Based on police, the woman was lacking since August 29. (Representational)
Bengaluru:
Three individuals had been arrested on Thursday for his or her alleged involvement within the rape and homicide of a 19-year-old woman belonging to the Scheduled Caste neighborhood in Karnataka’s Bidar district, an official mentioned.
Bidar Superintendent of Police Pradeep Gunti, mentioned {that a} case beneath the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been filed together with rape and homicide costs.
“Of the three accused, one hails from the identical village (as that of the woman). The opposite two are from a neighbouring village. All of the three are arrested, and authorized motion is initiated towards them,” the police officer mentioned, including the incident occurred within the Basavakalyan taluk.
Based on police, the woman was lacking since August 29.
The woman’s mother and father tried to hint her for 2 days. On August 31, they filed a grievance with the police.
The physique was finally present in a bush on September 1.
A deep head harm mark was noticed on her head.
Following the restoration of the physique, the police registered a homicide case.
Rape costs had been added to the case after the postmortem and forensic exams.
The police had then launched a hunt for the accused and managed to apprehend them.
On Thursday, a number of teams, organisations and the opposition BJP in Karnataka condemned the incident and staged a protest demanding justice for the sufferer and her household.
The police discovered throughout the probe that the sufferer knew the prime accused, and each had been associates.
The investigation revealed that the principle accused had are available a automobile to select up the sufferer together with two different accused people.
Since then, she by no means returned residence, following which her mother and father acquired fearful and commenced in search of her. After they didn’t find out about her whereabouts, they approached the police.
Additional investigation into the case is underway, a police officer mentioned.
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