Bengaluru: Wife, mother-in-law arrested for real estate agent's murder
Bengaluru, Mar 25 (PTI): Days after a 37-year-old real estate agent was found murdered near an under-construction building in BGS Layout, his wife and mother-in-law were arrested in connection with the crime, police said on Tuesday.
Yashasvini (19) and her mother, Hema Bhai (37), were arrested on Monday for the murder of her husband, Lokanath Singh, which took place in Soladevanahalli on March 22, they said.
Yashasvini had married Singh a few months ago against her parents' wishes. However, she later discovered his extramarital affair, which led to frequent fights between the couple. She eventually moved back to her parents' house.
Singh allegedly pressured her to return home and also harassed her parents over the issue.
He even threatened her, saying that if she did not return, he would take her mother instead, police officials said.
Citing preliminary investigations, a senior police officer stated that Yashasvini had laced her husband's food with sleeping pills to make him drowsy. When he started losing consciousness, her mother allegedly stabbed him two to three times on the left side of his neck with a knife.
The crime came to light when a passerby discovered Singh’s body near the under-construction building in BGS Layout, Bilijaji village, and alerted the police.
Yashasvini did not want to continue her marriage and intended to divorce Singh, police added.
On March 22, she contacted Singh and asked him to meet her near Bagalur. After a conversation, they drove to Soladevanahalli. Singh had also brought some beer bottles with him. As per their plan, her mother followed them in an auto-rickshaw, police said.
Since Singh had multiple cheating cases against him, police initially suspected business rivalry as a motive for his murder.
"A case of murder was registered, and we arrested Singh's wife and mother-in-law in connection with the incident," the officer added.
A Realtor loknath (37) was #murdered by his wife Yashasvini & mother-in-law Hema,over his alleged #extramaritalaffair ,illegal business & #torture in #Bengaluru on Saturday.Police have arrested both.They mixed his food with sleeping pills & later killed him at an isolated place. pic.twitter.com/ZWmgzKqHE8
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Ajit Pawar rues Marathi-speaking areas of Karnataka still not part of Maharashtra
Mumbai, May 1 (PTI): Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said even 65 years after the formation of Maharashtra, there is one regret - that Belgaum and Karwar, parts of adjoining Karnataka, were still not merged with the western Marathi-speaking state.
Speaking at a party event organised on the occasion of Maharashtra Day, Pawar, who heads the ruling NCP, asserted his outfit will not abandon the ideology of legendary social reformers Shahu Maharaj, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and B R Ambedkar.
Recalling the work of chief ministers of Maharashtra from the first CM Yashwantrao Chavan to the incumbent Devendra Fadnavis, Pawar said each one of them have contributed to development of the state since its formation in 1960.
"Maharashtra was formed out of struggle. Even if Maharashtra has completed 65 years of its existence, here is one regret in our hearts. Even today, the Marathi manoos (Marathi-speaking people) of Belgaum and Karwar are still not with us. The case is going on in the Supreme Court.
"The day they are merged with Maharashtra, we can confidently said Maharashtra is now complete," he said.
Maharashtra has been demanding that Marathi-speaking areas in Karnataka -- Belgaum, Karwar, Nipani -- be merged with the state, a stand strongly opposed by the southern state.
Pawar noted India's population in 1947 was 35 crore, but it has now multiplied four times to 140 crore. The population of the state has also increased accordingly, he said.
He emphasised that those in power now and in the past have been working to address the water woes of Maharashtra, but with a growing population, the sources have become limited.
The deputy CM said some people oppose the bullet train project in India, but China and Japan have progressed because of such high-speed transport modes.
The erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government (November 2019-June 2022) had stopped the bullet train project connecting Mumbai to Ahmedabad which is currently under construction.
