Mangalore: Price of petrol sold at IOC outlets in Mangalore will be cheaper by Rs 2.43 from midnight on Wednesday to touch Rs 73.28 per litre against earlier rate of Rs 75.71.
In Udupi, petrol will now cost Rs 73.38 as against Rs 75.80 earlier, lesser by Rs 2.42. The price of auto LPG in Mangalore will now be Rs 41.21 per litre (earlier rate Rs 42.66), cheaper by Rs 1.45. Price of Xtra premium motor spirit will now be Rs 75.99/litre against Rs 78.22 earlier, less by Rs 2.23.
Udupi, Dec 1: A horrific case of alleged rape has unfolded in Udupi, where a worker from a Hindutva organisation, previously arrested and released on bail for harassing a young woman, is now accused of waylaying and sexually assaulting her.
The arrested individual has been identified as Pradeep Poojary (26), a member of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike's Nairkode unit in Perdur.
Poojary had allegedly been relentlessly harassing the young woman, pressuring her to marry him. When she bravely stood up to him and refused his demands, she filed a formal complaint at the Hiriyadka police station. He was subsequently arrested in that initial harassment case but was later granted bail.
According to police reports, driven by the same malicious grudge, Poojary allegedly intercepted the woman again on November 29. While she was walking through a deserted area, the accused is claimed to have threatened her by grabbing her neck. When she again refused to marry him, he allegedly proceeded to rape her.
The survivor immediately informed her family about the traumatic assault. Following this, her parents lodged a complaint at the Udupi women’s police station.
Police arrested Poojary again and produced him before the court. He has since been remanded to judicial custody.
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