Cong to hold Padayatra from Nelyadi to BC Road from Jan 14-16: Ramanath Rai
Demand for resuming NH works from Addahole-BC Road
Mangaluru, Jan 3: Former minister Ramanath Rai said that the District Congress would take out a padayatra from January 14 to 16 demanding the government to resume the works of national highway from Addahole to BC Road on Bengaluru-Mangaluru road.
Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Rai said that party senior leaders would participate in the padayatre. On January 14, the padayatre would start from Nelyadi and reach Uppinangady where it would stay. The next day, it would resume its journey and conclude at Mani and on January 16, it would converge at BC Road. In all the three places, public rallies would be conducted, he said.
Bengaluru-Mangaluru national highway was like a lifeline. It would connect the two cities. Then UPA government had approved the works from Hassan to BC Road and then union minister Oscar Fernandes had sanctioned for the 63 km road from Hassan to Marenahalli-Gundya. After first round of works, NLT Company had taken up the second phase work. As the company was bankrupt, the work was suspended, he said suspecting that the company might have bankrupted due to wrong economic policies of the Narendra Modi government.
The NHAI had to clear dues worth crores to the company which stopped the works due to paucity of funds. The incomplete work has been causing inconvenience to the people. So, the road works should be completed before rainy season. In order to draw the attention of the central government, the Congress has organized the padayatre, he said.
The district had seen lot of development works during the tenure of Srinivas Malya. But during the BJP government at the centre, the development works have come to grinding halt in the district. Airport and the port were facing the threat of privatization, he said.
MLC Harish Kumar, former MLA JR Lobo, Mayor Bhaskar K, Party leaders Shashidhar Hegde, Shalet Pinto, Naveen D’Souza, Venkappa Gowda, Dhananjay Addangaya, Shahul Hameed and others were present.
‘I won’t politicize Sabarimala issue’
Responding to a question Sabarimala issue, Rai said that he would not comment on the Supreme Court order and its pros and cons. When he was young, he had visited Sabarimala for more than 18 times. He had visited the temple with devotion, confidence, belief and harmony.
But now, he would not speak about the issue and its impact. He would not politicize the Sabarimala issue, Rai clarified.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
