Cops catch 5 college students for gang-raping friend, warn people against sharing video

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July 3, 2019

Puttur, Jul 7:  In a shocking incident, a group of students of a “prestigious” private college in Puttur have gang-raped their female friend after intoxicating her by feeding some substance. They also filmed the act and shared it with their other friends through WhatsApp.

Though the incident took place a few months ago, it came to light after the video was leaked and went viral on social media today.

Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of police B M Laxmi Prasad rushed to Puttur soon after the video began to spread and formed a special team to investigate the case. The police managed to arrest five persons in connection with the incident including those whose faces are clearly visible on the video. 

The arrested have been identified as Gurunandan (19), son of Radhakrishna, resident of Ganadamoole Mane, Bajathoor village of Puttur taluk, Prajwal (19), son of Nagesh Naika, a resident of Rajashree Kripa, Perne village, Bantwal, Kishan (19), son of Sadashiva, a resident of Kadambu Mane, Perne village Bantwal, Sunil (19), son of Kantappa Gowda, a resident of Piligunda Mane, Aryapu village of Puttur taluk and Prakhyath (19), son of Subbanna Shetty, Balya Mane, Borimaru village of Bantwal taluk.

It is learned that the boys took the girl in a car to a remote place and then committed the crime in the month of March.

The SP warned the people against spreading the video. “Suo moto case will be registered against those who spread the obscene video,” he said.

“Spreading the video saving it on phones or computers will be an offence under 354C of IPC and 66E, 66A of IT Act and the persons (including group admins) will be made accused under the said sections,” he said.

A case has been registered at Puttur women’s police station and investigations are on.

Social media is abuzz with rumours that there were activists of ABVP, the students’ wing of BJP. A photo of one of the accused wearing a saffron shawl and posing with other BJP activist is also going viral on social media.

Also Read: Cops catch 8 for circulating video of Purttur college girl’s gang rape

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Mr Frank
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Thursday, 4 Jul 2019

Crime will continue till harsh punishment implimented take care of our daughters, sisters.

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) reduced the syllabi for Classes 9 to 12 due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Karnataka government has followed the suit. The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapters on legendary south Indian rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the textbooks of Class 7 in their attempt to reduce syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent. 

The department, however, has decided to retain similar chapters on Tipu Sultan in 6th and 10th Classes, though the syllabus in text books for all classes from 1 to 10th has been trimmed. 

The trimmed textbooks uploaded on the website of the Department of State Education Research and Training (DSERT) by Karnataka state Textbook Society revealed removal of chapters on Tipu Sultan for the seventh grade.

Justifying the decision, officials said, "students study similar chapters in Class 6 and more in the 10th grade." Yet another senior official from the Text Book Society said, "Trimming does not mean we have removed half of the syllabus from textbooks. It is only keeping in mind the repetition we have condensed the chapters. In case students study about a particular dynasty in higher grades, then the same had been removed from lower grades."

A few months ago, there was an uproar over dropping of content on Tipu Sultan and MLAs from the ruling BJP also demanded the same and petitioned to the Chief Minister. Even an expert committee led by Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa suggested to not drop any content on the historic figure. However, the department still decided to drop lessons from one of the classes while keeping the syllabus short for the next 120 active academic days.

Earlier this month, a controversy had erupted over the CBSE's decision to omit topics like federalism, secularism, citizenship, etc while reducing the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12. The education board had issued a detailed clarification later, stating that topics claimed to be dropped "are either being covered by the rationalised syllabus or in the Alternative Academic Calendar of NCERT".

"The rationalisation of syllabus up to 30 per cent has been undertaken by the Board for nearly 190 subjects of class 9 to 12 for the academic session 2020-21 as a one-time measure only. The objective is to reduce the exam stress of students due to the prevailing health emergency situation and prevent learning gaps," it said.

Last week, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh expressed its concern over 'deliberate and systematic' deletions of chapters related to the freedom struggle and the party's role in it from the Class 10-12 syllabi of the Secondary Education Board.

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July 23,2020

Bengaluru, July 23: The Janta Dal (Secular) and Congress that had joined hands together in Karnataka ‘to keep communal forces at bay, have once again turned archrivals. The development comes a year after the collapse of JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the state.

Recently, Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah claimed that the Congress would have won at least 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections had it not been for the alliance with the JD(S). In response, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy of the JD(S), who headed the coalition government, blamed the Congress for its many 'conspiracies'.

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Kumaraswamy said he was prompted by Siddarmaiah's claims to recall what transpired during the coalition government. 

"There will never be a future alliance with Congress," Kumaraswamy declared, in a letter to his party colleagues on Wednesday. He claimed that there were many conspiracies on part of Congress, which led to the fall of the coalition government.

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May 8,2020

Bengaluru, May 8: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has announced a special package for those involved in leather works, especially those who work on the roadside, informed the state's Deputy Chief Minister Govind M Karjol on Friday. 

The special package has been announced for cobblers and leather workers, who work on the roadside. 

The government has provided relief to 11,722 families at a rate of Rs 5,000 per family. These beneficiaries will be directly credited to their bank account through Dr. Babu Jagjivan Ram Leather Industries Development Corporation.

This special package will help livelihoods for skilled workers, said the Deputy Chief Minister. He congratulated the Chief Minister on the declaration of this special package on behalf of the Department of Social Welfare.

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