Paedophile who raped 2 girls in city arrested from Kalaburagi

March 15, 2017

Bengaluru, Mar 15: He was constantly looking for sex and targeted minor girls and women in shanties as they were vulnerable. The paedophile, who was on the run, was arrested by the Sanjaynagar police on Friday in Kalaburagi.

rapistThe arrested is Mallikarjun alias Manjunath, a native of Kalaburagi, who was working in a garment factory in Sunkadkatte. He had come to the city a few years ago in search of work. Mallikarjun had sexually assaulted two minor girls and cases were registered in Sanjaynagar and Rajarajeshwarinagar police stations.

On February 23, around 5 pm, Mallikarjun went to Geddalahalli on a bike and approached the parents of a 13-year-old girl saying a huge quantity of food was left over at a house warming ceremony on the next street. He asked them to accompany him with utensils.

The parents, who earn a living by pressing clothes, sent their daughter to get the food, said the police. “Mallikarjun took the girl on his bike to a eucalyptus grove in Rajanakunte where he raped her repeatedly. Later in the night, he dropped the girl near her house and fled.

The victim’s parents did not bother to ask her anything till she fell sick after a few days. She was taken to a nearby private hospital, where doctors confirmed sexual assault. They lodged a complaint at Sanjaynagar police station,” said a senior police officer.

“CCTV footage was collected. The victim also gave the description of the suspect and she had noticed a name board saying Rajanakunte. Based on the information, more footage was collected on the route from Geddalahalli to Rajanakunte and a similar bike was seen in most of the footage.

“The registration number of the bike was traced. It is learnt that the bike was stolen from Banashankari,” added the officer.

Based on credible information, Mallikarjun was found hiding in Kalaburagi, after he had learnt that the police were trailing him. A police team went to Kalaburagi and arrested him on Friday.

Another senior police officer, who was investigating the case, said: “Mallikarjun confessed to have raped the minor girl. Recently, another complaint was filed in Rajarajeshwarinagar police station saying he had raped a 10-year-old girl. He was also wanted in two bike theft cases in Banashankari and Chennamanakere Achchukattu police station limits.”

A few months ago, Mallikarjun had gone to Kannada actor Darshan’s house to click a selfie with the actor.

But when he was denied permission, Mallikarjun grew furious. He came back after a few hours and threw stones at two cars belonging to the actor and fled. He is being questioned to ascertain if he is involved in more cases, said the police.

He was married

Mallikarjun was living with his second wife in Sunkadkatte and she is six months pregnant.

His first wife deserted him, unable to bear his torture and is living in Maharashtra with their daughter.

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May 28,2020

Hyderabad, MAY 28: A three-year-old boy who accidentally fell into a newly drilled open borewell in Telangana's Medak district was found dead in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

The kid's body was retrieved at around 4 am after a nearly 10 hours' long rescue operation involving different agencies, they said.

"He died a while before we evacuated him, most likely due to the mud that covered him from the top sealing off necessary oxygen supply, " Medak District Superintendent of Police Chandana Deepti told PTI.

The boy had accidentally slipped into the 120- feet borewell at around 5 pm on Wednesday in an agricultural field located in Papannapet mandal of the district when he was walking with his grandfather and father, police earlier said.

As part of rescue efforts, a parallel trench was dug along the borewell hole with the help of earth excavating machines and oxygen was supplied into it, but the efforts went in vain as the boy's body was found stuck at a depth of around 25 feet, the police said.

Apart from the police, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were also involved in the rescue operation.

The borewell into which the child fell was one among the three dug by the family since Tuesday night to try and find water for their fields. But none of them yielded any water, police had said.

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July 8,2020

Kanpur, Jul 8: The Special Task Force (STF) shot dead Amar Dubey in an encounter in Maudaha on Wednesday morning. Amar, a right hand man of gangster Vikas Dubey, who shot dead eight police personnel on Friday last, figured prominently in the list of wanted persons released by the Kanpur police on Tuesday.

He was a named accused in the massacre.

According to STF sources, the police team had received a tip off about Amar's presence in the district and when they tried to close in on him, the criminal opened fire on them, He was killed in retaliatory firing around 6.30.a.m,

Amar was reportedly heading towards the house of one of his relatives in Maudaha area.

"We asked him to surrender but he opened fire at us and was killed when we returned the fire," said an STF official.

Earlier, he had been hiding in Faridabad but moved out after police pressure increased there.

Amar Dubey was a trusted accomplice of Vikas Dubey and the police had announced a reward of Rs 25,000 on him after the Kanpur massacre.

Incidentally, reports claim that Vikas Dubey was also seen at a hotel in Faridabad on Tuesday night but fled before the police could close in on him.

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January 6,2020

New Delhi, Jan 6: A blind student who is pursuing research in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was also attacked by the mob that perpetrated violence in the University yesterday.

"I thought that the mob which came yesterday would disperse after raising a few slogans but they indulged in violence. They were targeting ABVP students. They beat me with sticks and rods. When I went to the AIIMS Trauma Centre, I came to know that there are many other injured students there," Surya Prakash, the blind student pursuing research in the University told ANI.

"I talked to my family members. They are really worried about the situation here. I qualified in the National Eligibility Test (NET) last year but I want to study and hence I am continuing research in JNU. How can we do anything in this atmosphere of fear? I am receiving calls from anonymous numbers threatening me not to come in front of the media. They are saying that as I am blind, I would become the face of this case," he added.

Another PhD student, Santosh Bhagat recounted his experience.

"In the evening at around 7 pm, many masked men entered the hostel. They had rods and sticks in their hands. We tried to go out but the attackers had entered the premises by then. I locked my room from inside but the attackers broke the door and entered my room and attacked me. They pushed me from the first floor and I fell down and sustained an injury. Later, I took shelter at one of the Professor's flat. Later, I was taken to the AIIMS Trauma Cantre," Bhagat said.

On Sunday evening, more than 30 students of the university, including JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh, were injured and were taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre after a masked mob entered the JNU and attacked them and professors with sticks and rods.

The JNU administration and political leaders, cutting across political lines, condemned the attack on students and urged the police to take action against the perpetrators.

Meanwhile, the situation remained tense but peaceful outside JNU on Monday morning as the university guards maintained a strict vigil at the gate, checking I-cards of all those entering the university.

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