Kalaburagi: 15-yr-old girl in allegedly raped, murdered in field while answering nature's call
Kalaburagi: A 15-year-old girl was sexually abused and murdered near Koralli village of Alanda taluk here on Tuesday, when she had gone out of her house to relieve herself.
The teenager, a native of Ajalapura taluk, was living with her relatives in Koralli for education. She had visited her parents for a few days during the festive season, before returning to Koralli on Tuesday, said sources.
In the afternoon, she reportedly went out of the house but did not return home even by evening. Worried over this, the girl’s relatives are said to have searched for her and found her body in a sugarcane field nearby.
The girl was dragged to the field when she went out on Tuesday afternoon and her limbs tied before she was sexually abused and murdered. Her clothes are torn and have blood stains. There are blood spots on the girl’s neck too, giving rise to the suspicion that she was strangulated, said the police.
A case was registered at the Alanda Police Station.
Superintendent of Police Isha Panth, Additional SP Prasanna Desai, DySP Ravindra Shiroor, Circle Inspector Basu Chavan and Sub-inspector Thirumalesh visited the village on learning of the incident, said sources.
The officers spoke to the victim’s relatives and Koralli residents to get information on the case.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
