Court denies bail to 8 accused including Hiriyadka PSI
Perduru cattle trader Hussainabba murder case
Udupi, June 18: Among 11 accused in the murder of Perduru cattle trader Hussainabba, eight including Hiriyadka PSI DN Kumar and main accused Suresh Mendon alias Suri were denied bail by the principal district and sessions court here on Monday.
Remaining three accused Hiriyadka police station head constable Mohan Kotwal and, Bajrang Dal leader Prasad Kondadi were granted bail, another accused Tukaram who is absconding was given anticipatory bail. Advocate Vijay Kumar Shetty argued in favour of Kotwal and Mattaru Rathnakar Hegde argued in favour of remaining two accused.
Three police personnel who were in judicial custody had moved the bail application on June 6 and remaining seven accused had moved the bail plea on June 11. One accused had applied for anticipatory bail. But district public prosecutor Shanti Bai objected to these bail pleas.
After hearing the arguments from both the sides, Judge Venkatesh Nayak rejected the bail pleas of PSI DN Kumar, police jeep driver Gopal, Suresh Mendon, Chethan Acharya, Shailesh Shetty, Ganesh Nayak, Umesh Shetty and Ratan Poojary of Bajrang Dal.
Head constable Mohan Kotwal, who was granted bail, was booked for destroying the evidences, while murder case booked against Prasad Kondadi and Tukaram. Advocate Mattaru Rathnakar Hegde would file bail plea of another accused Dinesh Mendon on June 19.
Total 16 accused including three police personnel were identified in the case. Among them, 11 accused were arrested. Remaining five accused including Tukaram and Dinesh Mendon were absconding. Deepak Hegde who sold the cattle to Husainabba is in Mangaluru jail for his role in the murder.
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“Union Min. HDK has collected crores of rupees for bypolls,” alleges Cheluvarayaswamy
Mandya: Agriculture Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy has accused Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy of collecting crores of rupees from various companies for the bypolls of three assembly constituencies of Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Addressing press persons on Monday, he stated that the JD(S)-BJP alliance has poured large amounts of funds into the bypolls of three constituencies in the state. “We could not compete against them, money alone cannot make anyone win. People will bless owing to our pro-people programs,” he added.
He claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party through its ‘operation lotus’ has been attempting to poach Congress legislators since the formation of the government in 2023. He further said, “Kumaraswamy and BJP leaders keep saying that the government will fall, what other proof is required to determine that Operation lotus is being conducted.”
“Everyone is aware that operation lotus cannot run without money. They have lured our MLAs with money. However, our legislators have ignored such attempts. We will provide adequate proof about the amount of money and the legislators they tried to poach at the right time. Let them (BJP-JDS) prove allegations against us (Congress) first,” said the Minister responding to a reporter’s question.
Cheluvarayaswamy also refuted claims of scandal and cited them as ‘baseless.’ He further said, “Everything is under investigation. Ask them to prove their allegations first. It is just an illusion that the state government will fall owing to the scams.”
