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After gang rape, woman left naked in grove for two days

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December 17, 2016

Tumakuru, Dec 17: A 40-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by four persons in Gulur on the outskirts of Tumakuru on Tuesday, but this came to light only on Friday.

1gangThe woman, left naked in an acacia grove for two days, shouted out for help but when it went unnoticed, she finally gathered the courage to walk out of the grove. She was spotted by local villagers who rushed to her rescue with clothes and took her to hospital.

The woman had come to Tumakuru on Tuesday from Chikkanayakanahalli and wanted to go to Gulur. She was waiting for a bus near Kunigal Circle, when an auto driver and his friends offered to drop her.

Instead, they took the autotowards Gulur and raped her in a grove. According to Tumakuru SP Karthik Reddy, the woman was a labourer in an arecanut farm in Gulur, and was travelling to meet her employer to collect her wages, which had not been paid.

On the way, the driver and his friends offered her a soft drink, after which she fell unconscious. The four men are said to have taken the woman in an unconscious state and raped her. When she regained consciousness, the gang had left and taken away her clothes. For two days, she stayed in the grove afraid to come out.

The survivor is now admitted to a hospital in Tumakuru, where her condition is said to be stable.

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Mohammed musthafa
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Monday, 19 Dec 2016

Only she is to be blamed for her own mistakes

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April 26,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 26: City Police Commissioner P S Harsha on Sunday said that the news about the implementation of seal down in some wards of Mangaluru city is fake and urged the public not to pay any heed to it.

Taking to twitter, Mr Harsha wrote, ''Some miscreants are floating some old speculative…TV news reports of seal down in some wards of Mangaluru city. It’s fake news.....Don’t Heed to fake news.''

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March 28,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 28: Dakshina Kannada District observed a total shutdown on Saturday with closure of all shops, barring milk booths and pharmacy, to prevent spread of deadly Coronavirus.

The Central Market, a hub of activities where vegetables, groceries, flowers are sold, remained closed. Despite the milk booths and pharmacies being exempted from the purview of bandh, only a few milk booths remained open here.

The administration decided to go far bandh ion the wake of people failing to follow the lockdown guidelines of maintaining social distance and some wandering on the streets without valid reason. Moreover, there was increase in the number of corona cases despite measures taken, Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh said.

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June 8,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 8: Forum Fiza Mall in Mangaluru on Monday reopened for public after Ministry of Home Affairs allowed the reopening of shopping malls from June 8 with certain precautionary measures amid COVID-19 pandemic.

People visited the mall wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.

Earlier, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had said that religious places and places of worship for public, hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services along with shopping malls will be permitted to open from June 8.

However, these facilities will not be able to resume operations inside containment zones designated by authorities in states, said a government notification.

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