Sexual harassment allegation: Kabaddi coach hangs self
Davangere, October 16: A Bengaluru-based Kabaddi coach committed suicide by hanging himself in a lodge at Harihara in the district on Monday.
The deceased has been identified as Rudrappa Hosamani (56). Hailed from Dharwad, Rudrappa Hosamani was working as the senior Kabaddi coach in Sports Authority of India (SAI) in Bengaluru. He was facing a charge of sexually harassing and attempting to rape of 13-year-old girl. Rudrappa came to Harihar by train and stayed in a lodge. In his death note, he asked his wife, son, relatives and colleagues to forgive him. He also asked his son to look after his mother well and donate his body to a medical college, it is said.
He was facing the sexual harassment case at Jnanabharathi police station. In view of this, a case was registered against him under POCSO Act and the police have investigated the case. Desperate over the incident, Rudrappa committed suicide, it is said.
Harihara police registered a case.
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Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant shot at
Kolkata (PTI): BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant Chandranath Rath was shot at from close range by unidentified assailants in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday night, sources said.
The incident took place in the Madhyamgram area, where the victim, who serves as the executive assistant to the leader of opposition in the state assembly, was allegedly targeted on a public road, they said.
Rath sustained multiple bullet injuries in the firing and was rushed to a private hospital, sources added.
Soon after the incident, a large police contingent reached the spot and launched an investigation.
The motive behind the attack was not immediately known.
Senior police officers were present in the area, and efforts were on to identify and trace those involved in the shooting, sources said.
