Three held for rape, illegal confinement in K’taka: Police
Hindustan TimesThe Ramanagara woman police have arrested three persons on charges of rape and illegal confinement, said a police official familiar with the incident, in Mysuru on Sunday. The action was taken after the incident of a 19-year-old girl being raped by the owner of an orphanage for three months came to light on Saturday. During the victim’s stay, Preethi’s brother Yogesh allegedly raped the girl for three months, confined her and forced her for an abortion. “We have received a complaint from the survivor and registered a case against three persons including the Ammana Madilu orphanage owner DM Preethi,” Ramanagara woman police station inspector and investigation officer M Shobha said.“The said orphanage shelters aged persons and women but the accused had no permission from the state authorities to run the institution,” she said, adding, police have sent the victim to her parents’ house.