Dalit youth dies in Bengaluru police custody: Case Transferred CID
Bengaluru: Following the death of a Dalit youth under the custody of the Cottonpet Police, the case has been handed over to the CID.
The Cottonpet Police were to produce the arrested Vinod before court on Thursday. Vinod is learned to have lost consciousness in his cell on Thursday morning and died on the way to hospital.
DCP (West Division) Laxman Nimbargi, who spoke on the incident, said that an attempt to dacoity case had been registered at the Cottonpet Police Station against Vinod in 2017. The court had also granted a non-bailable warrant and on Wednesday evening, the police had arrested Vinod.
The officer added that the arrested had spent the night at the Cottonpet Police Station. The station staff tried to wake him up at around 3:45 am on Thursday, but Vinod did not wake up. The staff rushed him to hospital, where the doctors checked him and said that he had died, Nimbargi said.
“A custodial death has been registered. We have followed all the guidelines of a custodial case. The case has been transferred to the CID,” the DCP said.
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Vijay unable to prove majority, not invited for CM oath ceremony: Sources
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay has reportedly not been invited to take oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after failing to demonstrate support from the required number of MLAs, sources in Raj Bhavan said.
According to media reports that quoted sources in the office of R.N. Ravi Arlekar, Vijay could not prove the backing of 118 legislators, the majority mark in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.
Despite last-minute efforts to secure support from the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazagam (AMMK), and an IUML legislator, Vijay reportedly managed support from only 116 MLAs, falling short by two members.
Sources said Vijay failed to submit letters of support from the VCK and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
Later, the IUML issued a statement clarifying that it was not part of the TVK-led alliance.
Meanwhile, AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran is also said to have informed the Governor that his party would support the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) instead.
Earlier in the evening, Vijay had met Governor Arlekar and staked claim to form the government, stating that he enjoyed the support of 118 MLAs.
