Cops initially registered a case under ‘lesser’ sections such as wrongful confinement and voluntarily causing hurt, her family alleged. However, after the survivor’s statement was recorded before a magistrate under Sec 164 CrPC, sections of rape along with Pocso Act were added to FIR. Refuting the family’s allegations, SSP (Kheri) Ganesh Saha told TOI, “We’d registered an FIR on basis of a complaint by her family. A video statement of the girl was recorded in which she didn’t level such grave allegations.”

Nearly six months after Karnataka submitted a memorandum, the state on Saturday finally received Rs 3,454 crore from Centre under Natural Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to counter the prevailing drought situation. This, however, is way short of Karnataka’s initial demand of Rs 18,174 crore, which included Rs 5,662 crore for compensation to farmers.

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