# Seven held for raping woman, forcing abortion in Gadag 2026-08-15T19:56:48+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Police in Gadag, Karnataka, have arrested seven people, including a doctor and a nurse, for allegedly raping a 26-year-old woman with a mental illness and forcing her to undergo an abortion. The accused were produced before a court on Friday, and a search for others involved is ongoing. According to Deccan Herald, Sikandar Bepari and Bharat Koravar raped the woman separately. Hindustan Times, quoting Superintendent of Police Rohan Jagadeesh, reports that four men were involved in the sexual assault on different days and at different places. When the woman became three months pregnant, her parents learnt of the abuse. The accused allegedly tried to suppress the case with money and threats. Sandeep Navalekar, Dr Nagaraj Kamatar, and nurse Rekha Shirahatti are accused of administering 10 abortion pills to terminate the pregnancy. Police are probing whether the abortion pills were sold without a prescription and if this is part of a larger illegal abortion racket. The victim is receiving medical and psychological support. More arrests are likely. ## Coverage - deccanherald.com - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-16T13:58:00+00:00. Tags: Gadag, Karnataka, Karnataka police Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/seven-arrested-including-doctor-for-rape-and-forced-abortion-in-gadag/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/seven-arrested-including-doctor-for-rape-and-forced-abortion-in-gadag/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/