Udupi: AKMS bus owner Saifuddin was murdered by three men armed with deadly weapons. According to preliminary investigation, the assailants were drivers employed in Saifuddin’s own bus service, Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar confirmed.

Speaking to the media after visiting Saifuddin’s residence at Kodavooru Salmara, SP Shankar stated that the crime occurred between 10 and 11 a.m. The attackers, armed with knives and swords, struck simultaneously, leaving multiple stab injuries on the victim’s body.

Police revealed that Saifuddin had a long criminal history with 18 cases registered against him in Udupi and Malpe police stations, and he was listed as a rowdy-sheeter. He was also a direct accused in two earlier murder cases.

The motive behind the killing is still under investigation. Authorities are in the process of identifying and arresting the accused drivers connected to the AKMS private bus company.

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New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.

Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.

"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.

"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.

Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.