Murugha Mutt pontiff ‘bribing’ complainants to withdraw cases: Odanadi to child rights panel
Mysuru: The non-government organization Odanadi Seva Samsthe has asked the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights to consider the information provided by a victim of sexual assault at the Murugha Mutt in Chitradurga, while investigating the case.
K V Stanley, director of Odanadi, has said, “There have been attempts to offer money to the complainants to withdraw their respective cases, in order to get the the case against the pontiff closed.”
In a letter on Wednesday to the chairperson of the Commission, the director has referred to a telephone conversation between a child under the care of the Bala Bhavana and her father, where the latter told his daughter to withdraw the complaint as ‘the swami had taken care of them and given them money’. The staff at the Bala Bhavana heard the conversation as the speaker was turned on during the phone call, the director added.
“The girl had been protesting vehemently against the torture she had undergone, including against her father and uncle who had failed to take care of her. She had even complained to the local police against them, asking the police to give her to the care of Odanadi Seva Samsthe rather than let her return to the care of her father and uncle. That the Child Welfare Committee, Chitradurga, had returned her to the care of her father and uncle, sidelining the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act and the welfare of the child herself is a suspicious move,” said Stanley.
“A second child, who was staying in the care of the Child Welfare Committee and was a friend of the victim who received the call, has given a statement as witness to the conversation between the father and the daughter. It is also proof to the claim that there are attempts by the accused to silence the complainants by offering them money,” the director has written.
He has requested the Commission chairperson to investigate the act of luring of complainants with money too.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
