A kabaddi coach at a Sports Authority of India (SAI) facility in Bengaluru — who was accused of molesting a 13-year-old player and subsequently suspended pending inquiry — was found dead on Monday. He had hanged himself at a private lodge in Harihara, Davanagere, said the police.
The coach, Rudrappa V. Hosamani, had allegedly molested the girl in the dressing room near the kabaddi ground of the sports complex. She ran out in tears, and called her mother. Her family issued a complaint to the SAI, and he was suspended. A complaint was lodged against Hosamani under the POCSO Act, 2012, at Jnanabharathi police station.
Ravi D. Chennannavar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), said that Hosamani is learnt to have checked into a lodge in Harihara town on Sunday morning. The hotel staff, however, grew suspicious on Monday afternoon as he had not come out of his room. He hadn’t even opened the door ever since he checked in.
When their repeated calls to him went unheeded, the lodge authorities called the police, who broke open the door and found him hanging. Sources said that he might have ended his life early on Sunday.
According to Mr. Chennannavar, Hosamani left behind a suicide note in which he apologised to his family, his wife and son, the SAI, and all his students.
POCSO case accused attempts suicide in court
A 24-year-old man, who was accused for sexually abusing a minor girl and standing trial, attempted to slit his throat and wrist with a blade, in court on Tuesday.
Vinod Kumar was arrested in 2017 by the Hennur police and has since then been in judicial custody in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison.
On Tuesday, Hennur police produced Vinod Kumar before a fast track court.
“Once inside the court hall, he suddenly brought out a blade slashed his wrist and attempted to slit his throat. He has sustained shallow lacerated wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was given first aid and later produced before the court again. The court remanded him into judicial custody again,” said a senior official from Hennur Police.
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