Flag dispute turns violent, 7 injured in Chikmagalur

December 14, 2011

FLAG-BURNING

Chikmagalur, December 14: Seven persons including a police inspector sustained injuries as a bundh called by pro-Hindu outfits turned violent in Aldur near here on Tuesday.

The Gram Panchayat of Aldur had resolved to construct a circle named after Ambekdar by removing the Bhagwa Dhwaj ‘katte’ (platform) on the main road.

Hindu outfits opposed the plan and insisted that the circle be constructed by retaining the platform. Some members of the outfits staged a protest on Monday when the authorities attempted to remove the platform. The police arrested 23 persons and later released them.

Pro-Hindu organisations had called for an Aldur bundh in protest against the arrests on Tuesday. The protesters took out a march and burnt the effigies of Gram Panchayat vice-president and a member, accusing them of adopting “anti-Hindu” policy. They hoisted the saffron flag at the spot in dispute.

Stone throwing

Soon, members of Dalit organisations resorted to throw stones at the protesters and the latter retaliated. Superintendent of Police Vikas Kumar lathicharged the crowd to control the situation. Parameshwarappa, an ASI attached to Aldur police station, four mediamen and two Bajrang Dal activists sustained injuries in the incident. Prakash, a reporter of a local daily, sustained grievous injuries and was shifted to Shimoga for treatment.

More than 25 persons including the president and vice president of the gram panchayat have been arrested. Police platoons have been deployed in Aldur.

Pro-Hindu activists set tyres on fire on Balehonnur Road.?A mob tried to torch a KSRTC bus on Mudigere Road. The conductor, a woman and her child sustained injuries as miscreants threw stones on the bus.

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March 12,2020

Mar 12: Three women were arrested for allegedly administrating fake coronavirus vaccines to villagers in Maharashtra's Jalna district, police said on Thursday.

The police on Wednesday arrested Beed residents Radha Ramnath Saamse, Seema Krishna Andhale and Sangeeta Rajendra Avhad, who allegedly posed as doctors and healthcare workers, an official said.

The trio met villagers of Pipalgoan in Ambad tehsil, informed them about a vaccine that could protect them from coronavirus and administered it to gullible locals, he said.

Some villagers informed Dr Mahadev Munde, a medical officer at a rural health centre, about this, after which a complaint was lodged, the official said.

Fake vaccines and bottles, which were seized from the accused, have been sent to the state health department, he said, adding that a case of cheating has been registered against the trio.

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July 22,2020

Mathura, Jul 22: A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura on Wednesday sentenced 11 policemen, including the then Deputy Superintendent of Police, to life imprisonment in a case pertaining to the murder of royal Raja Man Singh in 1985.

District Judge Sadhana Rani Thakur announced the life imprisonment sentence a day after holding them guilty of the killing. Three policemen were, however, acquitted. Four men died during the trial.

The policemen were convicted under Section 302 (murder), 148 (rioting) and 149 (Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the Indian Penal Code.

The verdict comes 35 years after Man Singh was killed. He, along with two others, was shot dead in police firing a day after he crashed his jeep into the then Rajasthan Chief Minister Shiv Charan Mathur's helicopter in a fit of anger.

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July 21,2020

Nagpur, July 21: In a shocking incident, an 11-year-old boy allegedly killed self in Maharashtra's Nagpur city after being reprimanded by his mother for buying a samosa, police said on Tuesday.

Veeru Natthu Sahu was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home in Ganga Nagar in Gittikhadan area on Sunday night, an official said.

The deceased boy's family was struggling to make ends meet after their small business was hit because of the coronavirus-induced lockdown, he said.

The Class 7 student had taken Rs 10 from home without asking his mother and bought a samosa, which was then eaten by his elder brother, the official said.

The boy's mother scolded him for taking money without her permission and asked him to get the snack for himself, following which the distraught minor allegedly went into the kitchen and hanged himself using a saree, he said.

The Gittikhadan police have registered a case of accidental death in this regard, the official added.

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