Stepfather allegedly murders two teenage girls in Bengaluru, escapes
Bengaluru: Two teenage girls, aged 15 and 13, were found murdered in their rented residence at Kaveri Layout near Hebbal on Saturday evening. The police suspect their stepfather, identified as Sumeet, to be responsible for the crime. He is currently on the run.
The girls, students in classes 9 and 8 at a nearby school, had returned home after attending school when the incident occurred. The attack reportedly took place between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., while their mother, Anitha, was at work in a factory. Sumeet, aged around 40, allegedly used a machete to kill the girls following an argument.
Anitha discovered the bodies of her daughters in a pool of blood when she returned home around 8 p.m. Sumeet, originally from Dehradun in Uttarakhand, had married Anitha, who is from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, nine years ago. Anitha informed the police that Sumeet often scolded her daughters over minor issues.
The police have registered a case under s. 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, based on Anitha’s complaint. A special team has been formed to arrest Sumeet, whose phone remains switched off. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Sajeeth VJ visited the crime scene, and the Scene of Crime Officers (SOCO) team conducted a thorough investigation, collecting crucial evidence.
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Maharashtra Congress chief Patole meets Kharge, dismisses resignation talk as 'rumours'
New Delhi, Nov 25: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday dismissed as "rumours" talk of his resignation following the assembly polls debacle and stressed on "collective accountability" for the defeat.
Patole made the remarks after meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during which he conveyed that the result had not reflected the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra.
"Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other national and state leaders were leading Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) from the forefront during the assembly polls. So, we were sure that the trends were in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi, even the citizens believed that," the Maharashtra Congress chief said.
"If I talk about Nanded, the Lok Sabha bypolls and assembly elections were held on the same day. In Lok Sabha bypolls, our candidate was winning in six assembly seats, whereas, in the assembly elections, we are not winning even a single seat," he said, adding that there cannot be such a "huge difference".
This is the sentiment among the people also and they have stated that this government in Maharashtra was not being formed on their votes, he claimed.
"So, I spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge on this," he added.
Asked whether he had offered to resign or the party had asked for his resignation after the Maharashtra assembly polls defeat, Patole said, "These are all rumours and there is no truth in them. There is collective accountability."
Patole also said he will meet Rahul Gandhi in a day or two and discuss all issues.
"Democracy is being finished. We have discussed that... there was no talk of resignation," he said.
The MVA alliance, comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT), was restrained to 46 seats by the Mahayuti that reaped a rich harvest of 230 seats in the 288-member House.
