Atrocity on SC girl in Karnataka

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, NOV. 23. A Scheduled Caste couple from Nallahalli village of Uyyamballi hobli in Kanakapura taluk alleged here on Friday that two persons of the village kidnapped their 13-year- old daughter and one of them raped her.

Narrating the tale of woe of their family, Mr. Ningamadiah and his wife, Ms. Dundamma, who came to the city with their daughter, said that they were being harassed.

Mr. Ningamadiah said he had two acres of land in Satnur Police Station limits and was cultivating groundnut on it. He alleged that Putte Gowda, son of Deviah, let his goats to graze in the field and he had to chase them away. Angered by this, Gowda picked up a quarrel with him and used abusive language against his community. Yet Gowda gave a complaint to the police that he was beaten up.

He alleged that the members of the Tigala community to which Gowda belonged were organising themselves to make him pay for the incident. Towards this end, Gowda even got treated in a hospital. Two days later on November 13, his daughter was going to a school at Harobele when Devaraju and another man, whose father is Kadavenkatayya, kidnapped her after stuffing her mouth with a piece of cloth. He alleged that she was taken to Hongehalla first and then to an open place. Devaraju kept a watch while the other accused raped her after tying her up. On seeing someone approaching, they fled the scene.

Ms. Dundamma and the victim went to the Satnur Police Station in the afternoon after the crime was committed. She alleged that instead of registering a case and sending her daughter for medical examination, the Sub-inspector, Mr. Lokesh, asked them to meet him the next day. Some policemen came to the village the following day and took them to the place of the crime. Late in the day, they were taken to Vani Vilas Hospital in Bangalore. There were no doctors at the hospital then.

On the morning of November 15, a woman police constable took the victim to the police station where she had to wait till afternoon for senior police officers to come. She was later taken to Victoria Hospital where a male doctor attended to her. She was not given any treatment and they returned home.

Mr. Muniyappa, vice-president of the Bahujan Samaj Party State unit, who was present, alleged that no medical examination was conducted on the victim for more than a day. The accused were supporters of the district in-charge Minister, Mr. D. K. Shivakumar, so that they had not been arrested though the incident occurred nine days ago. Police had not given either a copy of the FIR or an acknowledgement in this regard to the victim.

Mr. Muniyappa said the father of Mr. ShivaKumar visited the house of Mr. Ningamadiah and promised to pay some compensation but he did not condemn the incident. The accused would go scotfree as the Minister was supporting them, he alleged and demanded Mr. Shivakumar's dismissal from the ministry.

He said Mr. Ningamaidiah would fight till his family was given justice. A sum of Rs. 5 lakhs should be paid to the family and for the education of the victim, he added.

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