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Rape attempt on a girl, accused held by police.

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Mangaluru/Kaikamba, August 27: A man had reportedly followed a girl and attempted sexual assault on her. This incident took place at Badagabellur under Bantwal rural police jurisdiction.

The accused is identified as Santosh Louis (38), resident of Varakodi in Badagabellur.

It is gathered that the girl who works in a tailor shop in Gurupura Kaikamba, after the days work, alighted the bus as usual at Kallugudde at around 6.30pm and began walking towards her home situated in Eashnagar in Badagabellu which is 1.5kms far from the road. The accused Santosh began following the girl. But later the man began to behave in an indecent manner with the girl. The frightened girl went into a house close by and waited for the man to pass. The girl who thought that the man might have walked away began walking towards her home. But the accused who was hiding somewhere, once again began to follow the girl. After moving for some distance, the accused approached the girl her and put his hands on her shoulders and attempted to rape her, it is alleged.

The girl frightened by his advances ran to her house and narrated the incident to her family. As the news spread, the villagers began to gather near the house.

The Bantwal rural police team led by Sub-Inspector Rakshith on receiving the information visited the spot and launched a search for the accused. Police asked the locals to keep calm. The accused was finally arrested from a house near Badagabellur.

The girl has registered a complaint with the police.

The accused is married and father of two. In the past too, the accused Santosh had misbehaved with the girls, it is alleged.

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