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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Hemant Soren to take oath as 14th CM of Jharkhand on Thursday
Ranchi (PTI): Hemant Soren is set to take oath as the 14th chief minister of Jharkhand in a grand ceremony here on Thursday, which will be attended by several top political leaders, including AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Soren at 4 pm.
This will be the 49-year-old JMM leader's fourth stint as chief minister.
Soren retained the Barhait seat, defeating BJP's Gamliyel Hembrom by a margin of 39,791 votes in the recent assembly polls. The JMM-led alliance stormed to victory, securing 56 seats in the 81-member assembly, while the BJP-led NDA managed 24 seats.
Posters for the event can be seen across the city, while security has been strengthened and traffic regulations put in place.
Schools in Ranchi city are shut on Thursday in view of the swearing in of the Hemant Soren government.
Jharkhand in-charge and Congress general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir said Soren is likely to take oath alone, and expansion of the cabinet will be held after a vote of confidence in the assembly.
Other senior political leaders likely to be in attendance are NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, a JMM leader said.
CPI(ML)L general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti and Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav are also likely to attend the oath-taking ceremony.
"It’s heartening to have such esteemed leaders join us for this important occasion," said Soren, who along with senior officials paid a visit to the Morabadi ground on Wednesday evening to take stock of the arrangements.
