FB post favouring Waghmore: SIT takes Rakesh Mata of Sri Rama Sene into custody
Bengaluru, June 16: The SIT officials took Sri Rama Sene Vijayapura district president Rakesh Mata into custody and interrogating him in related to the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.
As Rakesh posted a status in the Facebook favouring Parashuram Waghmore, the main accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, the SIT officials arrested him and interrogated him from morning to evening on Saturday. It is said that they have got information on various questions.
The SIT officials are interrogating Rakesh about his friendship with Parshuram, connection with the Sri Rama Sene and the personal and political background of Parshuram.
Parshuram who was arrested in the case admitted that he had committed the crime. In favour of Parshuram, Rakesh posted a status in the FB account appealing that ‘ Parshuram family is in financial crunch. Help his family financially’.
This post has created widespread debate and opposition. In view of this, the SIT police took Rakesh into custody and interrogating.
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Dalit girl gang-raped in moving car in Mathura, accused on run
Mathura (PTI): A Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons here in a moving car, after which she was thrown out on the side of a road, police said on Friday.
An FIR has been lodged against the accused following a complaint from the minor's father and efforts are on to arrest the trio, they added.
Superintendent of Police (Rural) Trigun Bisen said the girl, who is around 13-year-old, has been sent to the district women's hospital for a medical examination, after which her statement will be recorded before the magistrate.
Citing the complaint lodged by the girl's father, the SP said the incident took place on Thursday when the the minor went to a shop in her neighbourhood to buy items for breakfast.
At the shop, a man named Neeraj allegedly gave her a bottle of water laced with sedatives. As soon as she drank the water, she started feeling dizzy and fainted, the complaint said.
Neeraj, his friend Shailendra and another associate then allegedly took her away in a car. They raped the girl in the moving car while she was in a semi-conscious state and threw her out under the flyover of Barsana Road before fleeing.
On regaining consciousness, the girl reached home and informed her parents about the incident, the complaint added.
According to the SP, while narrating her ordeal, the condition of the girl deteriorated and the family immediately took her to a doctor, who also confirmed that she was raped. Following this, her parents filed a complaint at the Chhata police station.
Bisen said that a case has been registered and the matter is being probed, adding that efforts are on to arrest the three accused persons.
