Wife, son arrested for killing husband in Odisha's Nayagarh
Bhubaneswar (PTI): The police arrested a woman and her son for allegedly killing her husband in Odisha's Nayagarh district, an officer said.
The deceased was identified as Sishir Sahu, a forester in Sarankul Pancharida range of Nayagarh district.
A day after recovering the half-burnt body of Sishir, the police arrested the deceased's wife and son after conducting a crime scene recreation, said Jyoti Ranjan Samantaray, sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), Nayagarh on Sunday.
The deceased's wife Namita also sustained minor burn injuries while their son Abhisek was unharmed in the incident at their house in Baramasidanda area of the district on Friday night, he said.
Namita with the help of Abhisek poured petrol on her husband and set him on fire following a heated argument, Samantaray said.
The police said a team of fire service personnel rushed to the spot and doused the flame. They recovered the half-charred body of Sahu who was trapped inside the house and started an investigation by detaining his wife and son.
"During interrogation, Sahu's wife and son confessed to the crime. As per preliminary investigation, the reason behind the crime is family dispute. The forester was not visiting home regularly and not staying for much time at home," the police officer said.
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Fire at mass marriage event attended by Dy CM Shivakumar, nobody affected
Raichur (Karnataka) (PTI): Fire broke out near the stage of the mass marriage event that was attended by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar here, police said on Sunday.
Nobody was affected, and the fire was immediately put out, they said.
The fire was noticed shortly after Shivakumar and other dignitaries left the stage, and Forest Minister Eshwaran Khandre was speaking to the media at the venue in Sindhanur, officials said.
According to officials, wires, speakers, and cloth materials near the stage caught fire, allegedly due to a short circuit.
Police personnel present at the spot quickly swung into action and extinguished the fire.
The programme was halted for some time and resumed later, they said.
Several ministers, legislators and political leaders from the region, and actor Sudeep had attended the event.
