Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has ordered the Air Force Command Hospital here to submit a health check-up report of Karwar MLA Satish Sail, who is facing an Enforcement Directorate (ED) case over involvement in illegal transportation and sale of ore from the Belekeri port.

Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav on Thursday heard a petition filed by Satish Sail challenging the order of the Special Court of People’s Representatives, which issued a non-bailable arrest warrant (NBW) for not cooperating with the investigation and also cancelled the interim medical bail granted to him in a money laundering case registered by the ED.

The judge, after hearing the arguments, ordered that Sail be tested by a gastroenterologist at the Air Force Command Hospital in Bengaluru at 11:30 am on Saturday, November 15. The judge directed the legislator to submit all his health-related reports to the doctor. He told the Hospital authorities to verify the medical documents, check the MLA’s health and submit the report before the court.

The bench added that, if the Air Force Command Hospital had no gastroenterologist, Sail’s health was to be checked in a similar manner by a specialist at a different hospital suggested by the Air Force Command Hospital.

The interim medical bail granted to Sail has been extended till November 20 by the High Court.

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Banda (UP) (PTI): A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped at a hotel here by two youths and a minor, who then abandoned her under a bridge, police said on Thursday.

The two youths involved in the crime were arrested, and the juvenile was apprehended on Wednesday, they said.

According to Atarra Circle Officer Praveen Yadav, the arrested have been identified as Mahesh Kushwaha (18), Shakti Singh (19), and a 15-year-old boy, all residents of Girwan.

He said the incident took place around 8.30 pm on Tuesday.

The complaint filed by the girl's father stated that his daughter had gone to the market in Atarra town with a friend, when the three accused on a motorcycle made her inhale some intoxicant. They took the semi-conscious teenager to a hotel on Station Road, committed the crime and then abandoned her under the Ken Canal bridge before fleeing, CO Yadav said.

A case was registered on Wednesday, and all the accused were held, the CO said.

He added that one of the arrested accused was a former acquaintance of the victim. RUK