9 accused held in Ex-Mayor Ravikumar murder case:Tumkur SP Divya Gopinath
Tumkur, October 15: SP Divya Gopinath said that the police have arrested total nine accused including main accused Sujay Bhargav in the former mayor Ravikumar alias Gadda Ravi murder case in the city.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, the SP said that among the arrested, few of them were in judicial custody and others in police custody. Since 2013, both Ravikumar and Sujay were together. But in recent years, they developed enmity for some issues. It was found in the investigation that Sujay and his team killed Ravikumar for this reason. The police have been collecting more details. As Ravikumar was interfering in the business of Sujay, the latter had planned to kill him, she said.
Through one of his associate Rajesh alias Raji, Sujay had given contract to some rowdy-sheeters from Bengaluru and Mandya to kill Ravikumar. When Ravi was having tea at a stall, the accused got the message and came to the tea stall on a tempo and under the guise of purchasing cigarette, the tempo driver came to the tea stall and threw chilly power on Ravikumar. Later, seven accused who were in the tempo hacked Ravikumar to death. But so far, it was not confirmed who attacked Ravikumar on his head. After the murder, the accused fled the scene with the tempo and left the vehicle at Hanumanthapura cross and from there, they went in a car. The police would also interrogate the person who gave them the car to escape, the SP said.
Main accused Sujay has been facing total nine cases including Jaipura Krishna murder in 2004 and one atrocity case. Two others who were giving information to Sujay about the movement of Ravi were at large and they would be nabbed shortly, she said.
The police have arrested Sujay Bhargav alias Suji of Hanumanthapura, Raghu alias Chaddi of Bidirumale Thota in the city, Rajesh alias Raji of Kundur, Naveen of Devaraya Patna, K.L. Devaraj alias Devu of Kolala, Raghu alias Chiya of Basaveshwar Nagar in Bengaluru, Joman V. George alias George of Parvathi Nagar Laggere in Bengaluru, Jagadeesh B.M. alias Jaggu of Besagarahalli in Mandya, V.N. Mahesh alias Amase of Valagerahalli in Mandya district, she said.
Under the leadership of DySP K.S. Nagaraju, PSIs Raghavendra, Chandrashekar, Radhakrishna, Ramakrishnaiah, Ambareesh, Madhusudhan and Parvathamma led five teams, she said and hailed the efforts of the officers and staff in arresting the accused.
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Vartha Bharati launches Kalyana Karnataka edition, releases 23rd annual special issue in Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi: The Kalyana Karnataka edition of the Kannada daily Vartha Bharati was formally launched on Saturday at a programme held at Dr S M Pandit Rangamandir in Kalaburagi. The event also marked the release of the newspaper’s twenty-third annual special issue, a compilation of selected editorials, and the Kalyana Karnataka special supplement.
The programme was inaugurated by Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker U T Khader. The Kalyana Karnataka edition of Vartha Bharati was unveiled by Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor-in-Chief of The Wire.
The twenty-third annual special issue was released by multilingual actor Prakash Raj. The book compiling selected editorials of Vartha Bharati was released by B R Patil, Vice-Chairperson of the State Policy and Planning Commission and MLA from Aland. The Kalyana Karnataka special supplement was released by Rahim Khan, Minister for Municipal Administration and Haj.
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Chairperson of the State Waqf Board and Sajjada Nashin of the Khwaja Bande Nawaz Dargah, Hazrat Syed Mohammed Ali Al Husseini, and Kalaburagi South MLA Allamaprabhu Patil were present as chief guests.
Among the special invitees on the dais were Koraneshwara Mahaswamiji of the Tontadarya Anubhava Mantapa, Aland; Bishop Rev Fr Robert Miranda of Kalaburagi; Bhante Varajyothi of Anandur; social activist K Neela; farmers’ leader Chamarasa Mali Patil; DSS state convenor D G Sagar; and activist and singer Ambanna Arolikar.
Speaking on the occasion, Assembly Speaker U T Khader said Vartha Bharati had emerged as the voice of the weak and the voiceless in society and had earned the love, trust and confidence of people across the state. He said the newspaper had carved out a distinct identity in the media landscape and expressed happiness that it was now reaching the Kalyana Karnataka region. He added that Vartha Bharati had remained free from political pressures and inducements and expressed hope that it would continue to stand as a support system for the distressed.
B R Patil said running a newspaper in the present times was not easy, as the media sector had increasingly turned into an industry driven by profit. Amidst such challenges, he said, Vartha Bharati had maintained integrity, honesty and commitment throughout its twenty-three-year journey. He expressed confidence that the newspaper would continue on the same path. Referring to Kalaburagi, he noted that the region frequently witnessed agitations due to the large number of unresolved issues, and said Vartha Bharati should continue to bring the problems and suffering of the people to the attention of the government and contribute to finding solutions.
