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Abusive teacher arrested after Class 8 girl Zaibunnisa found dead in hostel room

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January 26, 2018

Mangaluru, Jan 25: A day after a 14-year-old girl student of Navodaya Minority Residential School at K R Pet in Mandya district was found hanged to death in her hostel room under suspicious circumstances, the police on Thursday (January 25) arrested one of her teachers who was accused of physically and mentally torturing her.

The victim has been identified as Zaibunnisa (Safreena), a class eight student, and daughter of Mohammed Ibrahim and Zubaida couple from Uppinangady in Dakshina Kannada district. At around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday she had contacted her mother through her friend’s mobile phone and complained against the abusive teacher, identified as Ravi.

It is learnt that Ravi had insulted, abused and thrashed Zaibunnissa in front of other students accusing her of not performing well during the rehearsal for Republic Day parade. 

In her last mobile conversation with her mother, the girl also had accused the same teacher of targeting her for past couple of months. She also had revealed that he had threatened to strip and thrash her. Before disconnecting the call, the girl had pleaded her mother to save her by getting her admitted to some other school.

An hour later, around 5:30 p.m., Zaibunnisa was found dead in her hostel room. Her friends, who noticed the lifeless body hanging from a ceiling fan, immediately informed the teachers. Ravi and other staff rushed to the spot and took Zaibunnisa to a local hospital, where the doctors declared her brought dead, and informed police.

Jurisdictional K R Pet police visited the hospital and hostel, conducted mahazar and informed the victim’s parents who rushed from Uppinangady and reached K R Pet around 2 a.m. on Thursday. According to Ravi and other teachers of the school, Zaibunnisa committed suicide. However, her family members and some of the organizations have expressed suspicion that Ravi might have murdered her.

There are more than a hundred inmates in the hostel. During inquiry, many of them reportedly told the police that Ravi used to torture Zaibunnisa indeed. Later, the police shifted the dead body to MMC&RI Mortuary in Mysuru. 

The aggrieved parents and relatives of the victim staged a protest in front of the mortuary demanding justice. Members of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) too joined them and demanded immediate arrest of Ravi and a suitable compensation to the family.

As per the demand of the family members, the post-mortem was conducted at KR Hospital in Mysuru. Ravi was later arrested by the police on charge of abetment to suicide. Mandya Superintendent of Police G Radhika also visited the spot. K R Pet Police are investigating the case.

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Ali
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Wednesday, 31 Jan 2018

  • Govt. should Hang the culprict.

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Monday advised people not to visit temples, mosques and other places of worship during the coming festival season.

"COVID-19 is now spreading rapidly in Karnataka, especially in Bengaluru. The festival season is starting with Varamahalakshmi festival on July 31, followed by Bakrid, Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami, Gowri Ganesha, Moharram and then Onam. This festival season is the riskiest time for the spread of the coronavirus. Therefore, please STRICTLY follow the rules in order to stay safe. Do not visit religious places even if they are officially declared open," a notification from BBMP said.

In the context of Bakrid, unauthorised animal sacrifice (slaughtering) was prohibited in BBMP limits on roads and sidewalks, religious places, school and college premises, playgrounds and other public areas, as per the Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act of 1976.

"Unauthorised animal sacrifice (slaughtering) is a punishable offence under Section 3 of the Karnataka Prevention of Animal Sacrifices Act 1959 and Rules and the Amendment Act 1975, which provides for a maximum penalty of six months or Rs 1000, or both. According to the Karnataka Prevention of Animal Sacrifices Act 1959, slaughter-worthy animals can only be slaughtered in official slaughterhouses," the notification said.

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March 4,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 4: CM BS Yediyurappa may reconsider plans to hike taxes and curtail populist schemes in his budget on Thursday as the Centre released part of GST compensation it owes the state. Officials said the Centre released the first instalment of the bimonthly compensation for October-November amounting to Rs 2,013 crore.

"This is welcome relief as the government has been scrambling to mobilise funds," said BT Manohar, member of GST consultative committee, government of Karnataka. The second instalment of Rs 1,523 crore is also expected to be released soon.

The CM, in his seventh budget, is expected keep the focus firmly on farmers and give top priority to irrigation, agriculture and welfare schemes.

The irrigation sector is expected to land the lion's share with an allocation of at least Rs 25,000 crore, followed by agriculture. Former CM Kumaraswamy had allocated over Rs 17,000 crore for water resources.

The bulk of funds is likely to go to the Upper Krishna (UKP) and Upper Bhadra projects, as it will help backward Kalyana Karnataka and central Karnataka regions. The two are also significant political blocs. The government will also seek assistance from the Centre for the UKP project in the erstwhile Hyderabad-Karnataka region, which enjoys special status under the Constitution owing to its backwardness. P4

Yediyurappa is also expected to spell out populist schemes for the poor.

Former CM HD Kumaraswamy had allocated Rs 17,212 crore in the previous budget for water resources and Yediyurappa is likely to go well beyond that figure. "Priority will be given to irrigation and farmers," Yediyurappa had said recently. "I am making efforts to present a budget within the financial constraints."

he amounts are released once every two months, but the Centre had fallen behind on payments. PX

"There are indications that another payment will be made."

The state's optimism stems from the fact that the Centre's GST collection crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore-mark for four successive months till February.

However, the CM could still hike tax rates marginally. At a pre-budget meet on resource mobilisation where Yediyurappa is learnt to have expressed willingness to borrow funds, officials from the finance department advocated raising tax rates instead.

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February 18,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 18: Customs at International Airport here have seized Rs 58.95 lakh worth gold in two incidents and arrested two smugglers, Customs Commissionerate said on Monday.

According to the department, two men have been arrested by the customs officials in two separate incidents last evening for attempting to smuggle gold into the country valuing over Rs. 58.95 Lakhs.

In the first incident, Muhammed Swalih Chappathodi, 22, hailing from Malappuram, Kerala who arrived from Dubai by Spice jet flight concealed capsules containing gold in paste form inside his rectum which upon purification resulted in the recovery of 797 gm of 24 karats valued at Rs.32,35,820.

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