Delay in closing booth in Charmady: Suspicious Congress activists stop officers
cops resort to lathi charge to disperse crowd
Belthangady: Delay in completion of the work of booth-level officers at a polling booth in Charmady late Wednesday night gave rise to tension in the area, resulting in the police lathi charging to disperse the crowd, some of whom suspected the reasons for the officers’ delay.
The polling process was delayed at the Charmady booth and continued till around 7.20 pm. The officers, however, did not close the work past 10.30 pm.
In addition to the delay at one booth, the EVMs were not cleared from any of the booths in Charmady Panchayat limits. There was also a power cut in the area.
Expressing their suspicion regarding the reason for the delay by the officials and for the power cut, Congress activists, who gathered outside the booth in hundreds, raised a hue. Alleging that illegal activities related to the election process were being carried out in the area, the activists blocked the officials’ vehicles, declaring that they would not let the officials leave the booths without giving a satisfactory explanation.
The BJP activists, on learning of the incident, arrived at the spot, which gave rise to further tension.
The Special Police Force team, which came there, dispersed the crowd by lathi charging the activists.
Congress candidate Rakshit Shivaram and other leaders of the party came to the booth area, after which, special travel facilities were provided to the booth officials and the police staff members to travel to Ujire.
The officials said that the delay in closure of the booth was cause by the problems they had in packing the EVMs.
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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.
