Eight absconding accused arrested by Mangaluru police
Mangaluru (PTI): Eight persons, who were wanted in several cases and absconding from authorities, have been arrested by the Mangaluru city crime branch (CCB), police said on Wednesday.
The arrested persons, include Raja alias Rohan Reddy (36) of Kavoor, Prakash Shetty of Padil-Kannur, Nissar Hussain of Krishnapur, Kabeer of Kasba Bengre, Achyut and Rizwan of Kavoor, police added.
These arrests were carried out over the last few days, it said.
Of the eight accused, Reddy was arrested from Bengaluru where he was living under a fake identity. He was an accused in the murder case of a bus driver back in 2013 and faces several other cases, Mangaluru Police Commissioner Kuldeep Kumar R Jain said.
The CCB unit represented by ACP P A Hegde, Inspector Shyam Sundar, ASI Mohan K V and others were involved in the operation to catch hold of the accused.
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Kerala leader M A Baby elected CPIM general secretary
Madurai(PTI): Former Kerala minister M A Baby was elected as the CPI(M) general secretary at the 24th party congress here on Sunday, sources said.
A section of the party leaders had backed All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) president Ashok Dhawale for the post.
Born to P M Alexander and Lilly Alexander in Kerala's Prakkulam in 1954, Baby's first exposure to politics came when he joined the Kerala Students Federation, the predecessor of the Students Federation of India, during his school days.
He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1986 to 1998.
Baby has been a member of the Politburo, the highest decision-making body of the CPI(M), since 2012.
The post of the party general secretary fell vacant following the death of Sitaram Yechury last year, after which Prakash Karat took over as the interim coordinator.
The 24th party congress of the CPI(M) began on April 2 and will end on Sunday.
