Davanagere: Man in Jagalur stabs woman who resists his rape attempt; locals hand him to police
Davanagere: The residents of Gollarahatti in Chikkammanahatti village, Jagalur taluk, caught and handed to the police a 30-year-old man who attempted to rape a married woman in the village and stabbed her with a knife when she resisted.
The accused, identified as Katappa, allegedly barged his way into the woman’s house and tried to rape her. The woman, however, not only resisted but also shouted in an attempt to save herself. Alarmed that his victim’s scream would draw the attention of people nearby, Katappa stabbed her with his knife at least three times, including on the neck.
In spite of Katappa’s attempts to silence the woman, the villagers who were nearby heard the screams and rushed to her house. They caught the attacker and handed him over to the police.
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The woman, who was seriously injured in the attack, is being treated at a hospital.
Jagalur Police, who have registered a case, are investigating the matter.
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Nine RSS workers sentenced to life for 2005 murder of CPI(M) worker in Kerala
Kannur (Kerala) (PTI): Nine RSS workers were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Thalassery on Tuesday for the murder of a CPI(M) worker in this north Kerala district 19 years ago.
Rijith Sankaran, a 25-year-old CPI(M) member from Kannapuram Chunda, was attacked and killed near a temple in Chunda on October 3, 2005 allegedly by RSS workers during a period of political tension between the two parties in the area.
Rijith was walking home when the accused, armed with weapons, ambushed him and his friends near a well. Three of his friends were injured in the attack.
On January 4, the Additional District Sessions Court in Thalassery found the accused guilty. There were a total of 10 accused in the case, one of whom had died in a road accident.
The convicts include Sudhakaran (57), Jayesh (41), Ranjith (44), Ajeendran (51), Anilkumar (52), Rajesh (46), Sreekanth (47), his brother Sreejith (43), and Bhaskaran (67).
The court found them guilty under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including murder (Section 302), attempted murder (Section 307), unlawful assembly (Section 143), rioting (Section 147), wrongful restraint (Section 341), and voluntarily causing hurt with weapons (Section 324).
