JD(S) leader hacked to death, angry followers block traffic on NH-4

July 26, 2012

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Bangalore, July 25: BML Krishnappa, Leader of Opposition in Bangalore Rural Zilla Panchayat, was murdered by nearly 20 unidentified men who waylaid his car at Dasanapura near Nelamangala as he was returning home on Wednesday night. One of the assailants was also killed when the politician’s police guard opened fire.

Krishnappa, a JD(S) leader, had left Seshadripuram and was returning home when his car’s path was blocked by a canter parked horizontally on a service road at Dasanapura near Arishinakunte around 8.45 pm.

The canter had been tailing Krishnappa and his supporters who were travelling by two cars. It overtook Krishnappa’s car near a service road and blocked its way.

The scene left Krishnappa’s car sort of stuck between the canter in the front and vehicles of his supporters at the back. Some assailants were in the canter and a few others in a tempo and another car, Bangalore Rural SP, D Prakash, said.

One of them shot at Krishnappa while he was still in his car. Moments later, other assailants got out of their vehicle, dragged Krishnappa out of his car, and attacked him with lethal weapons. He died instantly.

Vijayakumar, a District Armed Reserve (DAR) constable posted to provide security to Krishnappa, opened fire at the gang of assailants, killing one and injuring another. The dead assailant’s identity is not known but his accomplices left his body and fled.

Krishnappa’s driver was also injured and his condition is serious. Three supporters of Krishnappa were also injured. Police suspect the leader’s murder to be revenge for the killing of Hadiyaala Devi, a member of Nelamangala taluk Panchayat and Krishnappa’s political rival. The JD(S) leader had got Devi killed by the gang of Beettanagere Shankar. Krishnappa, a native of Binnamangala in Kasaba hobli of Nelamangala taluk, was a ZP member from T Begur.

There was a similar attempt on his life two years ago.

Krishnappa’s supporters went on the rampage in Nelamangala, stoning vehicles and shops and disrupting traffic for two hours. Police had to resort to lathicharge to quell the mob. Seven private buses and some lorries were also stoned.

Besides, two KSRTC buses were torched. Police check posts have been formed at entry points in Tumkur, Chikkaballapur, and Ramanagar districts to apprehend the killers.

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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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July 15,2020

Mumbai, Jul 15: A domestic row between a couple spilled onto road when a woman stopped her husbands car and climbed on its bonnet, briefly disrupting traffic on the busy Pedder Road in South Mumbai, police said on Wednesday.

The incident, which took place on Saturday evening, was recorded by some passersby on their mobile phones and its videos are making rounds on social media.

The wife chased the husband's SUV (sports utility vehicle) in her car after she spotted another woman seated next to him in his vehicle.

As her husband's SUV stopped at the Pedder Road signal, the wife get down from her car, rushed towards his four-wheeler and started shouting at him, a police official said.

In the video, the woman is seen climbing the bonnet of the SUV, removing her footwear and hitting the vehicle's windshield with it. She is also seen asking the husband's co- passenger to get out of the SUV and shouting for police help.

As she stopped her car in the middle of the busy road, one lane got blocked for some time and the traffic police personnel present there tried to ensure movement of other vehicles, the official said.

After sometime, the traffic police asked the couple to take their cars near the footpath.

By that time, the husband stepped out of his SUV, following which the wife ran towards him and caught him. She even kicked him a couple of times and took him to her car, the video shows.

She then again ran towards her husband's SUV, which was parked a few metres away. She opened its driver-side door and lunged at the woman seated in the vehicle, but was stopped by some people who had gathered at the spot, the police official said.

Later, the couple and their cars were taken to Gamdevi police station, where the wife refused to lodge a complaint against her husband.

A fine was imposed on her for traffic rules violation and abandoning her car in the middle of the road, which caused disruption of vehicular movement, the official said.

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June 17,2020

Moradabad, Jun 17: Two children died after they accidentally got locked inside a car while playing in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, the police said.

Four children, aged between 4 and 7 years, locked themselves inside the car while playing and were found unconscious soon after, the police added.

"All four children were found unconscious in a car and they were taken to the hospital. Two of them died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the hospital," said Amit Kumar Anand, superintendent of police (city) Moradabad.

The children were related to each other, the police said.

The man who owns the car said the children had locked themselves inside. "When we reached, the children were in an unconscious state. Two of the four children died. The incident occurred around 8 am."

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