Bantwal: Rowdy-sheeter found murdered in car
Bantwal: A notorious rowdy who was recently released from the jail found murdered on Sunday inside a car in Shantinagar of Bantwal taluk.
The deceased has been identified as Taslim (45), resident of Kerala.
The victim was accused in many cases including in murder case of rowdy sheeter Kalia Rafiq.
He was said to be a member of Kerala's notorious Ziya gang.
When the locals spotted the car parked beside the road near Nagri Shantinagar in a suspicious condition, upon checking the car they found a dead body inside a car following which they informed police immediately.
According to police, “ the rival gang hacked him to death inside a car and later they deserted the car at Shantinagar and fled the spot in another vehicle.”
It has also been suspected that the rival gang murdered him in revenge for Kalia Rafiq’s murder, he added.
The body of Taslim has been shifted to Wenlock Hospital for post-mortem in Mangaluru.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
