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India Today
9 hours ago
- India Today
80-year-old woman sexually assaulted, robbed during evening walk in Tamil Nadu
An 80-year-old woman was allegedly gang raped and robbed while on her routine evening walk near Panrutti in Cuddalore district, Tamil woman, who lives with her son, is known to go for walks in the morning and evening. On Monday evening, while she was out walking, a group of men reportedly intercepted and abducted her. According to police sources, the men took her to a secluded location, gagged her, allegedly raped her and robbed her of gold jewellery weighing approximately 8 residents found the woman unconscious and rushed her to the District Government Hospital, where she is currently undergoing treatment. The Panrutti Police have begun an investigation into the a similar incident, on June 12, a 60-year-old differently abled Dalit woman was allegedly raped and robbed by a person with a known criminal record in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district. The accused, identified as Fairoz Yasin Yaragatti, aged 23, was later shot in the leg by police during an encounter after he allegedly attacked officers while attempting to incident occurred when the woman, a resident of Dandeli, was walking to a relative's house. She was abducted and assaulted, following which she lodged a complaint at the Dandeli Town Police Station. During the course of the investigation, the police showed her photographs of nearly 100 suspects, and she identified Yaragatti as the Yaragatti, a resident of Bailpar in Dandeli, is a history-sheeter with a criminal background with recorded offences related to illegal liquor trade, ganja peddling, and abuse and assault of police officers. He was reportedly working as a driver and sand transporter. IN THIS STORY#Tamil Nadu
India Today
a day ago
- India Today
Karnataka Dalit woman sexually assaulted, robbed, accused shot during arrest
A 60-year-old differently abled Dalit woman was allegedly raped and robbed by a person with a known criminal record in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district. The accused, identified as Fairoz Yasin Yaragatti, 23, was later shot in the leg by police during an encounter after he allegedly attacked officers while attempting to incident occurred on June 12, when the woman, a resident of Dandeli, was walking to a relative's house. She was abducted and assaulted, following which she lodged a complaint at the Dandeli Town Police Station. During the course of the investigation, the police showed her photographs of nearly 100 suspects, and she identified Yaragatti as the Yaragatti, a resident of Bailpar in Dandeli, is a history-sheeter with a criminal background with recorded offences related to illegal liquor trade, ganja peddling, and abuse and assault of police officers. He was reportedly working as a driver and sand transporter. Police teams were formed under the supervision of Deputy Superintendent of Police Shivananad Madarkhandi, with personnel drawn from Dandeli, Haliyal, and Joida stations to trace the accused. Acting on a tip-off, the police located Yaragatti near Kulgai Road along the Dandeli-Yellapur Sub-Inspector (SI) Kiran Patil and his team, including officers Imran and Krishnappa, attempted to apprehend the accused, Yaragatti fled into a nearby forest and allegedly attacked the officers with stones and a knife. Officer Krishnappa sustained injuries from a stone and a stick, while officer Imran suffered a knife injury to his hand. Yaragatti also attempted to stab SI Kiran during the firing two warning shots, SI Kiran shot Yaragatti in the left leg, below the knee. The injured police personnel and the accused were taken to Dandeli Government Hospital and are currently undergoing of Police M Narayan visited the hospital to meet the injured officers. IN THIS STORY#Karnataka
