The girl was raped by a bus conductor. Some people found them in a compromising position in a public place and handed over them to police. It was confirmed that the girl was raped. After her death, Salim was arrested following a complaint by her father of rape and abetting in the suicide of a minor.
Let's see how Indian Media presented the incident:
TOI:
Girl commits suicide after alleged humiliation
MANGALORE: In a tragic fallout of moral policing in the city, a teenaged girl allegedly committed suicide after suspected Sangh Parivar activists
publicly humiliated the girl for being friend with a Muslim boy and handed both of them to police.
Sixteen-year-old Ashwini, a student of class ninth at the Aikala High School in Kinnigoli, along with her friend had gone to Maroor near Moodabidri in a bus on Tuesday afternoon.
A group of suspected Sangh Parivar activists stopped the bus and took them to Maroor police station. Police then called Ashwini's parents and handed her over to them.
Source TOI: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Girl-ends-life-after-being-humiliated/articleshow/4118319.cms
What a clever use of words like: allegedly, suspected, friend !
A bus conductor who is an adult and raped a minor girl of course is a friend.
Lets see how the Hindu Presented it:
" Schoolgirl commits suicide
MANGALORE: A 15-year-old schoolgirl hanged herself to death at Mulky in Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday morning after she was publicly humiliated by a suspected Hindutva fringe group, according to eyewitness accounts. Superintendent of Police N. Sathish Kumar, however, denied the involvement of any group in her death. "
Source The Hindu:
http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/12/stories/2009021256500100.htm
So actually she was humiliated by suspected Hindu group, However the Superintendent of Police N. Sathish Kumar denied it!
