Suspicious death in Kalaburagi turns into murder case; Brother arrested
Kalaburagi: A suspicious death reported two months ago in Itaga village, Chittapur taluk, has now been confirmed as a murder. The police investigation revealed that the deceased's brother, Suresh Doddha Manmanta, is the prime suspect in the case.
The victim, identified as 35-year-old Kamanna Doddha Manmanta, was initially believed to have died accidentally after his body was found at the entrance of his house on July 5. The family cremated him, assuming he had fallen from the roof. However, Kamanna's mother, Parvathi, later raised suspicions about her son's death, leading her to file a complaint with the police.
Acting on the complaint, the police exhumed the body under the supervision of the Tehsildar and conducted a postmortem. The report confirmed that Kamanna's death was not accidental but the result of foul play. Consequently, the police registered a murder case on August 23 and launched a detailed investigation.
The investigation uncovered that the motive behind the murder was a property dispute. The family owned a farm in Tolamamadi village, Sedam taluk, which was sold for ₹56 lakh two months ago. Kamanna had deposited the money in his parents' names and retained some in his own account, excluding Suresh from any share. This led to a dispute between the brothers, ultimately resulting in Suresh allegedly murdering Kamanna on June 5.
The police have arrested Suresh and produced him in court, where he was remanded to judicial custody. The investigation was carried out by a team led by Kalaburagi District Superintendent of Police Addur Srinivasalu, Additional SP Srinidhi, Shahabad DySP Shankar Gowda Patil, and other officials.
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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.
