Umesh Marpalli
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (MS)
Udupi, Mar 27: Two men, who are friends, were arrested for allegedly raping a young girl, colleague of one of the accused.
Maranakatte Jagadish Bovi and a young girl of Malpe were both working in a cloth shop of Badagupete of the city. Jagadish had promised to marry the said girl and was interacting with her freely. Last week, taking advantage of the faith of the young girl, Jagadish took the girl to a lodge in Manipal during the Pedoor Jathre festival and also called his friend Ganesh Mallya, a resident of Harikhandige to accompany him. Both Jagadish and Ganesh raped the girl in the lodge. The victim girl filed a complaint in this regard with the Manipal police station.
The victim girl, who got depressed because of the behavior of Jagadish, with whom she developed relation on good faith, attempted to commit suicide by consuming a overdose of certain tablets. The mother of the young girl got her admitted into the district hospital at Ajjarakadu as an inpatient. The girl is recuperating now in the hospital.
Both the accused were arrested by the Manipal police and produced in the court. They have been remanded to 14 days of judicial custody.