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Minor Girl Gang-Raped By 29 Men Near Mumbai

Thane : A 15 year old minor girl was gang-raped by 29 people, in 9 months duration. 2 out of 29 were minors police said revealing the details of the horrified crime. In the month of January, the girl’s boyfriend had allegedly raped her and shot the video. Blackmailing the girl by leak of video the guy and friends gangraped her.

A case has been registered on the 29 accused on the basis of Minor’s complaint. As per Thane Police all the accused were minor’s friends.

Additional Commissioner of Police (East region), Dattatray Karale said, “It all started when the lover of the girl raped her in January and made a video of the incident. He started blackmailing her on the basis of that video. Later on, his friends and acquaintances gang-raped her at least on four to five occasions at different places, including Dombivli, Badlapur, Murbad and Rabale in the district.”

Following the complaint police has arrested 21 accused and 2 other accused are minor hence, detained. Police is searching for the remaining 6 accused. The 15 year old girl is undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Kalwa.

The police have registered a case last night against unidentified persons under relevant Sections of the Indian Penal Code for rape, repeated rape, gang-rape, and “rape on a woman under sixteen years of age” and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, an official said.

A special investigation team (SIT) has been formed under ACP Sonali Dhole to probe the case, he added.

Devendra Fadnavis demands strict punishment to all the culprits. He tweeted, “Deplorable, Disgusting! Anguished to hear-14 year girl being gang raped by 30men in Bhopar,#Dombivli Too worried about increase in violence against women. MVA Govt must pay serious attention to ensure that such incidents do not happen & we demand strictest punishment to all guilty.”

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Karnataka: Rs. 25000 fined to Dalit family, after two-year-old enters temple

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Koppal: Five people were taken into custody on Wednesday including a priest for allegedly fining Rs. 25000 to a Dalit family for ‘sanitising’ a temple Miyapura village in Karnataka’s Koppal district, after their two-year-old son entered the temple.

Based on a complaint filed by the Social Welfare Assistant Director Balachandra, five people — Kanakappa Poojari, Hanuma Gowda, Gavi Siddappa Myageri, Virupaksha Gowda Myageri and Sharana Gowda– have been taken into custody by the Kustagi Police.

Various section the Indian Penal Code and under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (SC/ST Act), have been charged on the five accused in the Kushtagi Police station.

According to T Sreedhara, Superintendent of Police, Koppal, a villager Chandrashekhar belonging to the Channadasara community was on Tuesday asked to pay ₹ 25,000 after his four-year-old son entered the Anjaneya Temple on his birthday.

Interestingly, the police had held a ‘peace’ meeting with the communities in the village to end the controversy and the victim’s father was reluctant to file a complaint as he feared his family would face more danger from the villagers.

The toddler entered the temple on September 4 when his family had taken him there to offer prayers for his birthday. The child ran inside the temple premises when his father was praying. Temple priest and locals tooks objection to this and imposed a fine on the family on September 11.

According to the police the Dalits, belonging to the Channadasar community. After the incident came to light, members of the Channadasar community held protests and approached the police. The family had refused to lodge a police complaint to avoid disrupting the harmony of the village.

The Channadasara community was ordered by upper-caste villagers to pay fines of ₹ 25,000 for the boy’s entry into the temple and ₹ 11,000 to sanitize the temple, the police official said.

Upper caste villagers said that the incident took place due to a “misunderstanding”.

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