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A little bikini sized nip here, a little tuck there and voila! Gullible Aam Aadmi ready news!

News is like sausage, you don't wanna know how it's made. But technology allows us to take a deep dive into the entrails of the beast without getting our hands dirty.

So, it is another day in Mangalore. Young girl (16-year old). Bus. Bus conductor (26-year old). Throw in a few "suspected" Ram Sene goons, and what else can you get but trouble? Just like the previous one. Only, this time the story is a lot more darker - the girl involved end up committing suicide. 

Here is the news wire version (PTI). Here is the Times of India version. A side by side visual comparison for your convenience above.

ExpressBuzz reports:

BANGALORE: Controversy surrounds the alleged suicide of a 16-year-old school girl in Mangalore Wednesday. Did she kill herself after being allegedly raped by a [edited for religious sensitivity] man she knew, as per the police version, or did she take the extreme step because she was humiliated by members of a rightwing Hindu group for moving around with two [edited for religious sensitivity] men?

The girl committed suicide near Moodabidri, around 40 km from Mangalore, Wednesday. Police have arrested Saleem, 26, on charges of rape and abetment to suicide.

Deccan Herald reports:

The suicide of Ashwini, a 9th standard student of Aikala school in Kinnigoli, after being allegedly humiliated by pro-Hindu activists here, on Thursday took a new turn. The police included the word sexually abused in the complaint lodged by the victims father Jaya Moolya.

When Deccan Herald contacted the Mulki police station on Wednesday night, there was no mention of the word "sexually abused" in the complaint read out by one police official. Moolya said on Thursday that he "added the point later."

The new twist has caused the media to clam up, we see only about a couple of dozen reports, compare with the hundreds of reports for the MLA daughter abduction case. NDTV has reported the incident with suitable editorializing. CNN-IBN decided to give it a pass altogether.

If you go beyond recognized news sources, there is a lot more out there. For instance, here is a coverage from Haindava Kerala:

Ongoing Sexual [edited for religious sensitivity] - One more Hindu girl ended her life 

[...]

 

16 year old Aswini Kulal is the recent victim of Sexual [edited for religious sensitivity] against [edited for religious sensitivity]. Aswini Kulal who was raped by Abdul Salam ended her life on a piece of rope. Police arrested 26 year old Abdul Salam in connection with the suicide of this School girl.

Aswini was lured by Abdul Salam a typical [edited for religious sensitivity] and raped her by taking her into his hideout in a hill top near Venoor.     

 

[...]

Three school girls consumed poison and ended their life in Alappuzha, Those responsible in that case were also [edited for religious sensitivity] youth. National Medias which were in Mangalore before time during pub attack is no where in scene now in Mangalore to report the sad plight of this girl. Minister Renuka Choudhary who sprouted up as the saviour of liberal women's right since two weeks back too is mum about th eongoing sexual [edited for religious sensitivity] in the country.

The second story mentioned in the above report also checks out, it was published on The Times of India. It was a sordid case of two male students blackmailing and sexually abusing three female classmates which eventually led to the latter committing suicide. 

It looks like the Times of India has resurrected the story, under the headline "Moral cops drove girl to suicide". In this version the 16-year schoolgirl and 26-year old Bus conductor Saleem were "spotted in a secluded place" and brought to the police station, i.e. no bus, just the conductor.