Mangaluru: It has been reported that the city police and absconding rowdy sheeter Akasha Bhavan Sharan were engaged in a shoot-out near Jeppu, Kudpadi in Nandigudda in the city on Tuesday.

Akasha Bhavan Sharan allegedly attempted to mow down CCB Police, while the Police tried to stop him when he was traveling in a car near Maryhill in the city on January 2. Following the incident, Akasha Bhavan Sharan was absconding.

The High Court had sentenced five people, including Renuka Prasad, to life imprisonment for the murder of Ramakrishna, who is the administrator of KVG Medical College in Sullia. Akasha Bhavan Sharan, who had committed the murder in exchange for money(Supari), had managed to evade police capture, leading to the delay in announcing his punishment. While the other five were jailed, the rowdy sheeter Sharan was absconding. There are 21 cases including murder, attempted murder, rape and hafta registered against Sharan in Mangaluru and Udupi, informed the Police.

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New Delhi, Nov 25: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday dismissed as "rumours" talk of his resignation following the assembly polls debacle and stressed on "collective accountability" for the defeat.

Patole made the remarks after meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during which he conveyed that the result had not reflected the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra.

"Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other national and state leaders were leading Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) from the forefront during the assembly polls. So, we were sure that the trends were in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi, even the citizens believed that," the Maharashtra Congress chief said.

"If I talk about Nanded, the Lok Sabha bypolls and assembly elections were held on the same day. In Lok Sabha bypolls, our candidate was winning in six assembly seats, whereas, in the assembly elections, we are not winning even a single seat," he said, adding that there cannot be such a "huge difference".

This is the sentiment among the people also and they have stated that this government in Maharashtra was not being formed on their votes, he claimed.

"So, I spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge on this," he added.

Asked whether he had offered to resign or the party had asked for his resignation after the Maharashtra assembly polls defeat, Patole said, "These are all rumours and there is no truth in them. There is collective accountability."

Patole also said he will meet Rahul Gandhi in a day or two and discuss all issues.

"Democracy is being finished. We have discussed that... there was no talk of resignation," he said.

The MVA alliance, comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT), was restrained to 46 seats by the Mahayuti that reaped a rich harvest of 230 seats in the 288-member House.