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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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
