Senior Congress leader Iqbal Ahmed Sardagi passes away at 80
Kalaburagi: Senior Congress leader Iqbal Ahmed Sardagi has passed away at the age of 80. Sardagi, who served as a Member of Parliament for Kalaburagi Constituency from 1999 to 2009 and later as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from 2014 to 2020, breathed his last on Tuesday night in a private hospital following an illness.
Educated in B.A. and LLB, Sardagi was known for his dedicated service to the Congress party and his active involvement in various government committees. Born on June 5, 1944, in Kalaburagi, he leaves behind his wife, son, and daughter.
The funeral rites, including the Namaz-e Janaza, will be conducted at the mosque near the National College in Hafat Gumbaz area on Wednesday evening at 5 PM, as announced by Shakeel Sardagi, a youth leader of the Congress party and a family member.
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Four held in Kalaburagi for brutal murder of man
Kalaburagi: Four men have been arrested in Kalaburagi on charge of hacking a man with lethal weapons and pelting stones at him under the limits of Station Bazaar Police Station recently.
According to police sources, Anand Jalak Shinde (34), Ashitosh Jalak Shinde (30), Imran Mehboob Sheikh (28) and Sohaib Anwar Qureshi have been arrested. The men are accused of the brutal murder of Syed Mehboob, a resident of Station Bazaar Upper Line Hamalawadi in the city.
An FIR was filed by the Station Bazaar Police Station based on a complaint given by Syed Ismail, father of the deceased Syed Mehboob.
Following quick probe, the police team successfully arrested the suspects within 24 hours. The arrested men were produced in court and have been sent to judicial custody.
The City Police Commissionerate has appreciated in an official release the police team’s quick solving of the murder case and arrest of the four men accused of murdering Syed Mehboob.
