Karnataka: Married woman and her minor sister gangraped

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, March 14, 2016: Two sisters, including a 14-year-old girl, were gang-raped in Yaragatti in Belagavi district, northwest Karnataka on Saturday night.

According to the police, a 20-year-old married woman had gone to Yaragatti from her home in Shivapura village to purchase medicine for her ailing child. The woman’s 14-year-old sister had accompanied her. The duo was waiting for bus to return to Shivapura when one of their distant relatives, Padeppa Fakirappa Bannur (19) offered to drop them on his two-wheeler.

The two unsuspecting sisters rode pillion and instead of taking them to Shivapura, Padeppa took them to a farmhouse under the pretext of offering them refreshments. Later, he took the 20-year-old woman into a room and allegedly raped her. Meanwhile, Padeppa’s friends, Bheerappa Ningappa Kittadal, Mallappa Arjun Junjuri, Bheerappa Rudrappa Adakalgundi and Maruti Arjun Bhavihal allegedly gangraped the 14-year-old girl. Later, all the 5 men fled from the scene.

The victims managed to reach a nearby village where they narrated their plight to the villagers. Later, their parents lodged a complaint with the police, who are searching for the alleged rapists.