Court denies bail to 8 accused including Hiriyadka PSI
Perduru cattle trader Hussainabba murder case
Udupi, June 18: Among 11 accused in the murder of Perduru cattle trader Hussainabba, eight including Hiriyadka PSI DN Kumar and main accused Suresh Mendon alias Suri were denied bail by the principal district and sessions court here on Monday.
Remaining three accused Hiriyadka police station head constable Mohan Kotwal and, Bajrang Dal leader Prasad Kondadi were granted bail, another accused Tukaram who is absconding was given anticipatory bail. Advocate Vijay Kumar Shetty argued in favour of Kotwal and Mattaru Rathnakar Hegde argued in favour of remaining two accused.
Three police personnel who were in judicial custody had moved the bail application on June 6 and remaining seven accused had moved the bail plea on June 11. One accused had applied for anticipatory bail. But district public prosecutor Shanti Bai objected to these bail pleas.
After hearing the arguments from both the sides, Judge Venkatesh Nayak rejected the bail pleas of PSI DN Kumar, police jeep driver Gopal, Suresh Mendon, Chethan Acharya, Shailesh Shetty, Ganesh Nayak, Umesh Shetty and Ratan Poojary of Bajrang Dal.
Head constable Mohan Kotwal, who was granted bail, was booked for destroying the evidences, while murder case booked against Prasad Kondadi and Tukaram. Advocate Mattaru Rathnakar Hegde would file bail plea of another accused Dinesh Mendon on June 19.
Total 16 accused including three police personnel were identified in the case. Among them, 11 accused were arrested. Remaining five accused including Tukaram and Dinesh Mendon were absconding. Deepak Hegde who sold the cattle to Husainabba is in Mangaluru jail for his role in the murder.
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Lalu Prasad slams BJP over heckling of woman singer
Chaos over "Raghupati Raghav..." at Vajpayee memorial
Patna, Dec 26: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Thursday slammed the BJP over alleged heckling of a woman artist who sang a bhajan, known to be a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi, at a function organised on the birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee a day ago.
The RJD supremo, on his X handle, alleged that the BJP leaders had taken exception to the phrase 'Sita Ram' and asked the singer to apologise before erupting in roars of "Jai Shri Ram".
The well-attended function was held on Wednesday at Bapu Sabhagar, a sprawling state-of-the-art auditorium in the heart of the city.
The septuagenarian alleged that the incident was "reflective of the misogyny that the BJP and the Sangh Parivar was known for" and its "disdain for females was resulting in disrespect for 'Sita Mata'."
However, BJP sources, who did not wish to be named, pointed out that the newspaper report shared by Prasad in an earlier tweet clearly stated that the furore was not over 'Sita Ram', but the subsequent stanza - 'Ishwar Allah Tero Naam'.
The sources claimed that party workers were opposed to the "recital of a line that was not part of the original verse composed by 15th-century poet Narsi Mehta, but inserted later, apparently in line with Gandhi's Hindu-Muslim unity plank".
संघियों और भाजपाइयों को “जय सियाराम, जय सीताराम” के नाम एवं नारे से शुरू ही नफरत है क्योंकि उसमें माता सीता का जयकारा है। ये लोग शुरू से ही महिला विरोधी है तथा “जय श्री राम’ के नारे के साथ आधी आबादी महिलाओं का भी अपमान करते हैं।
— Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) December 26, 2024
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