Bengaluru: Man gets 3-year jail term for masturbating in public before teen girl
Bengaluru, Aug 08: A special court in Bengaluru has sentenced a 33-year-old to three years rigorous imprisonment for masturbating in front of a girl back in 2020.
The fast track court, in a recent verdict, found H Rahamatulla Baig guilty of sexual harassment and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him.
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The incident occurred when the then 13-year-old girl was walking with her dog in Bengaluru. Baig masturbated in front of her. When the girl tried to walk back home, he followed her and conducted himself in an unseemly manner.
The girl's father filed a police complaint the same day and Baig was arrested a few days later on February 13, 2020.
The accused was identified through CCTV footage, which was also used as evidence against him in the trial.
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Belagavi (Karnataka), Nov 28: A 31-year-old man was shot at allegedly by the relatives of his love interest following a scuffle here, police said on Thursday.
The incident happened in Mahantesh Nagar at around 8.30 pm on Wednesday, they said.
According to Police Commissioner Iada Martin Marbaniang, Praneeth Kumar, a medical sales representative and his love interest were discussing things at another friend's home over dinner, when the woman's relatives including her sister and brother came there and "a scuffle ensued between them and Kumar. One of the woman's relatives fired two rounds from a pistol, and a bullet hit Kumar," he said.
Explaining how things unfolded at the spot of occurrence, Iada Martin Marbaniang said, first, Kumar went to his friend's place for dinner. There, he shared his interest in a woman and the difficulties he had faced in this regard. The friend then called the woman and invited her to join them. When the woman arrived, she and Kumar discussed the situation before the woman's family members, including her sister and brother, also came to the friend's place, he added.
"We have registered two cases in connection with the incident at Malamaruthi police station and have arrested three people, including the girl, her sister and brother in this regard," he said.
