Dharmasthala burial case: Accused Chinnayya appears in Belthangady court
Belthangady: Witness and primary accused in the Dharmasthala multiple burial case, Chinnayya, appeared in Belthangady Court on Thursday for a hearing of the said case.
Chinnayya, who is reportedly making his second appearance in court since being granted bail, is learned to have arrived in an auto rickshaw with his wife Mallika and appeared before Belthangady Principal Commercial Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class Rajendra Prasad in connection with the Dharmasthala case.
The court is hearing the case filed under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 215 (False evidence), following the submission of a report by the SIT officials probing the case of multiple burials in Dharmasthala against Mahesh Shetty Timarodi, Jayant T, Chinnayya, Sowjanya’s uncle Vithal Gowda, Girish Mattannavar and Sujatha Bhat.
Senior advocate CV Nagesh, who represents Kshetra Dharmasthala in the case, also appeared in court. He was accompanied by 10 lawyers, including Rajashekhar Hilyar, Mahesh Kaje, Sunil and Pradeep.
Members of Kshetra Dharmasthala are learned to have urged the concerned authorities to consider them as an aggrieved party in the case.
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French President Macron concludes Mumbai visit
Mumbai (PTI): French President Emmanuel Macron, along with First Lady Brigitte Macron, left Mumbai for New Delhi on Wednesday after concluding his engagements here, including bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
They were seen off at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport by Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.
On Tuesday, Macron held discussions with Modi as part of efforts to further strengthen India-France strategic ties.
During the Mumbai visit, the French president and his wife also met some of India's top filmmakers and actors, and had an animated exchange with them about cinema, culture and collaboration.
President Macron is on an official visit to India from February 17 to 19 at the invitation of PM Modi to participate in the AI Impact Summit hosted by India in the national capital Delhi, besides the bilateral summit in Mumbai.
PM Modi will inaugurate the summit on February 19. As many as 20 heads of states, including French President Macron, will be present at the inaugural session, Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan said.
