Two suspects arrested in assault, gang-rape of woman in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Mahadevapura Police have arrested two suspects, identified as Asif and Syed, in the alleged assault of a brother-sister duo from Bihar and gang-rape of the woman in KR Puram on Wednesday night.
The young woman, who is a native of Baka district of Bihar, had reportedly been working in Kerala for the past one month, but had decided to quit and return home as she did not like the job. On Wednesday night, she had boarded a train in Ernakulam in Kerala to return to Bihar, having informed her brother of her journey. She got down at the KR Puram Railway Station past-midnight, when she met her brother. The siblings were traveling to Mahadevapura to have dinner when the group of miscreants attacked them. They are reported to have assaulted the brother before dragging the young woman away to a deserted area and gang-raping her there.
Passersby reportedly heard her cries for help and rushed to the spot. They are learned to have also caught the suspects and handed them over to the police.
Police sources said that the two accused have been questioned based on the complaint filed by the rape victim.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
