Bengaluru: A woman entrepreneur was allegedly waylaid and threatened by a gang of unidentified miscreants close to Cubbon Park police station, on Tuesday morning. The gang wanted her to take back a POCSO case she had registered against a rowdy sheeter, who is currently in judicial custody for sexually assaulting a minor girl.
The complainant, Sunitha, a resident of Lavelle Road, told Deccan Chronicle that a gang of four armed men threatened her at knife point to withdraw the case, which she has filed against a cab driver for molesting a 10-year-old girl, an orphan.
She said the victim was the daughter of her domestic help, who died a few months ago. Since then she has been taking care of her education.The complainant said that on Monday night and subsequent morning, the gang members harassed her. They came in a red car and a bike and intercepted her. They threatened her with dire consequences if she did not withdraw the case filed against one of their associates.
The incident took place at UB Circle signal when she was returning home with the victim after visiting the police station to record the statement. The girl was sexually assaulted and attacked with a blade by one Narotham Kumar, a cab driver, on May 24 while she was in the flat of Sunitha’s mother.
“The girl was sexually and physically assaulted, following which she came to me and explained her ordeal. I took her to Bowring Hospital and later filed a complaint with the Cubbon Park police. The police arrested him under POCSO and remanded him to judicial custody,” the complainant said.
Police investigation revealed that Narotham was a habitual offender in Soladevanahalli and used to visit Sunitha's mother house under the pretext of helping her.
In her plaint to the police, Sunitha stated that on Tuesday around 7.30 pm, she had gone to police station with the victim to record her statement and while returning a gang of four people intercepted her at the UB City signal and threatened to kill her if she did not withdraw the complaint. Scared about her safety and that of the minor, she raised an alarm. As a result, one of the accused was caught while the others managed to escape. “I have sent her to hostel for her safety. I live alone and I am also scared about my safety. My mother-in-law also lives alone in a nearby flat. I have also met the Police Commissioner. I need security as the gang is constantly after me,” she said.
Based on the complaint the Cubbon Park police on Tuesday registered a case of sexual harassment, stalking and criminal intimidation against the accused.
Two women strangled to death
A 23-year-old woman was smothered to death by her husband over a domestic row in Kamakshipalya on Tuesday night.
The deceased, Malathi Sahu, was from Odisha and was living with her husband Kailakshchandra Behara and their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter at a house provided by the company. Kaliash worked at a mosquito net manufacturing unit in Kamakshipalya. He frequently fought with Malathi over trivial issues, the police said.The couple again had a fight on Tuesday night and Kailash smothered Malathi with a pillow. He covered the body with a bed sheet and then fled.On Wednesday morning, when the neighbours heard incessant cries of the child, they went to check in the house and found the body.The Kamakshipalya police have registered a case of murder and have launched a manhunt to nab Kailash.
Home alone woman murdered
A 66-year-old woman was found murdered in her house in Annapurneshwari Nagar police limits. The police suspect that someone known to her could be behind the murder and it could be over personal rivalry. The deceased Rajamma ran a small shop near her house in Gauramma Layout in Pappareddy Palya. She was not married and was living alone. A preliminary probe revealed that the murder might have taken place around 11.30 pm while she was sleeping. The culprit has escaped after strangling her. A neighbour, who came to check on her on Wednesday, found her dead and informed the police.“Everything in the house is intact, including the gold chain she was wearing. Nothing has been touched or misplaced. We suspect that someone known to the victim is behind the murder,” said an officer.
