Illegal sand transport, assault case: BJP ZP member, others booked
Kota: Kota police registered a case against several persons, including Udupi Zilla Panchayat BJP member Pratap Hegde Maarali, in connection with the illegal sand transportation in Sita River and an assault case.
According to a complaint, ZP BJP member Pratap Hegde Maarali, Praveen Hegde Maarali, Vijay Shetty Goliangady Yalanthuru, Sudeep Shetty Halli, Dinesh Shetty Nancharu, Dayanand Shetty and others broke the gates of the Rubber Plantation at Nancharu village and entered illegally on the night of January 18. They had used three tippers, one JCB, and four cars for this, the complaint read.
The complaint also mentions that they loaded sand from Sita River, abused the watchman of the plantation Sudheer Shetty, snatched away his mobile phone and torch light before assaulting him.
Complainant Sudheer Shetty has also said in the complaint that this illegal sand transportation had caused a loss of Rs. 10,00,000 to the government.
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First-year BTech student from Bihar found dead in Greater Noida hostel
Noida (PTI): A 24-year-old BTech student from Bihar was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday, with police treating it as a suspected case of suicide.
The deceased, Akashdeep, a native of the Gaya district in Bihar, was pursuing a BTech course at Delhi Technical College (DTC) and staying at SNH Residency hostel near the institute in Greater Noida's Knowledge Park area, police said.
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Knowledge Park police station in-charge Sarvesh Chandra said the student was sharing the hostel accommodation with a friend. "On Tuesday evening, when Akashdeep did not come out of his room for a long time, the hostel staff and his friends alerted the police," he said.
The body was found hanging from the ceiling fan, and a purported suicide note mentioning academic pressure and stress was recovered from the spot, Chandra said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, and further investigation is underway, the police added.
