Udupi: Congress members complain against BJP for attempt to defame them on social media
Udupi: Congress District unit members have asked the District Superintendent of Police to take legal action against BJP district members who are spreading the false information on social media that the Congress members are circulating a criticism of Minister Priyank Kharge’s statement on the recent incident of a video of a local paramedical college student in the washroom.
Congress Udupi District President Ashok Kumar Kodavur and social media chief Roshan Shetty on Friday submitted a memorandum to Udupi SP Hakay Akshay Macchindra, requesting the police for action against the BJP members who attempted to defame the Congress Udupi District unit members in relation to the case.
“The BJP, targeting Minister Kharge for his statement on the incident and wishing to defame him, has accused the Congress workers of Udupi of circulating a post criticizing Kharge for his statement, although we are not involved with the viral post,” said the president.
Party leaders Harish Shetty Pangala, Bhaskar Rao Kidiyur, B Kushal Shetty, Prakhyath Shetty, Yatish Karkera, Nagesh Kumar Udyavar and Jayakumar as well as NSUI office-bearers were present.
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UP: Blood-soaked body of elderly man found in Hathras
Hathras (UP) (PTI): The blood-soaked body of an elderly man was found inside his house in Paharpur village here on Tuesday morning, police said.
The deceased, Jagdish Prasad Sharma, 75, who lived alone, had gone to sleep in his house on Monday night, officials said.
On Tuesday morning, his blood-soaked body was lying on a cot, with marks on his head and body indicating blows from a sharp-edged weapon, they said, adding that the police suspect murder.
Police and forensic teams reached the spot upon receiving information and sent the body for a post-mortem, they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Ramanand Kushwaha said that Sharma, a retired Health Department employee, had been living alone since his wife's death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He owned around 20-25 bighas of land and was also engaged in money lending, the officer said.
