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11 held for Kerala school girls’ rape: Minister
Thiruvananthapuram: Eleven people, most of them school students, were taken into police custody following complaints of two schoolgirls being raped in Pathanamthitta district, a Kerala minister said on Saturday.
The incident came to light a few days ago after complaints from the victims and the school authorities.
Speaking to the media, State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said police acted promptly and took those responsible for the incident into custody.
“Eleven of them have been picked up. Of this, most of them are Class XI students and others are men,” said Chennithala.
“What police have so far found out is that the incident began from a missed call and it reached to this most unfortunate episode,” Chennithala added.
The two girls, studying in Class 9 and 10 are believed to have been forcibly taken away after being threatened. The incident occurred first on last Friday and the next day.
Police swung into action after complaint. The girls was produced before a magistrate who took their statements and after providing medical attention they were moved to a safe place.
Police have started questioning the 11 people to find out if there were more people invovled in it.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.