Solo travellers' entry into Nandi Hills banned
Bengaluru: The Chikkaballapura district administration has banned entry of singles to the Nandi Hills – 61 KM from here - to check increasing incidents of suicides at the breathtaking picnic spot.
According to Chikkaballapura deputy commissioner Anirudh Sravan P, the decision was taken after observing the pattern of suicides reported there.
During Tipu Sultan’s reign, prisoners sentenced to death were pushed off the Tipu Drop – a popular view point from the hill. Many suicide cases have been reported from the spot.
“In many cases, the victims had come alone. We are very much against people coming here to commit suicide,” the DC informed.
One guard is permanently placed near Tipu Drop. In spite of that, there have been incidents of people jumping off the cliff,” Anirudh Sravan added.
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TN pastor nabbed from Kerala for sexual assault on minor girls
Coimbatore, Apr 13 (PTI): A 37-year-old pastor has been arrested by a special team for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls last year, the police said on Sunday.
John Jebaraj, a pastor at the Kings Generation Church here was picked up from Kerala's Idukki district by the special team of the Central Gandhipuram All Women Police Station and was brought to Coimbatore, police sources said.
"He has been arrested under POCSO Act (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences). He was in Kerala," a senior police official told PTI.
According to the police, he allegedly assaulted the two girls at a function in his residence last year.
While the incident did not come to light then, one of the family members of the victims who recently came to know about it, informed the police, they added.
