Santosh murder case: four arrested
Bengaluru: JC Nagar police investigating the murder of Santosh –an auto driver, who died on Wednesday night have arrested four persons including the son of Congress block leader.
The arrested have been identified as Wasim, Philip, Umar and Irfan, all residents of Chinnappa Garden.
The main accused, Wasim, is the son of the block leader of Congress party, Khader, and runs a bakery near his house
DETAILS OF INCIDENT
Santosh, 28, a resident of Chinnappa Garden, was stabbed with a screwdriver by Wasim and his aides near a bakery in Chinnappa Garden at around 7.45 pm and died undergoing treatment at around 9 pm.
BJP PROTEST
Situation near Santosh's house gripped tense due to which the streets of Chinnappa Garden wore a deserted look as a few shopkeepers pulled down shutters. When Santhosh's body was brought near his house after the post-mortem, BJP leaders and workers persisted in calling home minister Ramalinga Reddy and police commissioner to spot.
BJP leaders R Ashok, Katta Subramanya Naidu, Y Narayanaswamy and others, had led the protests.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
