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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Minor boy strangled to death for ransom in UP's Sultanpur
Sultanpur (PTI): A debt-ridden neighbour allegedly kidnapped and murdered an 11-year-old boy boy at Sultanpur, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, Asif alias Sonu, demanded a ransom of Rs 5,00,000 for releasing Osama alias Sahil to repay his debts, Kotwali police station SHO Naradmuni Singh said.
"The incident took place in the Gandhinagar locality of Sultanpur. The victim's father, Mohd Shakeel, said his son went missing on Monday night after he left to attend a wedding procession. Despite searches, there was no trace of the child," the SHO said.
On Wednesday morning, Osama's body with strangulation marks was found at the residence of the accused whom the police arrested, he said.
Asif, who lives in the same neighbourhood as the victim, exploited the trust built between the two families to carry out the crime, the officer said.
The killing of the minor boy has triggered outrage in the area with the residents demanding stringent punishment for the accused.
The victim's family has called for death penalty for Asif.
