Facebook friend-turned-fiancé held for ‘raping’, cheating techie

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June 1, 2019

Bengaluru, Jun 1: A software engineer has been detained after a woman techie lodged complained against him for abandoning her after sexually exploiting her on marriage promise.

25-year-old Shobha (name changed), has claimed that during the courtship period, the accused took her to various places like Goa, Hyderabad and Madikeri and forced her to have physical relations with him. He later refused to marry her and dumped her.

Shobha, who works at a private firm and had met Shashi (27) on Facebook in 2015. Shashi, a resident of Roopena Agrahara and a techie too, claimed he was in love with Shobha and promised to marry her. They went on several trips and together and developed intimacy. Shobha also introduced Shashi to her family. In October 2018, Shashi and Shobha got engaged.

A few months after the engagement, Shashi started avoiding Shobha. He stopped taking her calls and ghosted her for a while. Later, he confessed he was not interested in her and refused to marry her. Shobha’s complaint states that not only did he trick her into having a physical relationship with him, he also borrowed Rs 3.5 lakh from her which he never returned. “He took me to Golden Heritage apartment and forced himself upon me. During our trips to Kerala, Hyderabad and Madikeri, he molested me at the resort we were staying at,” she stated in the complaint.

The accused has been taken into custody and an FIR has been registered at the Bommanahalli police station.

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July 5,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 5: A COVID-19 patient escaped from a hospital in Mangaluru on Sunday, Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Vikas Kumar.

A total of 1,925 cases of COVID-19 and 37 deaths recorded in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 23,474.

The health department informed that the death toll rose to 372 while active cases stood at 13,251 in the state.

According to the Union Health Ministry, India has recorded 6,73,165 numbers of COVID-19 cases and 19,268 deaths. 

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April 23,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 22: Former Chief Minister and the Opposition Leader in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah appealed the state government not to discriminate the poor on political lines while distributing relief package to the COVID-19 affected people in the state.

He was speaking to newsmen after attending a grocery kits distribution programme, organised in Jayanagar Assembly constituency, which was represented by the Congress MLA and former minister Ramalinga Reddy.

Charging that there are complaints about the state government in discriminating the Congress MLAs represented constituencies in providing relief kits to distribute among the poorer sections in the society, he said that “there should not be no room for politics, while fighting the COVID-19 disease”.

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April 6,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 6: Karnataka State Board for Auqaf on Monday suspended mass prayers and visit to the Qabrasthans (graveyards) and dargahs on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat on April 9 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"It is hereby directed to all not to hold congregational prayer in the Masjid and the management of the Qabrasthans/Dargahs throughout the State should suspend the visit of public on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat on Thursday, April 9," according to a statement here on Monday.

It said, no public shall be allowed to perform religious rituals in the Qabrasthans/Dargahs and all the gates shall be kept closed.

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