Madikeri: Missing man from hospital found dead in under-construction building
Madikeri: The body of a man who went missing four days ago from the District Government Hospital in Madikeri was found today in a water-filled pit at a nearby under-construction building.
The deceased has been identified as K.N. Raghu (38), a resident of Arekadu village in Madikeri taluk. His body was discovered in a pit at the construction site of the Critical Care Unit within the hospital premises.
Raghu had been admitted to the district hospital on July 8 after suffering from a severe fever. On the morning of July 11, around 5 a.m., he reportedly took ₹200 from his mother, who was accompanying him at the hospital and said he was stepping out to get coffee and breakfast from a nearby hotel. However, he never returned.
Worried about his disappearance, Raghu’s wife Rajeshwari filed a missing person complaint at the Madikeri Town Police Station.
Following the complaint, the police began an investigation, which led to the discovery of his body today. Madikeri Town Police have registered a case and further investigation is underway.
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
