Bengaluru, June 16: The SIT officials took Sri Rama Sene Vijayapura district president Rakesh Mata into custody and interrogating him in related to the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.

As Rakesh posted a status in the Facebook favouring Parashuram Waghmore, the main accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, the SIT officials arrested him and interrogated him from morning to evening on Saturday. It is said that they have got information on various questions.

The SIT officials are interrogating Rakesh about his friendship with Parshuram, connection with the Sri Rama Sene and the personal and political background of Parshuram.

Parshuram who was arrested in the case admitted that he had committed the crime. In favour of Parshuram, Rakesh posted a status in the FB account appealing that ‘ Parshuram family is in financial crunch. Help his family financially’.

This post has created widespread debate and opposition. In view of this, the SIT police took Rakesh into custody and interrogating.



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Yadgir: In a shocking incident reported from Devathkal village of Surapur taluk, two boys, Shreyanna (8) and Yuvaraja (9), who were grazing cattle, died of drowning on Sunday afternoon as they went for a bath in a stream nearby.

The boys had reportedly gone missing in the waters of the stream on Sunday afternoon. The family members found the boys’ clothes on the banks of the stream but, as their search for the boys proved futile, they brought the matter to the notice of the police and fire brigade.

The police team, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Javed Inamdar and Inspector Anand Wagmode, along with the staff members of the fire brigade, searched for the missing boys on Sunday night, but failed to find the boys. The search was resumed on Monday morning and, at around 9 am on Monday, the bodies of both boys were found in the stream, sources have said.

A case has been filed by the Surapur Police and investigation is underway.