Thota Bengre: Woman gang-raped by 7, six detained
Mangaluru, November 26: A woman, who was on a trip, was allegedly gang-raped by a team of seven persons at Thota Bengre near the city and the incident came to light very late. The incident happened on November 18. The victim has been identified as a labour woman working in a local factory.
She has friendship with a man of other state and on November 18 at 12 noon, both of them had been to Thota Bengre Alive Bagilu beach. Noticing that they have entered the island, the accused also followed them and threatened them. Later, they assaulted the man and took away the woman and gang-raped her, according to a complaint.
In her complaint, the victim said that seven persons have raped her. Based on this, city women police registered a case under Section 376D, 323, 504 and 506 against seven strangers. Later, the police took six local youth into custody and interrogated them.
The victim said that though she has lodged a complaint at a police station about the rape incident, the police did not register the case. So, she has lodged another complaint at urban police station. The police have been looking into this aspect also, sources 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.
