Student gang rape incident: Five students suspended from college
Sue moto case registered at Puttur women police station
Puttur: All the five students of a Vivekananda College who allegedly raped a student and circulated a gang rape video on social media were arrested on Wednesday. Following their arrest, all the five students were suspended from the college.
The incident came to light this week after a video of the act went viral.
The arrested have been identified as Gurunandan and Sunil of Puttur and Prajwal, Kishan and Prakhyath from Bantwal, all aged 19 years, police said.
They have been charged under IPC 341 (wrongful restraint), 376 (d) (gang rape), the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and IT Act.
Police said the five students had allegedly raped the girl by taking her in their car to a forest area.
They also recorded the act and threatened the girl that the video would be shared on social media if she revealed the incident to anyone.
The arrested have been identified as Gurunandan (19) of Canadamule, Sunil (19) of Pili gunda of Puttur taluk, Rawal (19) of Kadambu, Kishan (19) of Peene and Prakhyat (19) of Balua and all of them are studying in the second year degree.
As the video went viral, district police registered a case at the Puttur women's police station and formed two teams to trace the culprits, which led to the arrests.
District superintendent of police B M Laxmi Prasad warned the public not to share it on social media.
In a press note, he said this will amount to a criminal offence under 354 (c) of IPC (Voyeurism) and provisions of the IT act and people including group admins will be arraigned as accused under the sections.
The five students have been suspended from the college after the police intimated the arrest to the authorities.
The decision was taken by the institutions administrative board.
All are active in ABVP: SP
All arrested accused were active in the ABVP unit in the college. Even the victim was also the member of the organization, SP Lakshmi Prasad said.
The Sangh Parivar backed ABVP activists act evoked widespread anger across the society. As soon as the incident came to light, the college management has suspended all the five students from the college, it is said.
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
