Kapu: Six people accused of planning to a robbery and also traveling in a car carrying deadly weapons were arrested by the Kapu Police on Saturday evening at Kothalakatte near here.

The accused men are identified as Amit Raj of Mulki, Prakash of Katipalla, Varun of Neermarga in Vamanjoor, Karthik Shetty of Surathkal, Abhishek of Katipalla, and Shrikanth Sripati of Farangipet. The Kapu Police have confiscated the weapons that the accused possessed as well as the men's car and chilli powder, among other things.

On Saturday evening, Circle Inspector Jayashri Mane ordered a car traveling on the stretch to stop at Udyavara, suspecting foul-play, but the men in the car accelerated rushing towards Kapu. Mane followed them in a police vehicle and also brought the matter to the notice of Kapu Police immediately, after which, Kapu Sub-inspector Abdul Khader followed the accused in another vehicle.

The men were intercepted in Kothalakatte and their vehicle checked at the point. On finding lethal weapons in the car, the Kapu Police arrested the six men in the car, said officers.

One of the arrested men has been identified as an accused in the murder of Faasil in Mangalapet of Surathkal two years ago.

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Srirangapatna (Karnataka), Nov 24: The Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Sunday said the Congress party’s victory in the bypolls held for three assembly constituencies is not a clean chit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the MUDA scam.

He said the case is still going on in the court of law.

“MUDA case against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is still in court but he is calling the bye-election result itself as a clean chit. Only courts can give clean chit and not the elections,” Ashoka said while addressing a gathering in Taggalli in Srirangapatna.

Later, speaking to reporters, Ashoka said results of the bypoll held for three assembly constituencies of Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur is a victory of money and not a victory of Congress. The BJP leader said his party’s fight will continue against the corruption of the Congress government.

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Separately, in a post on social media ‘X’, Ashoka said the ruling Congress is under the illusion that they have won three worlds just by winning the by-election by diverting money and winning the votes of one community through appeasement politics.

He took a dig at Siddaramaiah for his statement that the opposition had spread lies with regard to the allegation of "Rs 89 crore embezzlement" in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation.

“Didn't you yourself admit in the Karnataka assembly that crores of money were misappropriated in the Valmiki Corporation, is that a lie?” Ashoka questioned.

He has also asked the CM whether returning of 14 sites by his wife Parvathi B M in the MUDA scam was an indirect confession of his crime. “Is it a lie when the Karnataka High Court loudly said that an investigation is needed against you in the MUDA scam?” the BJP leader asked.

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