Madikeri: Two students drown in Kaveri River at Dubare
Madikeri: In a tragic incident reported from Dubare near Madikeri, two students who had come for picnicking here, died after drowning in the Kaveri River on Wednesday evening.
The deceased students have been identified as Shreyas and Lenin, students of IXth and Xth grader respectively in a private school in Gonikopala.
Shreyas and Lenin were part of a group of 39 students who had come for picnicking along with their teachers to Dubare. Shreyas and Lenin entered the waters and due to the force of the water both of them were washed away.
Dubare lifeguards them pulled the bodies of the two students out of the river.
Local police reached the spot and registered a case in this regard.
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58-year-old man booked for raping minor girl in Thane
Thane (PTI): Police have registered a case against a 58-year-old man for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said on Tuesday.
The accused allegedly committed the crime between December 2025 and February this year after luring the victim under some pretext to his house at Nizampura in the Bhiwandi area, an official from Bhoiwada police station said.
Based on a complaint by the victim's family, the police on Sunday registered a case against the accused under sections 64 (rape) and 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
No reason was specified for the delay in filing the complaint by the victim's family.
