Timeline India

Tag: Crime

  • Pregnant woman gang-raped by taxi driver and 3 others

    Amethi: In yet more disturbing news, a three-month pregnant woman was gang-raped in the Mohanganj area of Amethi district on Friday. The 35-year-old was on her way to the community health centre in Tiloi when the incident took place, reports TOI.


    “Some passersby informed Dial 100 about a woman lying in an unconscious state with a toddler crying by her side on the Haswa turn at Rae Bareli-Faizabad Road,” said Mohanganj station house officer (SHO), Dhirendra Kumar Singh to the paper. The Dial 100 team rushed the woman to the CHC immediately and that’s where she narrated her ordeal.


    “She said that she was three-month pregnant and was going to the Tiloi CHC in a private taxi with her baby when the taxi driver stopped near the Haswa turn and raped her. Three others, who were her fellow passengers, also raped her. She said that she was unconscious thereafter,” the officer told TOI. “Investigations are on and search teams are looking for the accused,” superintendent of police (SP), KK Gahlot added. The SHO told TOI that the foetus is safe.

  • ಮಟ್ಕಾ ಜುಗಾರಿ ಪ್ರಕರಣ, ಒಬ್ಬ ಪೊಲೀಸ್‌ ವಶಕ್ಕೆ

    ಗಂಗೊಳ್ಳಿ: ದಿನಾಂಕ 15/04/2018 ರಂದು ಗಂಗೊಳ್ಳಿ ಗ್ರಾಮದ ಮೇಲ್‌‌ಗಂಗೊಳ್ಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ  ಮಟ್ಕ ಜುಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಧು ಟಿ.ಎಸ್‌, ಪೊಲೀಸ್‌ ಉಪನಿರೀಕ್ಷಕರು, ಗಂಗೊಳ್ಳಿ ಪೊಲೀಸ್‌ ಠಾಣೆ ಇವರಿಗೆ ಬಂದ  ಮಾಹಿತಿಯಂತೆ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಿ 11:30 ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ದಾಳಿ ನಡೆಸಿ ಮಟ್ಕಾ ಚೀಟಿ  ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ರವಿ(34), ತಂದೆ: ದಿ. ನಾರಾಯಣ ಪೂಜಾರಿ, ವಾಸ: ಗುಜ್ಜಾಡಿ ಶಾಲೆಯ ಬಳಿ ಗುಜ್ಜಾಡಿ ಗ್ರಾಮ, ಕುಂದಾಪುರ ತಾಲೂಕು ಎಂಬಾತನನ್ನು ವಶಕ್ಕೆ ಪಡೆದು, ನಗದು ಹಣ 290/- ರೂಪಾಯಿ, ಮಟ್ಕ ಚೀಟಿ-1, ಬಾಲ್ ಪೆನ್ನು-1 ನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾಧೀನಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವುದಾಗಿದೆ. 



    ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಗಂಗೊಳ್ಳಿ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಠಾಣೆ ಅಪರಾಧ ಕ್ರಮಾಂಕ 45/2018 ಕಲಂ: 78 (i) (iii) ಕೆ.ಪಿ ಕಾಯಿದೆಯಂತೆ ಪ್ರಕರಣ ದಾಖಲಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ. 


    Source: Udupi Police

  • Rape convict throws shoes at public prosecutor inside special POCSO court

    UDUPI: A person accused of raping a minor threw shoes at the special public prosecutor Vijay Vasu Poojary at the district and sessions court here on Thursday evening. Prashanth (32) who was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment after charges against him was proven in the court, threw his shoes.
    Prashanth was charged under sections of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act. As the judge, who had examined 15 witnesses in this case, was pronouncing the quantum of punishment, the accused Prashant, a resident of Keerthinagar in Aroor village of Brahmavar started abusing the special public prosecutor (SPP) Vijaya Vasu Poojary, then removed his shoes and hurled the same at the prosecutor. However the SPP escaped from being hit by the shoes. He also threatened Poojary of dire consequences.
    T Venkatesh, judge of POCSO special court, had pronounced 20 years of imprisonment and slapped Rs 25,000 fine against the accused.
    Prashant, the convict was angry and even went on to say that he got the punishment because of the argument placed in front of the court by the special public prosecutor. Then in the presence of police, lawyers and the judge, he dared to hurl the shoes at Vijaya Vasu Poojary.
    ”This is not an attack on me. This is an attack on the judicial system of this country. This incident has to be taken seriously” requested the special public prosecutor with the judge. The judge directed the superintendent of police (SP), to take suitable action.
    Police officers have confiscated the shoes that were hurled by Prashanth after obtaining permission from the court.
    Prashant, the convicted in the rape case, is also accused in a case of murder registered at Brahmavar police station. In addition, he has several other cases also registered against him.
    Prashant had enticed a 15-year-old girl of Koteshwar on February 17, 2013 and took her to his relative’s house in Padigar near Udupi. He had sexually abused the minor girl the next day morning. A case was registered in Kundapur police station on this regard under the POCSO Act. The then circle inspector P M Divakar had submitted the charge sheet to the court after conducting inquiry. SP Laxman Nimbargi said that Udupi circle police inspector is investigating the case and Special Public Prosecutor Vijaya Vasu Poojari will be given police protection.
    This is the first case of a convict hurling shoes inside the court in Udupi district in its history of 20 years.

    Source  – New Indian Express