Hiriyadka:  Four persons have been arrested in connection with the suspected death of the cattle trader Hussainabba (62), who was died in an attack by Bajarangadal activists, at Sinabettu in Perdoor; stated Udupi district SP Laxman Nimbargi.

Udupi VHP leader Suresh Mendon alias Suri, Bajrang Dal activists Prasad Kondadi, Umesh Shetty and Ratan are the arrested. While Suresh and Prasad arrested in Bellary, Umesh Shetty and Ratan have been detained in Udupi district.

Suresh Mendon, Prasad and Deepak Shetty, who had fled to Bellary after the incident, were taken into custody at Bellary and brought to Udupi for inquiry. Among them, Suresh and Prasad were arrested after being identified as accused. Meanwhile, Umesh and Ratan were detained in Udupi district, the SP informed to the media.

All the four have been arrested in connection with the assault on cattle transporters and for vandalising their vehicle. The autopsy report is yet to ascertain whether the death of Hussainabba was a murder. This report is likely to come to us by this evening or tomorrow. The investigation is on,” SP Nimbargi said.

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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.