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Man offers to drop a girl home, attempts rape.

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Kundapur, July 23: A case has been registered at Shankaranarayana Police station against the Yedamoge gram Panchayat vice-president alleging that he had tried to rape a girl after offering her a drop in his car.

It is said, the vice-president, identified as Balachandra (36), has gone missing.

The girl from a remote place at Kundapur had visited the college to get her transfer certificate as she had completed her graduation. While she was returning home, the accused who had come by the same way in his Maruthi Omni car, said the name of the relative of the girl and then offered to drop her home. As it began to rain, the accused began to drive in another route. He tried to kiss her and also attempted to rape her and gave his mobile phone number, it is said. The girl shocked at his behaviour, cried for help. The man then dropped the girl near her home and later went asbconding, it is learnt.

The girl later revealed the incident to her parents who immediately lodged a complaint with the Shankarnarayana police.

The accused Balachandra went missing after he learnt that the girl’s parents had lodged a complaint against him, it is said.

Investigations are on and police have undertaken operations to arrest the accused.

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