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Photographer killed; body found by roadside

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June 18, 2012

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Mysore, June 18: A photographer has allegedly been killed in the city on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Karthik (23), son of Somashekar, a resident of Gandhinagar in the city.

The body of the youth was found lying on the road connecting Five Lights Circle to Ashoka road on Sunday morning near Farooqia Girls High School and PU?College. The assailants had smashed the head of Karthik with huge stones.

Lashkar police, who received the information from passers-by, arrived on the spot and pressed a sniffer dog into action.

The dog led the police to a missing shoe of the deceased inside the college. While the motive is not known, police sources said the victim was chased for a distance before being murdered.

Meanwhile, CCTV camera installed by traffic police at the circle is said to have captured the incident.

However, power outage has resulted in unclear images. Police commissioner K?L?Sudheer, Lashkar sub-inspector Omkarappa and other officers arrived on the spot. Lakshar police have registered a case and are investigating.

Two women killed

Two women were killed in two separate incidents in the city on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Savithramma (55) and Munni (55).

In the first incident, Savithramma was mowed down by a maxicab on Dewan’s road. Savithramma, wife of Bhyrappa, was a resident of Srirangapatna in Mandya district. Devaraja police have registered a case. In the second incident, Munni, wife of Syed Mohammed Husain was hit by a motorbike — resulting in her death.

Husain, Munni and their daughter Subeida Banu were returning from Devi Nursing Home in?Bogadi second stage when a motorbike rammed into them severly injuring Munni. Later, she was admitted to K?R?Hospital.

However, she failed to respond to the treatment and succumbed to the injuries on Sunday morning. Kuvempunagar traffic police have registered a case.

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July 4,2020

Kolkata, Jul 4: Two people were killed and around four injured when the bombs they were allegedly manufacturing went off inside a house in Murshidabad district, a senior police officer said on Saturday.

Their identities were yet to be established as the condition of those injured and undergoing treatment at a hospital was still "critical", he said.

The thatched roof of the house, where they were allegedly making bombs, also blew off in the explosion, which occurred at Suti town in Jangipur subdivision of the district around 9:00 pm on Friday, the officer said.

The house has been damaged completely, and its owner is on the run, he said.

As of now, the wife of the house owner is being questioned in connection with the incident, the officer added.

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June 11,2020

Thrissur, Jun 11: Volunteers of People for Animal Welfare Services rescued a dog that had its mouth sealed with insulation tape around it for two weeks in Ollur of Thrissur district.

The dog has now been shifted to an animal shelter home.

Recently two elephants died in Kerala. One pregnant elephant died after consuming crackers wrapped in some fruits in Palakkad.

Another elephant died in Malappuram after it was found seriously injured in North Nilambur forest range of the district.

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May 19,2020

Bareilly (UP), May 19: Samajwadi leader Chhotelal Diwakar and his son, Sunil Diwakar, were shot dead in broad daylight in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. The entire incident was caught on camera.

The murder was apparently a fallout of a dispute over laying of a road under MGNREGA.

Chhotelal Diwakar had contested the 2017 assembly elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket.

Superintendent of Police, (SP), Sambhal, Yamuna Prasad, said, "Some work was being carried out under MGNREGA due to which some dispute happened. Two people have been shot dead. We will reach the spot of the incident to find more details."

According to his family members, Diwakar and his son had gone for a walk in the fields when the assailants came on a motorbike and after a brief altercation, shot them dead. They fled on foot, leaving their motorbike behind.

A large number of SP workers reached the village soon after the news of the double murder spread.

SP Yamuna Prasad who reached the spot that falls under Behjoi police station, soon after the murders, said that a manhunt has been launched for the assailants. He said that further investigations were underway and the bodies have been sent for post mortem.

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