Karwar, June 11: Umesh Mahabaleshwar Kalgutkar was murdered at Hotegali village in Karwar on Saturday by his neighbour Gopinath Ratnakar Paduvalkar.
According to the police, Umesh had planned to build a borewell which Gopinath had opposed.
On Saturday night, Gopinath deliberately hit Umesh's two-wheeler with his car and later thrashed him with a wooden stick. Umesh suffered multiple fractures and died in the hospital.
The police have arrested Gopinath and the investigation is on.
Five Bajrang Dal activists have been arrested for allegedly indulging in vandalism in the city on Valentines Day, police said.
They said about 10 to 15 activists on two wheelers vandalised a shop in Kattupalli area in Hyderabad on February 14.
Bajrang dal workers vandalize shops in Hyderabad's Gachibowli area (hitech City). The state police, which was so proactive in curbing anti-CAA/NRC protests, couldn't prevent vandalism from anti-social elements. Video courtesy: @Asifyarrkhan pic.twitter.com/TH6WLYZXiH
— Yunus Lasania (@lasaniayunus) February 14, 2020
Bajrang Dal Goons Created Terror at a Mall in Gachibowli & Vandalises the Infrastructure & Most Shocking Mall is Very Near to Cyberabad Police HQ
Any action against this..?@cyberabadpolice @TelanganaCMO@cpcybd @TelanganaDGP@amjedmbt @asadowaisi#Hyderabad #ValentinesDay2020 pic.twitter.com/AdQOOLxzQZ— (@SyedMoinBhai) February 14, 2020
They held aloft flags and raised slogans against celebration of Valentines Day and "created havoc" at different malls, a police press release said.
On receiving information, police rushed to a mall, but the Bajrang Dal activists escaped from the spot.
Five of them were later identified with the help of CCTV footage and arrested, police said.
The others too have been identified and efforts were on to nab them, police said.
Two cases have been registered against them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code on a complaint from shop owners, the release said.
Nagpur, Apr 5: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Imambada area in Nagpur on Saturday due to financial distress, police said.
Nikhil Gavhane, who worked in a grocery shop, hanged himself as he had taken money from a person and was stressed over repayment, an official said.
"He was depressed since a week," the Imambada police station official said.
New Delhi, Apr 14: A 35-year-old man has been booked by the police for refusing to eat food at a quarantine centre on the ground that it had been cooked by a Dalit.
Reports said Siraj Ahmad, a native of Bhujouli Khurd village under Khadda police station in Kushinagar district, had returned from Delhi on March 29, and was staying at the quarantine centre at the village primary school along with other four people.
On Friday, village head, Lilawati Devi, in absence of the cook, prepared food in the quarantine centre for all the five people but Siraj refused to eat it.
Police, after conducting investigation, registered a FIR against him under the SC/ST Act on Monday.
The village head had lodged a written complaint with the police on Friday and also informed sub-divisional magistrate Desh Deepak Singh and block development officer Ramakant.
SHO Khadda police station, R.K. Yadav said that a case against Siraj was registered under the SC/ST Act.
Meanwhile, on Saturday evening, Vijay Dubey, the local BJP MLA, went to the house of village head and asked her to serve him food cooked by her.
"Untouchability is a social evil that cannot be tolerated at any cost," he said.
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