Probe officer in minor girl assault case suspended
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The officer probing the rape of a minor girl, reported in Sringeri, has been suspended following allegations of irregularities in handling the sensitive case.
Siddaramaiah, the police inspector, was accused of delay in registering the case as well as deliberately committing mistakes in the process. The IGP of Western Range has issued the suspension order.
The case had come up for discussion in the Legislative Council on Thursday, where Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai had admitted to mistakes and stated that the officer concerned would be suspended.
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AAA G. Subramanya, chairman of Chikkamagaluru Child Welfare Committee (CWC), has alleged that the Sringeri police committed mistakes “deliberately” while registering an FIR on the alleged rape of a minor girl in Sringeri taluk to help the accused.
The girl was allegedly raped by several men over the past four months. The Sringeri police registered a case on Saturday against 17 people, including the girl’s aunt. The police allegedly delayed registering the case and wrongly mentioned the committee’s chairman as the complainant.
CWC chairman G. Subramanya said the police had information about the rape much before the committee received any details of it. “The locals had informed the police, but they delayed taking action. They took the girl to a Santhwana Kendra in Sringeri on Thursday itself. As per the norms, the police should have informed the CWC before taking the girl to the centre,” he said.
Minor girl raped by 15 men for four months in Karnataka
According to the police, the accused were blackmailing the survivor that they would share her pictures on social media if she failed to cooperate with them.
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SHIVAMOGGA: Fifteen persons were booked for raping a 15-year-old girl for four months at a village near Sringeri in Chikkamagaluru district in Karnataka. The police have registered a case against the accused as well as the girl s aunt for conniving with the accused.
The accused have been identified as Small Abhi, Girish Anegunda, Vikas, Manikanta, Sampath, Ashwathgowda, Rajesh, Amith, Santhosh, Deekshith, Santhosh, Niranjan, Nayana Gowda, Abhigowda and Yogeesh.