Mangaluru, November 25: Revenue Minister R V Deshpande said that issues related to Revenue department like conversion, 94C, single site and others in the district would be solved shortly.

Speaking to reporters at the Circuit House here on Sunday, the Minister said that there were several problems related to the Revenue department in the district. He held discussions with the officials and a meeting was convened today. But due to the demise of Ambareesh, the meeting was postponed. Shortly, another meeting would be conducted to find solutions, he added.

Following the demise of Ambareesh, all government programmes were postponed. So, the inauguration of Moodbidri and Kadaba taluks was postponed. Bantwala Indira Canteen inauguration and other programmes of the department were also postponed, he said.

District Minister UT Khader, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and others were present at the press conference.

Ambareesh death condoled

►I have lost my friend. He was famous not only in Karnataka, but in the country and abroad. After Rajkumar, he was the pillar of the Kannada film industry. His death is a great loss to the film industry. Being the Housing Minister, he has done good works. He has concerns over the poor and people. The state has lost a great personality, friendly person. – RV Deshpande

►Ambareesh was a bridge between the government, artistes and film industry. Now, that bridge was collapsed due to which, both the film fraternity and the government have incurred a great loss. He was pained with the demise of the leader. – UT Khader

Ambareesh was a great actor and politician. He was the Bheeshma of the Kannada film industry and his words were final for the film industry. He has brought good name to the film industry. He has done good works as the minister. Now, both the politics and film industry have lost a good person. We have lost a great personality.- Nalin Kumar Kateel



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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.