have travelled to Bengaluru with the police personnel.
The test report is expected to be out in a week’s time. The chargesheet, however, has already been submitted before the court.
The arrested youngster, who is the son of PG Jagannivas Rao, BJP leader of Puttur unit, is accused of having wooed the victim into having a sexual relationship with him with a promise of marriage, but refused to marry her on learning that she was pregnant.
While Rao was arrested and sent to judicial custody, the victim gave birth to a male child on June 27.
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Former Assam Cong chief Bhupen Borah joins BJP
Guwahati (PTI): Former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah on Sunday joined the ruling BJP in the presence of its state unit president Dilip Saikia here.
Borah became a BJP member during a function held at the Assam BJP headquarters 'Vajpayee Bhawan'.
Along with him, former Congress worker Sanju Bora, too, joined the saffron party.
Borah had resigned on February 16, with the Congress high command not accepting it and senior leaders rushing to his residence, while Rahul Gandhi also spoke to him.
He had asked for time to reconsider his decision, but the next day, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma went to his residence and announced that he would join the BJP on February 22.
The 126-member Assam assembly is expected to go to polls in March-April.
#WATCH | Guwahati, Assam | Former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Borah joins the BJP in the presence of State BJP President Dilip Saikia, BJP MP Baijayant Panda. pic.twitter.com/VIJcIa2xJ8
— ANI (@ANI) February 22, 2026
