Belthangady: A notice has been issued by Belthangady Police to Sowjanya movement activist Mahesh Shetty Thimarody regarding the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for the Dharmasthala mass burial case finding weapons during an inspection of his house in Ujire recently.

Belthangady Police filed the case on September 16, based on a complaint filed by SIT officers stating two swords and one rifle were found during a search of Thimarody’s house. Thimarody was issued the notice to appear for interrogation.

It is learned that the Belthangady Police officers had visited the activist’s house on Thursday for an inquest, but Thimarody was not at home. The officers went again on Friday morning. As the house was locked, however, the police reportedly pasted the notice on a wall of the house, ordering the activist to appear for questioning on September 21.

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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.