Sedition case: Three engineering students from Kashmir re- arrested
Hubballi (Karnataka): The three Kashmiri engineering students a college here facing sedition charges were arrested again on Monday after protests broke out against the police for releasing them on execution of a bond under Section 169 of CrPC.
The trio, students of a private engineering college, were arrested on Saturday for raising pro-Pakistan slogans and posting it on social media. They were let off on Sunday execution of a bond under Section 169 of CrPC.
"They (Kashmiri students) have been arrested, produced before the court and remanded in judicial custody," the Hubballi-Dharwad police Commissioner R Dileep told PTI.
The police had come under severe criticism for releasing the youths on Sunday. According to police sources, they were apprehended in this morning and taken to court.
The action came after members of right wing organisations staged demonstrations outside the police station on Sunday. Police sources said Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai too spoke to the police officials about the case.
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Seven killed as govt hospital’s compound wall collapse due to rain
Bengaluru (PTI): Seven people, including three children, were killed when the compound wall of a hospital collapsed here on Wednesday, police said.
The incident occurred in the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, they added.
When the heavy rains, coupled with strong winds, battered the area, the seven victims were taking shelter near the wall, which suddenly came down crashing, police further said. All seven people were killed on the spot, they added.
According to police sources, the victims were street vendors.
Police and emergency services personnel rushed to the spot with an earthmover to bring out the bodies from the debris with the help of residents.
