<p>The Belthangady police have booked a case against nine people, including a BJP leader, for stripping and assaulting a woman from a tribal community.</p>.<p>The accused people have been identified as Sandeep, Santhosh, Lokaiah, Gulabi, Kusuma, Suguna, Anil, Lalitha and Chennakeshava.</p>.<p>The heinous incident occurred on April 19 in front of several villagers at Guripalla village in Belthangady taluk of the district.</p>.<p>According to police, the suspects created a commotion after revenue officials reached the village to survey government land following an application submitted by the victim-woman under 94C. They forced surveyors to abandon work and assaulted the applicant's elder sister. When the victim rushed to her rescue, the gang tore her clothes and also made a video of the incident.</p>.<p>The Belthangady police have registered a case and are investigating it.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, expressing anguish against the atrocity on a tribal woman near Dharmasthala, former minister B T Lalitha Naik sought to know why Dharmasthala Dharmadikari Veerendra Heggade was silent on the heinous crime.</p>.<p>"Do pilgrim centres like Dharmasthala and Tirupati exist only to tonsure heads and get donations/offerings? They should extend a minimum courtesy by comforting the victims of such incidents, she told reporters in Mysuru.</p>.<p>The Dharmadhikari should advise the people against such incidents, she added.</p>.<p>It is unfortunate that the organisations like Sri Rama Sene and Bajrang Dal are running the government. They are creating disharmony in society and destroying the spirit of brotherhood, she lamented.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>The Belthangady police have booked a case against nine people, including a BJP leader, for stripping and assaulting a woman from a tribal community.</p>.<p>The accused people have been identified as Sandeep, Santhosh, Lokaiah, Gulabi, Kusuma, Suguna, Anil, Lalitha and Chennakeshava.</p>.<p>The heinous incident occurred on April 19 in front of several villagers at Guripalla village in Belthangady taluk of the district.</p>.<p>According to police, the suspects created a commotion after revenue officials reached the village to survey government land following an application submitted by the victim-woman under 94C. They forced surveyors to abandon work and assaulted the applicant's elder sister. When the victim rushed to her rescue, the gang tore her clothes and also made a video of the incident.</p>.<p>The Belthangady police have registered a case and are investigating it.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, expressing anguish against the atrocity on a tribal woman near Dharmasthala, former minister B T Lalitha Naik sought to know why Dharmasthala Dharmadikari Veerendra Heggade was silent on the heinous crime.</p>.<p>"Do pilgrim centres like Dharmasthala and Tirupati exist only to tonsure heads and get donations/offerings? They should extend a minimum courtesy by comforting the victims of such incidents, she told reporters in Mysuru.</p>.<p>The Dharmadhikari should advise the people against such incidents, she added.</p>.<p>It is unfortunate that the organisations like Sri Rama Sene and Bajrang Dal are running the government. They are creating disharmony in society and destroying the spirit of brotherhood, she lamented.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
