Three members of family killed by unidentified men in UP's Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur (UP) (PTI): Unidentified men killed a man, his wife and their 20-year-old daughter by slitting their throats with sharp-edged weapons here on Monday, police said.
One of the accused has been arrested in connection with the incident, they said. The deceased have been identified as Gama Nishad (42 years), his wife Sanju Nishad (38 years) and daughter Preeti, police said.
The incident took place when they going to the marriage function of Gama's brother Rama Nishad's daughter, police said. Senior Superintendent of Police Vipin Tada said the arrested accused has been identified as Alok Paswan.
"He is being interrogated. Alok wanted to have a love affair with the man's daughter. However, when she refused, the incident occurred. An investigation is underway and things will become clear soon," Tada said.
The police said a shovel was used in the crime
Senior police officials, including Tada and Additional Director General, Gorakhpur zone, Akhil Kumar, also reached the spot.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, officials said. The incident occurred about 800 metres away from their house at Bangla Chowk in Raiganj area here, police said.
When the three were going, some assailants surrounded them and slit their throats with sharp-edged weapon, police said.
Gama's son Achchelal escaped as he had opted for another route to reach the function. Gama's second son works in another city, police said.
In a tweet in Hindi, the UP Police said, "In the Khorabar triple murder incident, a shovel was used. The incident took place due to a love affair. The accused has been arrested."
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
