A 19-year-old lady died on Thursday from accidents she sustained after being allegedly attacked and molested on a bus enroute to Belagavi on Tuesday evening, a senior police officer aware of the matter mentioned.
Belagavi assistant commissioner of police, N V Baramani, mentioned the woman labored at a name centre in Bengaluru and had returned to town from Goa on Tuesday morning. She boarded a personal bus to her dwelling city of Belagavi — situated at a distance of about 500 km — that evening, mentioned Baramani.
“She boarded the personal bus the identical evening (Tuesday) to journey to Belagavi. She was assaulted, however she was not raped. Misinformation is being unfold in regards to the incident,” he mentioned.
A police officer aware about the investigation mentioned the girl had referred to as her mother and father after boarding the bus after which switched off her cellphone. It’s suspected that she was attacked after the bus crossed Hubballi, mentioned the officer, including that she had chew marks on her lips and neck together with cigarette burns and had sustained accidents on the pinnacle.
In keeping with one other officer near the investigation, solely 4 passengers remained on the bus after Hubballi. The motive force used a service highway as a substitute the common Pune-Bengaluru nationwide freeway to cowl the 105-km distance to Belagavi, mentioned the officer requesting anonymity.
ACP Baramani mentioned the girl received off the bus on Wednesday morning in Belagavi alongside together with her buddy, who received her admitted to the district hospital.
“The workers on the emergency and trauma centre seen she was in an unconscious state and had chew marks on her face and lips and a number of accidents on the pinnacle,” mentioned ACP Baramani.
He mentioned the hospital workers listed the matter as a Medico Authorized Case (MLC) — the particular person accompanying the affected person has to signal for authorities to manage therapy. Nevertheless, the girl’s buddy left the hospital on the pretext of constructing a cellphone name, mentioned the officer.
He referred to as the girl’s mother and father to tell them of the scenario earlier than switching off the cellphone and leaving, mentioned the ACP.
As the girl’s situation deteriorated on Wednesday, authorities moved her to a personal hospital with the consent of the mother and father, mentioned Baramani. She succumbed to her accidents on Thursday.
The girl’s father, an autorickshaw driver, alleged she was raped and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter. “My daughter was raped and there have been cigarette burns on her again. I urge authorities for a high-level inquiry. Little question my daughter was raped and murdered, for which a CBI inquiry have to be carried out and the culprits be given capital punishment,” he mentioned.
The girl’s mom mentioned her daughter had joined the decision centre in Bengaluru about two months in the past and described her as a quiet woman. This was the 19-year-old’s first job.
ACP Baramani mentioned a workforce has been constituted to trace down the girl’s buddy.