No need to celebrate Tipu Jayanti secretly: Harish Kumar
Tipu Jayanti celebrated amidst police security
Mangaluru, November 10: "It is common to have favour and opposition to any Jayanthi's. So there is no need to celebrate them secretly. The district administration should arrange the programme in public places to help the people", said MLC Harish Kumar.
Inaugurating the Tipu Jayanti programme organised by the district administration, at zilla Panchayat auditorium here on Saturday, he said that Tipu Sultan was a brave soldier, freedom fighter. In order to educate the people, former chief minister Siddaramaiah had announced the Tipu Jayanti. But some people have been opposing it which is natural. There should not be hide and seek game in celebrating the Jayanti. It should be open to all, he said.
MLC Ivan D'SOUZA presided over the programme, in which Mangaluru university College principal Dr MA Uday Kumar gave Tipu Jayanti message.
Mayor Bhaskar K, Mangaluru taluk Panchayat president Muhammad Monu, IGP Arun Chakravarthy, police commissioner TR Suresh, SP Dr BR Ravikanthe Gowda, DC Sasikanth Senthil, ZP CEO Dr Selvamani R, ADC Kumar, ZP standing committee president UP Ibrahim were present. Police security was beefed up around the zilla Panchayat auditorium where the programme was conducted.
Since District Minister UT Khader is in foreign tour, he was absent from the programme and read out his message.
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Man wanted in rape-murder case of his 4-year-old niece killed in police encounter in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad (UP) (PTI): A 55-year-old criminal wanted in the case of rape and murder of his four-year-old niece was killed in a police encounter late on Sunday night in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, a police official said on Monday.
In the joint operation carried out by the police and Crime Branch, the accused Jeeshan, carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000, allegedly opened fire to evade arrest, resulting in injuries to two personnel, the police said.
According to the police, at around 12 noon on April 11, Jeeshan allegedly lured the child from outside her home on the pretext of buying her toffees. He took her to his room, where he allegedly raped her and subsequently strangled her to death. Following the crime, the accused carried the body on his shoulders and dumped it under a car on an 80-foot road in the Shalimar Garden police station area before fleeing.
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Two days ago, his presence was captured on CCTV footage at Delhi railway station when he was trying to flee out of Delhi. The police received a tip-off that the accused was scheduled to meet someone near the Banthla canal in Loni, the police said.
Following this, a team of the Teela Morh police station barricaded the area, and began checking. They spotted the suspect and signalled him to stop. Upon seeing the police, Jeeshan attempted to flee. Finding himself encircled by the police, he allegedly opened fire on the police team. The police fired in self-defence, in which the accused sustained gunshot wounds. He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead, the police said.
ACP Shalimar Garden Atul Kumar Singh said that the accused was killed in retaliatory firing and the injured policemen -- head constables Amit and Iqbal -- are out of danger.
The body of the deceased has been sent for a post-mortem examination, Singh said, and added that the police have recovered weapons and cartridges from his possession.
