Overview
- Belagavi police arrested Manikantha Dinnimani and Iranna Sankammanavar after a 13-year-old alleged she was dragged into a sugarcane field and raped near Murgod.
- A case was registered under IPC and the POCSO Act, the accused were remanded to judicial custody, and a woman officer was assigned to the survivor’s case.
- Police said the family filed the complaint on December 1 after reported threats and acknowledged they are probing the delay.
- In Assam’s Bilasipara, an FIR under BNS provisions and POCSO cites a November 27 gang-rape of a 15-year-old, with suspects reported absconding.
- Bilasipara police say searches are underway and the survivor’s medical and statement procedures are complete, as local groups criticize the pace of arrests.