Moodbidri: Congress candidate Mithun M Rai, who is running for the Moodbidri constituency in Karnataka, has declared his assets in an affidavit. Rai has stated that he owns heirloom assets worth Rs. 1,44,11,701 and personal property worth Rs. 77,81,030.

The current market value of his own property is Rs. 1,18,69,000, but Rai has also informed that he has a loan of Rs. 1,16,14,098. His wife, Sharanya D Shetty, owns an heirloom property worth Rs. 63,27,995.

In addition, he also has 320 gms gold worth Rs 17.74 lakh, 800 grams silver worth Rs. 64,600. At the same time, Sharanya Shetty, on the other hand, owns 560 grams of gold worth Rs 31,04,500.00, 3025 grams silver worth Rs. 2.45 lakh, and diamond Jewelry worth Rs 28 Lakhs. According to his declaration he possesses assets with the total value of Rs. 61,46,500.

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However, in his declaration, Rai has also revealed that he has pending criminal cases against him. In August 2018, he was accused of assault near the Mangalore Town Hall during the Quit India Day celebrations. Another case involves him displaying a black flag to the Karnataka Chief Minister near a hotel in the city in August 2022, which is still pending trial.

Apart from these assets and cases, Rai also owns a Hyundai Elite i20 Era worth 4,98,609 and a Toyota Innova Crysta worth Rs. 9,82,311.

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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.