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Officials rescue minor girl from forcible marriage; groom marries another girl

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May 13, 2012

Mangalore, May 13: In a sudden raid on a wedding ceremony, the officials of the Department of Women and Child Welfare in association with the police on Sunday prevented a minor girl being married off to a man double her age against her will at Ullal near here.

The 17-year-old premature bride got a news lease of life when a team of five officials including deputy director of the Department Shankunthala, Child Welfare Committee President Asha Nayak, and rural CDPO along with others intervened to nullify the illegal engagement between two families.

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Hundreds of relatives of both the families witnessed this drama at Veerabhadra temple in Ullal.

It is learnt that the girl who belonged to a family of Telugu Shetty caste residing at Ullal Masthikatte, had opposed the marriage from the beginning. However, her parents were forcing her to marry Suresh Lal, a 37-year-old man, who was running a workshop in Calicut.

The officials warned the girl's parents not to go ahead with the marriage against her will and before she completes 18-years. Enraged over the incident, the girl's parents decided to abandon their daughter and asked the officials to take her along with them.

Following the incident the Department took the custody of the girl and admitted her to Eshwarananda Balika Ashrama in Kankanady.

Ms Shakunthala said that the raid was carried out on a tip off by a media person.

She also said that without the police help the officials would not have prevented the marriage as majority of the family members were in inebriated condition.

“As the girl is a PUC drop out, and has expressed her desire to continue education, we will ensure that the girl pursues her education from the Ashrama,” she said.

Interestingly, the groom Suresh Lal married another girl Pavithra from Thokkottu later in the evening.


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February 26,2020

Hubballi/Vijayapura, Feb 26: A 40-year-old resident of Talikoti town in Vijayapura was arrested on Tuesday and charged with sedition for allegedly saying 'I Love Pak Army' on a social media page and sharing a video of a song, 'Pakistan Zindabad'.

Police said they registered an FIR against Meru alias Merusab Hasansab Byagwat on a complaint filed by a contractor, Ashok Rathod of Nebgiri Tanda.

Byagwat has been booked under IPC sections pertaining to sedition (124A), promoting enmity between communities and making assertions prejudicial to national integration (153 A & B), among others.

In his complaint, Rathod said Meru had posted the video on his social media account on February 22. Rathod said he took a screenshot of the video and made some inquiries before approaching police.

Police said Meru would be produced in court soon.

Police said they are keeping a watch on pro-Pakistan activities. On Monday, slogans praising Pakistan surfaced on the walls of a government primary school in Budarsinghi. In the third week of February, three Kashmiri students shot a video hailing Pakistan and circulated it on social media in Hubballi.

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May 27,2020

Kasaragod, May 27: In a tragic incident, two persons, who were brothers, died of asphyxiation while trying to rescue a calf that fell in their well at Bandhiyod near here on Wednesday.

Police sources said the elder brother Narayanan (50) entered into the well first to save the calf that fell in the well early in the morning.

His brother Sankaran (40) also followed suit after he noticed his brother fainting deep down the well. However, he also fainted inside the well.

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March 6,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 6: Karnataka home minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said he has asked police to enhance the security of Congress leaders and former ministers UT Khader and Tanveer Sait.

"Threat perception has been there for some time now, all the more after the attack on Tanveer Sait. Their (Congress MLAs UT Khader and Tanveer Sait) security is necessary. I have intimidated them. I have asked police to enhance their security," Bommai told media persons.

"After the assault on Tanveer Sait, the police told me that there were some intelligence reports and asked to me to take proper security. They have given one police man for the name's sake," Khader said.

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