Court orders man 7 years jail for raping minor Dalit girl

March 31, 2011

Mangalore, March 31: Dakshina Kannada District 2nd sessions court on Wednesday, sentenced Muhammad Iqbal, resident of Donthila, Koukrady village in Puttur taluk to seven years imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a minor Dalit girl.

The court also fined the accused Rs 10,000.

In a complaint filed by the accused it was said that 25 year old Iqbal had raped and given life threat after taking 16-year-old dalit girl to a forest at Bajathur in an Omni van from Nellyady at around 5.30 pm on June 6, 2010.

A case had been registered under Dalit Atrocity Act. The then ASP of Puttur had submitted a charge sheet against the accused in the court.

The Judge of District 2nd sessions court RM Shettar pronounced that the accused has been found guilty under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code.

The court has directed that the fine amount be handed over to the family of victim.

Public prosecutor C Venkataramana Swamy argued on behalf of the victim.

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Think Before You Post! Mangaluru Police Crack Down on Provocative Instagram Accounts

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Mangaluru: In a significant step to curb online hate and intimidation, Mangaluru City Police have registered a suo motu case against multiple Instagram accounts accused of circulating alleged provocative and threatening content.

While monitoring social media activity on Tuesday, Kankanady Town PSI Anitha Nikkam identified the Instagram handle ‘team_targetttt_900’ for posting a hate message alongside images of lethal weapons. Another account, ‘team_nagara_900’, allegedly shared a threatening post targeting activist Bharath Kumdelu, tagging additional pages such as KARAVALI-OFFICIAL.

Several other accounts — including ‘immu_bhai.fan’, ‘target_boy_900’, ‘kings_of_manglore’, ‘team_target_boys.900’, ‘arshad_mangalore’, ‘target_ka19_ullal’, ‘team_target__’, ‘troll_tigersz_900’, ‘tr_group_900’, and ‘team_target_900’ — are also under scrutiny for spreading similar inflammatory material, police said.

Authorities have urged citizens, especially young social media users, to report suspicious pages and avoid engaging with groups that glorify violence or threaten individuals. Online hate can quickly escalate into real-world harm, and police stress that sharing or promoting such content can attract legal consequences.

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