Child dies in wall collapse
Huliyaru, August 14: A three-year-old child died on the spot when a wall of a dilapidated house collapsed on her at Naduvanahalli in Doddennegere gram panchayat limits near Huliyar on Tuesday morning. The child is identified as Pranathi, daughter of Rangaraju and Parvathamma.
The incident happened when she was playing with two other children in front of the house. The 20-ft height wall of the old house belonging to Rangaraju collapsed killing the child on the spot. But the two other children escaped unhurt. As the wall was drenched in the rain, it has collapsed, it is said.
Parents were inconsolable after hearing the death of their child. Handanakere police visited the village and registered a case.
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Kerala: Court imposes 41-year jail term on man for sexual assault of minor
Kozhikode (Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 41 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy near Valayam in 2021.
Nadapuram Fast Track Special Court judge K Naushad Ali sentenced 64-year-old Panchara Musa, also known as Ganapathiyat Musa, under various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to special public prosecutor Manoj Aroor.
As the sentences are to run concurrently, the convict will have to serve the highest term of 20 years’ imprisonment, SPP Aroor said. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 52,000 on Musa.
The incident took place in August 2021 when the accused allegedly took the 14-year-old boy to a bus stop in Valayam town and sexually assaulted him, the prosecutor said. The accused also gave Rs 50 to the boy, he added.
Following the incident, the boy and his father lodged a complaint at the Valayam police station.
A case under various provisions of the POCSO Act and the IPC was registered, and the accused was subsequently arrested, the SPP said.
The prosecution examined 16 witnesses and submitted 16 documents to substantiate its case against the accused, he added.
