Woman seriously injured after being hacked by relative over parking dispute in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): A 34-year-old woman was seriously injured after she was allegedly hacked by her relative over a dispute regarding parking a scooter in front of a house at Kilimanoor here on Friday, police said.
The injured woman was identified as Sindhu, a native of Ponganad near Kilimanoor.
Police said they are searching for Sindhu’s uncle, Manikuttan, who allegedly attacked her with a machete.
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According to police, the incident occurred in the morning when Sindhu, after dropping her daughter at a tuition centre, was returning home.
She parked her scooter on the way near Manikuttan’s house, which reportedly led to an argument between the two, police said.
In a fit of rage, Manikuttan allegedly hacked Sindhu, causing serious injuries to both her hands.
Police said Sindhu was rushed to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital, where she is scheduled to undergo emergency surgery.
Kilimanoor police launched an investigation, and efforts are on to trace the accused.
Police also said there had been similar arguments between Sindhu and Manikuttan in the past over parking the vehicle.
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Bypoll results will decide the future of Congress in Karnataka: BJP leader Ashoka
Bengaluru (PTI): Leader of Opposition BJP in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka said the results of the bypolls in Davanagere South and Bagalkote assembly constituencies will decide the future of the ruling Congress in the state.
The bypolls were necessitated following the demise of sitting Congress MLAs Shamanur Shivashankarappa and H Y Meti, who represented Davanagere South and Bagalkote constituencies respectively.
The ruling Congress has fielded Shamanur Shivashankarappa’s grandson and Karnataka Minister S S Mallikarjun’s son Samarth Shamanur in Davanagere South and Umesh Meti in Bagalkote, who are locked in a direct contest with BJP candidates T Dasakariyappa and Veerabhadrayya Charantimath.
According to Ashoka, there is a contest between the poor and the rich in the upcoming bypolls, scheduled on April 9.
"The Congress will lose this election, and the future of the state will be decided. Since Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said ‘Make the poor win’, the BJP has fielded poor candidates,” the BJP leader said in a press conference.
In Davanagere, the BJP has given a ticket to an ordinary person, whereas Congress has given tickets to powerful and influential people. In Bagalkote, there is a very good opinion about the BJP candidate, he claimed.
According to him, the Congress has given space to dynastic politics in both places. Therefore, the BJP has a strong chance of winning in both constituencies.
The LoP said if the Congress candidate wins in Davanagere, it is understood that Muslims will not get opportunities in the future, and therefore, Muslims are opposing the Congress party.
He also charged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who talks about uniting backward classes, has not given a ticket to backward class candidates.
