Bengaluru: A Special court for People's Representatives in Bengaluru has found Karwar Congress MLA Sathish Sail guilty in the Belekeri port case on Thursday.

After a lengthy hearing, the judge of the special court ordered all the convicts to be immediately arrested. The court found Mahesh Biliya, Mallikarjun Shipping company and MLA Sail guilty in the case. The sentence on punishment has been reserved to Friday (October 25).

The case pertains to the illegal export of 11,312 metric tons of seized iron ore from Belekeri port in Karwar in 2010. The ore had been allegedly mined by the Obalapuram Mining Company in Ballary which was owned by Gali Janardhana Reddy and G Karunakara Reddy, who were Ministers in the BJP-led state government under the then CM B S Yediyurappa.

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Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.

The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.

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The accused was a caretaker of the company.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.