Mangalore, Apr 4: Mangalore city police arrested two minors in connection with sexual harassment of Congress corporator in Kodikere near Kulai in Surathkal.
The arrested are Nithin (17) and Manish (17).
The police are on the lookout for three more persons allegedly involved in harassing the corporator.
The corporator alleged that around 30 young supporters of the BJP blocked her way while she was campaigning in Kodikere on March 30. She said the group verbally abused her and threatened her for campaigning in the area. When she continued her campaign, one 17-year-old boy reportedly tried to pull her saree and another minor reportedly tried to grope her.
Police Commissioner R Hithendra said the two minors were also involved in case of murder and an attempt to murder case. They have been produced before the Juvenile Justice Board.
On the increase in the number of crimes in which gang operating in Kodikere were using minors, Mr Hithendra said, “This has come to our notice, we will be arresting the conspirators, too,” he said.
While confirming that the accused in the alleged sexual harassment of the corporator were members of the BJP, the former Minister Krishna J Palemar dismissed the incident as “having been blown up for political reasons”.
“I have seen the footage. These are false cases against the BJP youths to ensure they do not take part in the campaigning,” he told reporters here on Thursday. He further claimed that the youth belonging to the BJP were being “fixed” in police cases on the behest of MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava to hamper the party 's campaigning.
Some female residents of Kodikere claimed that there was no attempt to outrage the modesty of the corporator and said the issue was being blown out of blown out of proportion. The residents have given their version of incident to the police.
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