Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna who has complained against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah relating to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) issue.

ED has asked Krishna to appear before them at their Bengaluru zonal office located at Shantinagar in Bengaluru at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday and produce all documents and records in connection with the investigation or proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

Meanwhile, the social activist has been booked by police on charges of sexual harassment, filed by a woman at the Nanjangudu Police Station on August 21, 2024. The complainant, Lavanya, has alleged that Krishna, along with three others, attempted to assault her, dragged her, used obscene language, and threatened to kill her. However, Krishna has denied the allegations, calling it a ‘conspiracy’ to silence his activism.

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Maharajganj (UP) (PTI): A 29-year-old married woman was found hanging at her in-laws' home here, with her in-laws claiming it was suicide while her mother alleging murder over dowry, police said on Sunday.

According to police, Anukriti (29) had married Manoj Gond six years ago and lived with her in-laws in Mahadeva village.

Her in-laws claimed that she died by suicide after allegedly hanging herself inside a room of the house on Saturday evening, police said.

After receiving information about the incident, a police team reached the spot and sent the body for a post-mortem.

Paniyara police station in-charge Sanjay Kumar Singh said that based on a complaint filed by the woman’s mother, a case was registered on Sunday against her husband Manoj Gond, mother-in-law Punam, father-in-law Sumer Gond, and brother-in-law Munna Gond.

The complainant alleged that Anukriti was being harassed for dowry by in-laws and was murdered over dowry-related demands, Singh said.

(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)