New turn in the case of the bus driver who revived Marathi Row

The child of the younger girl in whose complaint a case was recorded on Monday under the law against the bus driver who issued a video statement that said to withdraw the case and requested that they stop climbing the matter that has become a problem of language between Karnataka and Maharashtra.

Four people were arrested for allegedly assaulting the bus driver of the state transport corporation for not responding to a passenger in Marathi.

Later, the younger girl presented a contradictory that alleged that the bus driver had misbehaved with her based on which a case under protection for children was recorded under the Law of Sexual Crimes (Pocso) against the driver.

The incident that occurred on Friday on the outskirts of the city of Belagavi of the Belagavi headquarters of the headquarters of the district that borders Maharashtra has now become a tension between the two states.

In a video statement, supposedly published by the family, a woman, who believes that the girl’s mother recalled the incident by stating that when her son and daughter came from Belagavi to Balekundri after visiting the hospital, an altercation occurred in The problem of the bus ticket that is to be falsely projected as a problem of Kannada and Marathi.

“We are also affectionate about Kannada, there is no discrimination in this. An unnecessarily false propaganda is being made on behalf of Kannada and Marathi,” he said.

In expressing that the family was disturbed by how the incident has created tension between the two states, she also said: “We are disturbed that this problem has created a crack between Karnataka and Maharashtra, we have no discrimination against Kannada or Marathi. .

The family said they have decided to withdraw the case voluntarily and asked everyone not to intensify the matter.

“Injustice has happened to our daughter, looking at the situation, we will withdraw the case, we request to stop all this. There is no pressure from anyone to withdraw the case, we voluntarily remove the case,” he added.

Responding to a consultation if the case of Pocso was withdrawn against the driver director of the bus, said the Belagavi police commissioner, Iada Martin Marbaniang, to PTI, found the video statement through the media in which the The girl’s family has expressed that they want to withdraw the case, but they have not done so. He approached the police but in this regard.

“First, they (the victim’s family) will have to register the statement officially at the Police Station. To close the case, there are certain procedures that must be followed. And consequently, it will be done once we register their statements.” saying.

Meanwhile, the police inspector of the Marihal Police Station was transferred by the “delay” when registering the case in the bus driver’s complaint for the alleged assault on him, said the senior police officer.

The inspector in question also received a “charge memorandum” to explain its delay and currently published in the CP office (commissioner), he said.

With respect to the Pocso case in the director, Interior Minister G Parameshwara, told journalists in Bengaluru: “I have asked to be verified. I have requested a report of why the case was recorded.

With respect to the inspector of the police station that is transferred, he said, such things are done in the police department.

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