Disturbing details shock students after B’luru engineering student’s arrest for alleged campus rape
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Bengaluru: An engineering student identified as Jeevan Gowda, 22, was brought before a court, booked under Section 64 (rape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and sent into judicial custody after allegedly raping his senior on a private college campus in Bengaluru.
The incident took place on October 10, as recorded by in the complaint. The survivor, a seventh-semester student, alleged that Gowda who is a fifth-semester student in the same college, lured her to the seventh floor near the architecture block during lunch break. On the pretext of wanting to speak privately, he tried to kiss her which she resisted, he allegedly followed her when she tried to leave in a lift. Gowda dragged her to the men’s toilet on the sixth floor and sexually assaulted her. After the incident, the accused allegedly called the survivor and asked if she needed a pill, as reported by ANI
An investigating officer said, “He forcibly took her to the men’s restroom and committed the assault. He also snatched her mobile phone when it rang, during the incident.”
Police sources confirmed that the survivor confided in her friends and informed her parents, after five days. She was in shock and hesitant in reporting the matter immediately. Her parents accompanied her to file a complaint at Hanumanthanagar police station on October 15.
Investigators have begun collecting forensic evidence; though no CCTV footage was available from the floor where the incident occurred has posed a challenge to the inquiry.
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
