Gauri Lankesh murder case: SIT arrests four men in Davanagere
Davanagere: A Special Investigation Team of the Karnataka police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, reports Indianexpress.com.
These four arrested, who were allegedly guiding operations in Karnataka to plan the murder of Bhagwan, were nabbed from Davanagere bus stand on May 21. The report also mentions that the four arrested men were linked to radical right-wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha.
According to an Indianexpress.com report, the arrested are Amol Kale alias Bhaisab (39) from Maharashtra, Amit Degwekar alias Pradeep, 39, a resident of Goa; Manohar Edave, 28, a resident of Vijayapura; and Sujeet Kumar alias Praveen, 37, from Mangaluru.
Sujeet Kumar was arrested first and reportedly produced before a magistrate on May 20 while the other three were produced on May 21. They are scheduled to be in police custody until June 1. The SIT team that conducted searches at over eight places in Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Goa; is believed to have discovered key evidence on May 22.
“The plot to kill Bhagwan came to fore earlier this year following the arrest of Hindu Yuva Sena leader KT Naveen Kumar for possession of illegal arms on February 18. The probe revealed that a group of people, including Naveen Kumar, were surveying Bhagwan’s home to carry out killing on the lines of the Lankesh murder. Naveen Kumar is said to have told investigators that he received instructions in the plot to kill Lankesh and Bhagwan from a Mangalore-based man he could identify only as Praveen. The Hindu Janajagruti Samithi activist Sujeet Kumar has now been identified as Praveen,” indianexpress.com reported.
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Venkatesh Prasad elected KSCA president, Sujith Somasundar is new vice-president
Bengaluru (PTI): Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad was on Sunday elected as the new president of the troubled Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).
In the polls, Prasad, a former vice-president of the association, went ahead of veteran sports administrator KN Shanth Kumar 749-558 as a total of 1307 members voted.
Prasad now will have the onerous task of bringing top-flight cricket back to the state, which got sidelined after the stampede near the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4 in which 11 Royal Challengers Bengaluru fans were killed.
Both Prasad and Shanth Kumar, Director of The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd and one of the Directors on the PTI Board, had vowed to take necessary steps to revive cricket in the state, and it was their respective panel's major poll pitch.
Former India batter Sujith Somasundar won the election to the post of vice-president ahead of D. Vinod Shivappa 719-588.
Somasundar had stepped down from the post of Education Head at the BCCI Centre of Excellence recently to contest in the KSCA polls.
BN Madhukar is the new KSCA treasurer after winning the election 736-571 ahead of MS Vinay. Experienced administrator Santosh Menon returned to the association fold as its new secretary after getting the better of ES Jairam 675-632.
Jairam had resigned from the post of KSCA secretary after 11 fans were killed and several injured in the stampede near the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, taking the moral responsibility for the tragic turn of events.
The Prasad-led panel, which had the open backing of former India players Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, hence grabbed four key posts in the polls which were held at the Chinnaswamy Stadium between 10am and 5 pm.
“First and foremost, this is a victory for the sport of cricket. Secondly, this is a victory for all the members who wanted a change, all the people who wanted international cricket to come back to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. This is a victory for all stakeholders — the cricket fans,” Prasad told reporters after becoming president.
The Brijesh Patel-backed camp saw BK Ravi from its list winning the race to the post of joint secretary 669-638 ahead of AV Shashidhara.
Former women’s cricketer Kalpana Venkatachar (764) and former Karnataka wicketkeeper batter Avinash Vaidya (691), who contested from Prasad's panel, were elected as members from the Bangalore Zone along with Aashish Amarlall (703).
