Hassan: Couple arrested for faking death to claim life insurance
Hassan: The Gandasi police have arrested a couple involved in a case where they allegedly killed a beggar and staged a road accident to fraudulently claim life insurance. The accused, identified as Munishamigowda and Shilpa Rani from Chikkakoliga village in Hosakote taluk, were arrested after the discovery of the plot.
On August 12, an unidentified body was found near Gollarahosalli Gate in Araseikere Taluk. The scene also included a car with a punctured tire and a lorry, which had reportedly run over the victim. The body was taken to Hassan District Hospital for identification.
The next day, Shilpa Rani identified the deceased as her husband, Munishamigowda, and claimed the body after a post-mortem. However, during the investigation, the police, noting an injury mark on the neck of the deceased, grew suspicious and launched a deeper probe.
It was later revealed that Munishamigowda, who ran a tire shop in Hosakote, was in debt. To escape his financial burdens, he and his wife allegedly devised a plan to murder a beggar, place the body at the accident scene, and claim it as his own. The police have arrested the couple and are working to identify the victim.
The police have seized both the car and the lorry involved in the incident and are continuing their investigation.
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Woman in Himachal Pradesh bullies Kashmiri shawl sellers, video turns up on X
Shimla, Nov 25: A woman claiming to be a panchayat official was caught on camera warning two shawl sellers from Kashmir against trading their wares in Himachal Pradesh.
The 2.46-minute video that surfaced on social media showed the woman telling the two Kashmiris not to come to the village and asking them to say "Jai Shri Ram" to prove they are "Hindustani."
Sharing the video on X on Monday, National Convenor of the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association, Nasir Khuehami, claimed that the video was from a village in Himachal's Hamirpur district.
"No one will purchase their products, buy from our Hindu people," the woman is seen telling others in the video. "Don't come in my area," she told shawl sellers.
Later in a post, Khuehami said that the chief minister's office had assured action against anyone found intimidating Kashmiris.
However, when contacted, the CM's media advisor Naresh Chauhan told the PTI that there was no such complaint. The matter would be looked into if any complaint is registered, he said.
A large number of Kashmiris come to the state to sell shawls and other products, while hundreds of Kashmiris labourers work in the state round the year.
It is highly condemnable that a woman, wife of a Sarpanch, is exhibiting communal behavior toward two Kashmiri men who traveled to Himachal Pradesh for business purposes. Her communal actions, as seen in the video, where she threatens them to leave the state, instructs villagers… pic.twitter.com/IIw2dkZPGt
— Nasir Khuehami (ناصر کہویہامی) (@NasirKhuehami) November 25, 2024
