Assault case: Four accused arrested
Bantwala, June 13: Local police arrested four accused on Wednesday on charges of helping the main accused in assaulting two BJP workers at Baddakatte in the town two days ago.
The accused are identified as Deepak (27) of Kajebail, Pawan (26) of Agrabail, Shailesh (26) and Ranjith (25) of Bantwala and they were produced before the court. Other accused Surendra Bantwala, Thilak, Manohar, Pradeep and Sathish were absconding. These four accused were arrested as they have helped the main accused to abscond after the incident, according to police.
When the victims Ganesh Rai Mani and Pushparaj have been to a hotel for lunch at Baddakatte, Surendra Bantwal and others have assaulted them and tried to kill them, according to a complaint.
A video of Surendra Bantwal who was insulting the victims with foul language and flashing a talwar, was viral in social media.
It is said that Bhavith and others have barged into a hair saloon and assaulted Dheekshith. In retaliation to this incident, Surendra Bantwal and others tried to kill the BJP workers, it is alleged.
Taking both the incidents as a challenge, Bantwala police formed teams to nab the accused. Now, after the incident, the police arrested four members on charges of helping the main accused in the case.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
