Manjeshwar: Four of a family murdered, accused held
Manjeshwar: In a horrific crime reported from Bayari village in Manjeshwar Taluk, four people of a family were murdered on Monday here. The police have reportedly arrested the accused.
The arrested accused has been identified as Udaya (40), a resident of Sudanbala. The accused was caught by locals and was handed over to the police. The incident took place at 7:30 pm on Monday evening near Bayari Canal which is in close proximity of the Karnataka border.
The murdered victims have been identified as maternal uncles of Udaya, Sadashiv (54), Vittal (52), Babu (50), and maternal aunt Revati (58). An argument between the family members reportedly resulted in the murder of the four, the initial investigations of the police into the matter has revealed.
Locals informed police that the accused Udaya is mentally unstable.
Kasargod Dy.SP Balakrishna reached the crime scene and is leading the team which is investigating the crime.
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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana LS seats, fields Kumari Selja, Deepender Hooda
Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.
The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.
The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.
Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.
Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.
Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
