Pakur (Jharkhand), Nov 10: A man was stoned death by unidentified persons following a drunken brawl in Pakur district, police said Saturday.

The incident took place at Gutipara village under the jurisdiction of Littipara police station, the police said. The deceased was identified as Vakil Hembram, a resident of Labda village near Gutipara village, a police officer said.

Hembram had gone to Gutipara village on Thursday to watch a football match and did not return home, the police officer said, adding, the residents of Gutipara village saw Hembram's body on Friday morning and informed the police.

An FIR was lodged against unidentified persons at the Littipara police station, a Sub-Inspector (SI) of the police station, Sunil Sharma, said, adding, the police is trying to find out the motive behind Hembram's killing.

The body was sent for post-mortem examination.

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Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has issued an interim stay on the FIR against Sringeri legislator DN Jeevaraj, who is accused of vote rigging.

A vacation bench consisting of Justice V Sreeshananda heard on Tuesday the BJP MLA’s plea urging the HC to quash the case against him.

After hearing the arguments, the judge granted an interim stay on the case against Jeevaraj.

The hearing of the case has been adjourned to Thursday, May 7.