Man held for rape and murder of six-year-old girl in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): A man was arrested for allegedly raping and killing a six-year-old girl at Hoysala Nagar in the city, police said on Tuesday.
Abhishek Kumar, who hails from Bihar and works as a construction labourer, raped the girl in the absence of his parents.
They said the victim's parents are from Nepal and work at the same place. The accused lured the girl and took her to a secluded place where he raped her leading to her death, they said.
When people learnt about it, they caught him, beat him up and handed him over to the police. The Ramamurthy Nagar police have booked the accused under POCSO case and relevant sections of the BNS.
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HC quashes criminal proceedings against Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi in drugs abuse case
Bengaluru, Jan 14: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings against Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi in a drug case, saying the prosecution could not substantiate the charges with material evidence.
The bench of Justice Hemant Chandanagoudar also quashed the proceedings against the co-accused Prashant Ranka.
It said, "However, to substantiate the charges against the petitioners, the prosecution has not produced any material evidence to prove that the petitioners organized parties or sold drugs, apart from the voluntary statements of the co-accused and chargesheet witnesses."
"Therefore, the continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioners will be an abuse of the legal process of law,” Justice Chandanagoudar observed.
Ragini was among the many celebrities from the Kannada film industry arrested in September 2020.
A case was registered against her at the Cottonpet police station based on a statement by a co-accused B K Ravishankar on September 4, 2020.
