Shiv Sena also comes out in Kejriwal's support
Mumbai, June 18: Maharashtra's ruling Shiv Sena on Monday came out in support of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in his agitation, days after four non-Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states also endorsed his AAP's stand.
On Sunday, Kejriwal spoke to Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on the issue where Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is seeking directions from Lt. Governor Anil Baijal to the IAS officers to end their undeclared strike and other demands, a Sena leader said.
"Uddhavji informed him what the late Bal Thackeray used to say, that any political party which gets overwhelming majority has the right to work and take policy decisions, whether it's the government in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim or Delhi," party spokeserspon Sanjay Raut told the media.
On Saturday, Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal), N. Chandrababu Naidu (Andhra Pradesh), Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala) and H.D. Kumaraswamy (Karnataka) held a join press conference in support of the AAP and Kejriwal. They subsequently met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought his intervention in the issue.
BJP MP and former Bollywood star Shatrughan Sinha has also expressed support to Kejriwal and urged Modi's intervention to resolve the crisis in Delhi.
Kejriwal, along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and other ministers Satyendar Jain and Gopal Rai, have been staging a sit-in protest at the Delhi Raj Niwas since June 11. Sisodia and Jain, who also started a hunger strike, have subsequently been hospitalised after their condition deteriorated.
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Woman, lover kill her husband in Meerut; try to pass it off as snakebite
Meerut, Apr 17 (PTI): A man was killed allegedly by his wife and her lover who later placed a live venomous snake under his body to cover up the crime, police said on Thursday.
The post-mortem report blew the lid off their plot as it showed that the man had been strangled. The woman, Ravita (27), and her lover Amardeep (19), who was a friend of her husband, have been arrested, according to a police statement.
Circle Officer Abhishek Kumar Patel said the incident took place in Akbarpur Sadat village under the Behsuma police station area.
"Amit Kashyap (30), alias Mickey, was found dead at his home on Sunday morning. A venomous snake was found near his bed, leading to the assumption that he had died of a snakebite," Patel told PTI.
However, the post-mortem report stated that he died due to asphyxiation, he said.
"Following the report, we initiated a detailed investigation into the case," the officer said.
According to police sources, Amit married Ravita eight years ago and the couple had three children. Amit worked as a mason along with Amardeep, who eventually got involved in an illicit relationship with Ravita.
Tensions between Amit and Ravita began after he found out about his wife's affair. There were frequent arguments between the two. Ravita told Amardeep about these arguments and he stopped working with her husband around five months ago, the sources said.
The duo told police that about a week ago, they decided to eliminate Amit and make it look like he died due to snakebite, Circle Officer Patel said.
On April 12, Amardeep bought a snake for Rs 1,000 from a snake charmer and hid it in a bag, he said.
Later that night, after Amit had fallen asleep, Ravita called Amardeep to her house and the two strangled her husband to death. Then they put the live snake under Amit's body to make it look like he was bitten by the reptile while he was asleep, the officer added.
"The snake was trapped under the body and bit it several times, which led to the confusion during the preliminary investigation," Patel said.
Ravita and Amardeep have been taken into custody. Further legal proceedings in the case are underway, he said.
