Home Stay attack: Court dismisses case on scribe Naveen Soorinje
Mangaluru, Dec 5: The 6th Additional District Court on Wednesday dismissed a case on journalist Naveen Soorinje in a home stay attack incident where the journalists who had been to collect the information were made accused.
When Hindu Jagarana Vedike members attacked the youth who were engaged in a homestay party at Padil Badlagudde in the city on July 28, 2012.
Naveen Soorinje and his cameraman Sharan Raj visited the spot to collect the information. But the Mangaluru Rural police have arrested them accusing them of not informing the police despite they have prior information about the attack. Naveen Soorinje was jailed for four and half months in this case.
This incident has made headlines in the media. But the people across the state opined that Naveen has gone to the spot as a journalist to collect the information and the information he has collected should be considered as evidence instead of considering him as the accused.
After this, the state government has appealed the court to drop the case on Naveen Soorinje. Interestingly, the other accused in this case opposed the decision of the state government to drop the case against Naveen. So, the process of dismissing the case against Naveen was delayed.
Now, based on the appeal of the state government, the court has dismissed the case on Naveen Soorinje. However, the trial on other accused in the case would continue. Advocate Dinesh Hegde Ulippady argued on behalf of Naveen in the case.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
