Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (SP)
Puttur, Jun 16: In an incident which occurred at Mura in Mogru village near here on Wednesday June 15, a man tried to rape two girls going to school and also posed life threat to them.
Both the girls were 16-year-old, and one among them belongs to scheduled tribe. Uppinangady police, who have registered the case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, have taken the accused into custody. The accused has been identified as Saleem (40), son of Abdurrahman from Alake in Tannirpantha village.
When the girls were going to school on Wednesday morning, Saleem reportedly obstructed them and tried to rape them. He also threatened them with murder if they revealed to their respective families about the incident, it is learnt.