Life threat to Janardhan Poojary: One arrested
Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City police have arrested a person in connection with recording and circulating an audio clip on social media, which contained a life threat against senior politician and Congress leader Janardhan Poojary.
The arrested has been identified as Hakeem (40), a resident of Puttur, who was working in Saudi Arabia. Soon after he landed at the Mangalore International Airport from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Mangaluru police arrested the accused.
At Kudroli temple in December last year, Poojary had stated, "None can stop building Ram Mandir at Ayodhya". This statement had triggered a controversy. Meantime, a voice message belonging to a young man, who introduced himself as a Congress activist, which contained a death threat, had gone viral on social media.
Several people, including former MLA JR Lobo had urged the police commissioner to take action against Poojary's statement. Kavuru police had registered a case in this regard.
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KKR defeat LSG via Super Over
Lucknow (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders edged Lucknow Super Giants via Super Overs in a battle between two bottom-placed teams in the IPL, here on Sunday.
Chasing a modest 156, LSG suffered a batting collapse and managed to tie the contest and take it to Super Over with No. 9 Mohammed Shami striking a last-ball six against a wayward Kartik Tyagi, who leaked 16 runs in the final over.
But Sunil Narine bowled a stunning Super Over conceding just one run and taking two wickets to give KKR an easy target.
Rinku Singh then finished the chase with a boundary off first ball from Prince Yadav.
Earlier the KKR were in deep trouble with 93/7 in 15 overs but Rinku smashed a sensational 83 not out from 51 balls including four sixes in a row in the final over to lift them to 155/7.
Cameron Green (34) was the only other batter to reach double-digit scores as KKR suffered a familiar batting meltdown with Mohsin taking his maiden fifer.
In reply, LSG continued their dismal show with the bat to succumb to their fifth loss in a row.
Brief Scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders 155/7; 20 overs (Rinku Singh 83 not out, Cameron Green 34; Mohsin Khan 5/23). Lucknow Super Giants 155/8; 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 42). KKR won via Super Over.
