Uppinangady: Uppinangady police arrested a rape accused who had been absconding for the last 19 years in a case of rape there in 2004.

Hitesh, a resident of a village in 34 Nekkiladi, is the arrested accused.

Hitesh and a 34 Nekkiladi resident Girish had stormed into a house in Belthangady taluk and had violently raped a woman in front of her husband and children. Later they had fled. Now, the police have succeeded in arresting Hitesh from Bengaluru.

Under the guidance of Mangaluru SP Ravikante Gauda, Additional SP Sajit Kumar, DySP Shrinivas and Gopal Nayak, a team led by Uppinangady police station sub-inspector Nandkumar carried out the operation successfully. Uppinangady police constables Harischandra, Praveen Rai, Irshad, and Jagadish, were part of the team.

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New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and others to frame guidelines for the display of the Ashoka Chakra on the national flag.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi told the petitioner, who appeared in person, to do something constructive for society.

"There is no need to be so emotional about these things. Your idea is good. You have informed the authorities. Now it is for the authorities to see what they want to do," the CJI told the petitioner.

"You do some constructive work for society," the bench said.

The petitioner showed a picture of the Ashoka Chakra installed at a roundabout in Varanasi, but the bench refused to entertain the plea.