Madikeri: Man kills class X girl, flees with her head after family postpones their wedding
Madikeri: In what has turned out to be a shocking incident reported from the village of Mutlu in Somwarpet Taluk, a 16-year-old girl, a recent SSLC pass-out from Surlabbi High School, was brutally murdered with the accused fleeing the spot with her head.
The victim has been identified as Meena, while the accused, identified as Prakash (32), is currently evading authorities.
The incident occurred amidst the joyous atmosphere of Meena's SSLC success celebration. According to local customs, her family had arranged her engagement to Prakash, a fellow resident of Mutlu village. However, complications arose when the Social Welfare Department intervened upon discovering Meena's underage status. Consequently, both families consented to postpone the marriage until Meena reached the legal age of 18.
Infuriated by this turn of events, Prakash unleashed a violent attack on Meena's family, ultimately leading to the horrifying act of beheading the young girl.
Kodagu SP K. Ramarajan has assured the community that law enforcement agencies are actively pursuing the case, seeking justice for the victim and her family.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
