Based on a criticism filed by the daddy of the sufferer, the Bannerghatta police arrested 4 youth, together with a minor, on Monday charging them below numerous sections of the POCSO Act and for loss of life because of negligence and rash and negligent using.
The deceased was a category 9 scholar at a authorities faculty in Bannerghatta. The accused, aged between 18 and 19, have been employed in native personal jobs, stated the police.
According to the police, the lady by no means returned from faculty on October 24 and later went together with the accused on two bikes. When she didn’t return, her dad and mom filed a lacking criticism on the Bannerghatta police station.
Later that day, the police have been alerted about an accident close to Hosakote. An investigation revealed that one of many accused misplaced management of his bike and hit a highway median, inflicting the lady using pillion to fall. She was subsequently run over by one other automobile and died on the spot.
Acting on the dad and mom’ criticism, the police arrested the 4 accused on Monday.
A probe additionally revealed no proof of sexual assault. However, for the reason that sufferer was a minor, a POCSO case has been registered, and additional motion can be initiated based mostly on the autopsy and medical examination experiences, the police stated.
Published – October 28, 2025 11:07 pm IST








