Bengaluru violence: CCB raids three SDPI offices
Bengaluru: Searches were carried out at three offices of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) here by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Tuesday in connection with the case relating to the Bengaluru violence, police said.
The raids at DJ Halli, KG Halli and Halasuru Gate offices of SDPI come in the backdrop of statements made by Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai that the outfit's role in the August 11 violence has come to light and investigation would go deeper into it.
"In DJ Halli case, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) obtained a search warrant from the Court and three teams of conducted searches at 3 SDPI offices in DJ Halli, KG Halli and Halasuru Gate," a CCB statement said.
More than 300 people, including some SDPI members, have been arrested so far in connection with the arson and violence in the city on August 11 night, targeting the Pulakeshinagar Congress MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy and his sister over a purported inflammatory social media post.
Four people died in the violence, including three in the police firing.
The BJP has blamed the SDPI, a political outfit of Popular Front of India, for the riots and demanded a ban on the organisation. The SDPI has however rejected the charges as 'baseless'.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
