Commission must be formed for development of N.Karnataka: Datta
'Alvas Nudisiri' Akhanda Karnataka Special lecture
Mangaluru: Funds getting released for the North Karnataka districts is at a very low level, as the funds in the state budget are not being distributed equally. There is a need to form a new commission for the development of the North Karnataka, opined YSV Datta.
He delivered a special lecture on Akhand Karnataka during Alvas Nudisiri in a seminar held at the Ratnakar Vedike in St. Shishunal Shareef Hall in Moodabidri.
If three hoblis of south Karnataka are joined, it will be equal to one hobli of North Karnataka. Consequently, North Karnataka is becoming a mirage during the budget allocation. The need to review this has become most significant that ever. Money should be adequately distributed to build Akhand Karnataka, he said.
North Karnataka has been cheated in wealth distribution. Deposits in the nationalized banks in the districts of North Karnataka are at the highest level. Belagavi has Rs. 13,350 crore, Dharwad Rs. 10,919 crore, Ballary Rs 7,280 crore, Uttar Kannada Rs. 6,200 crore, Gulbarga Rs. 5,444 crore, Bagalkot Rs. 4,265 crore, Raichur Rs. 3,229 crore, Haveri Rs. 2,300 crore, Bidar Rs. 2,000 crore, and Gadag has Rs. 2081 crore deposit. The cash flow of North Karnataka, except Vijayapura, Haveri, Koppal and Yadgir districts, is higher than the average cash flow of the state. While the 21.2 is of the state, it is 40 of the North Karnataka. Even after this, priority was not given for the North Karnataka in the budget, he said.
Alva's Nudisiri president Dr. Mallika S. Ghanti, Alva's Foundation Chairman Mohan Alva and others were present.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
