Moulvi arrested for 2023 sexual assault on five-year-old in mosque

BELAGAVI: A 22-year-old moulvi was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl inside a mosque in Murgod police limits. The arrested was identified as Tufail Ahmed Dadapeer of Mahalingapur.

The incident had occurred in October 2023, but the girl’s parents had not lodged a complaint out of fear. After the Murgod police got video evidence, they convinced the parents to lodge a complaint.

The sexual assault was recorded on a CCTV camera. The video was shared on X by cow activist Puneet Kerehalli. The accused was remanded to judicial custody and sent to Hindalga jail.

In another incident, a woman, who worked at a hotel, was brutally murdered while she was returning home on Tuesday near the Lakshmi Complex at Sadashiva Nagar in Belagavi. The deceased was identified as Mahadevi Karennavar (42). The motive for the murder was not yet known.

An unidentified miscreant followed her as she was heading home and struck her fatally on the head with an iron rod. Mahadevi collapsed on the spot and died. The body was sent to BIMS for post-mortem examination and the APMC police have registered a case.