Man beaten to death in Mumbai road rage incident, nine arrested
Mumbai: A 28-year-old man, identified as Akash Maeen, was beaten to death following a road rage incident in Malad, Mumbai, on Saturday. The incident occurred near Pushpa Park when an autorickshaw collided with Maeen's vehicle while overtaking. Maeen, a worker for the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, was accompanied by his parents at the time.
Following the collision, an argument broke out between Maeen and the auto driver, who soon fled the scene. However, a crowd gathered in support of the driver and attacked Maeen. A video of the incident shows Maeen being assaulted by a group of men, while his father struggled to intervene and his mother tried to protect him by covering his body.
Maeen suffered serious injuries from the attack and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The Dindoshi Police, relying on CCTV footage, arrested six individuals on Sunday and three more on Monday. All nine suspects have been charged under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for murder and other related offences. They will remain in police custody until October 22.
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Will vacate one of two assembly seats won in 10 days: BJP''s Suvendu
Kolkata (PTI): BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur and secured Nandigram for three times in a row in the recent assembly polls, said on Wednesday that he would vacate one of the two constituencies within 10 days.
Adhikari also asserted that the party's central leadership would decide which constituency he would retain.
"I will vacate one seat within 10 days. The party will decide which one I retain. I will not forget my responsibility towards the people of Bhabanipur and Nandigram," he said.
Adhikari on Monday defeated Banerjee in Bhabanipur by over 15,000 votes, puncturing what was long seen as her safest political refuge and delivering a decisive psychological blow to the TMC, amid a sweeping BJP surge across West Bengal.
Addressing party workers and supporters in Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district, the BJP leader appealed to them not to take out victory processions immediately and instead maintain peace.
"Do not take out victory rallies now. Maintain peace and discipline. Celebrate after May 9, after taking permission," he told party workers.
State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Wednesday announced that the oath-taking ceremony of the new government will be held on May 9 at Brigade Parade Ground.
Referring to alleged attacks on BJP workers during the TMC regime, Adhikari said he would not forget the “atrocities" faced by them and assured them of taking appropriate action against perpetrators through legal processes.
"I was part of the 2011 ‘poribartan’ (change), and now I am part of the real change. I offer my gratitude to the people of Nandigram," Adhikari said.
He was referring to the TMC's victory in 2011 when the Mamata Banerjee party dismantled the 34-year Left Front regime in the state.
Adhikari offered prayers at a Hanuman statue in Nandigram and remembered the BJP workers, who had died in political violence.
"We will work in such a way that the BJP government in Bengal stays for 100 years," he said, expressing hope that the BJP’s vote share in the state would rise from the current 46 per cent to 60 per cent in future elections.
The BJP leader also assured residents of Nandigram of improved drinking water supply and better hospital and education infrastructure.
