Death of 30-year-old Dalit farm worker in Belthangady: Four absconding accused arrested
Belthangady: Dharmasthala Police have arrested four men in relation to the death of a 30-year-old Dalit man under unusual circumstances in Shibaje in Belthangady taluk.
The arrested in the case have been identified as Thimmappa Poojary, Lakshmana Poojary, Anand Gowda and Mahesh Poojary, who are residents of Shibaje.
On December 18, the body of Sridhar, a native of Moodigere and worker at Sara Farm in Shibaje, was found on the farm premises, giving rise to suspicion of a murder of the Dalit man.
The Dharmasthala Police officers registered a case against the four accused, on charges of murder as well as Dalit oppression.
The four men, however, were absconding and Dalit organization members staged a protest urging the Police Department to arrest the accused.
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ED raids in case against former Punjab Police DIG Bhullar, linked entities
Chandigarh (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab as part of a money laundering probe against former state police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and entities linked to him, officials said.
They said about 11 premises in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Patiala, Nabha and Jalandhar linked to the accused, his associates and suspected benamidars (the owner in whose name a benami property is held) are being covered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case registered against Bhullar on allegations that he sought illegal gratification through a middleman for settlement of a criminal case, along with detection of assets disproportionate to known sources of income.
The searches aim to trace further proceeds of the alleged crime, identify benami assets and gather evidence related to money laundering, ED officials said.
Bhullar, who was serving as the deputy inspector general (DIG) of police (Ropar Range), was arrested by the CBI in October 2025 after a scrap dealer alleged that bribe was demanded from him through an intermediary to settle a case.
