Anguished over non-inclusion in cabinet, senior BJP leader Umesh Katti likely to meet Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader Umesh Katti, who is reportedly anguished over non-inclusion in the cabinet by CM BS Yediyurappa is likely to meet former CM and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday evening.
According to the sources the duo spoke on call on Thursday morning and are likely to meet in the evening today here in the city.
Sources also added that Siddaramaiah was scheduled to leave for Delhi on Thursday which was cancelled due to his eye surgery. This paved way for Umesh to arrange his meeting with the former CM.
Umesh had earlier met BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday and had expressed his dissent over non-inclusion in newly formed cabinet to which Yediyurappa had expressed his helplessness in the matter since the decision on cabinet was taken by the BJP high command.
According to the party sources, Umesh’s name was included in the list of probable ministers prepared by Yediyurappa and was taken off from the list by the high command.
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Police arrest 5 murder accused after encounter in UP's Ballia
Ballia (UP) (PTI): Police on Sunday arrested five men accused in the murder of a roadways employee's son after a brief exchange of fire early Sunday, officials said.
Four of the accused – Nitish Yadav, Ashish Yadav, Dilip Yadav and Rahul Verma – sustained bullet injuries in their legs during the encounter in the Ubhaon area and were admitted to a hospital, Additional Superintendent of Police, Dinesh Kumar Shukla, said.
Police received information around 2.45 am that some criminals had gathered near Chainpur to carry out an offence. When a police team reached the spot, they found two four-wheelers and a motorcycle parked there, the ASP said.
"One of the accused alerted the others about the police. When asked to surrender, they opened fire on the police team with the intention to kill. In retaliatory firing, four accused were injured and arrested,” Shukla said.
A fifth accused, Anand Kumar Verma, managed to flee but was later arrested after a cordon operation.
During interrogation, the accused confessed to their involvement in the December 13 murder of Ayush Yadav (25), son of a roadways employee, who was shot in the Belthara Road area under the Ubhaon police station limits, the officer said.
Police had already arrested six accused in the case, while another accused, Rabin Singh, surrendered at the Mau city Kotwali on Saturday, taking the total number of arrests to 12.
