Evil spirit: Girl beaten to death by mother-daughter
Bengaluru, May 5: Byappanahalli police have arrested a woman and her daughter on charges of beating a minor girl to death from a metal pipe for driving away an evil spirit from the girl.
Suspecting that a 13-year-old girl is possessed by the evil spirit, a woman and her daughter have beaten the girl with metal pipe. Severely injured girl succumbed to the injuries, according to police.
The arrested are identified as Pramila Sagayam and her daughter Ramya S of Vignana Nagar near Byappanahalli. As per the complaint from the victim’s mother Gayatri, the accused have tortured the girl for the same reason a few months back.
It is said that Gayatri has reportedly admitted to Pramila that her daughter is obsessed with watching television and mobile phones constantly. Then, Pramila was reportedly said that ‘she was suffering from an evil spirit due to which she has been behaving like so’ and made Gayatri to believe that she would free the girl from the evil spirit. In order to ‘free’ the girl from evil spirit, Gayatri had left her daughter with Pramila. In order to make the girl free from the ghost, both the accused have beaten the girl with iron rod due to which, the girl succumbed to the injuries. But Pramila warned Gayatri not to disclose this issue with anybody. But Pramila herself has lodged a complaint against Gayatri alleging that the latter has killed her daughter. But when the police interrogated Gayatri and checked the wound marks on the body of the girl were not matched, the police arrested Pramila and enquired to spill the beans. The police said that the accused has tried to mislead the police by saying that Gayatri herself has killed her daughter upsetting over her TV mania.
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Woman threatens to end life as police official refuses to accept love proposal, FIR registered
Bengaluru (PTI): A woman was booked on charges of obstructing a police inspector from discharging his official duties and threatening to commit suicide if he did not accept her love proposal, police said on Wednesday.
The 45-year-old inspector attached to the Ramamurthy Nagar Police Station here alleged that the woman repeatedly harassed him, they said.
According to his complaint, the harassment began on October 30, when he started receiving calls from an unknown woman from multiple phone numbers.
During these calls, she allegedly spoke incoherently and claimed to have close links with several highly placed individuals, including the Chief Minister, Deputy CM, Home Minister and other political leaders.
Police said the woman sent photographs via WhatsApp purportedly showing herself with these dignitaries and claimed she could use their influence to compel the inspector to accept her proposal. She also allegedly threatened to use her contacts against him if he refused.
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The inspector said that he advised her to visit the police station and submit a written complaint if she had any grievance. However, she did not do so and instead continued to repeatedly call and send messages, which disturbed his official duties, the FIR said.
According to the FIR, on November 7, the woman allegedly visited his office and handed over an envelope containing some tablets along with handwritten letters. The letters contained emotionally charged and inappropriate content, and the woman claimed they were written using her blood, indicating obsessive behaviour.
Despite being clearly informed that the number she was contacting was an official departmental number meant for public service, she allegedly continued making unnecessary calls and messages, causing mental harassment and obstruction to his day-to-day duties, he alleged.
During the inquiry, police learnt that the woman had allegedly exhibited similar behaviour with other police and government officials in the past, it stated.
On December 12, she allegedly went to his police station and shouted and threatened to commit suicide and ruin the inspector's career if he did not respond to her proposal, prompting him to lodge a complaint.
"Based on the complaint, a case was registered against the woman under Sections 132 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of duty), 351(2) (criminal intimidation) and 221 (obstructing a public servant in discharge of public functions) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at the Ramamurthy Nagar Police Station. The matter is under investigation," police said.
