Four including Sangh Parivar activist identified as suspects in Surathkal stabbing case
Surathkal: The police team investigating the stabbing of two men by a group at a bar in town on Thursday has reportedly identified four suspects, with one of them found to be a member of the Sangh Parivar.
The group stabbed Hasan Murshid (18) of Hillside in Krishnapura, and Nizam (23) of Chokkabettu in Surathkal near Deepak Bar in town on Thursday night.
Surathkal Police Inspector Pramod Kumar and his team are learned to have visited the crime scene with a friend of the attack victims and inspected the area. On checking the CCTV camera footage, the police team found that the suspects, Gururaj, who is a Sangh Parivar activist and rowdy sheeter and his acquaintances Alex Santhosh, Sushanth and Nitin, had attacked Murshid and Nizam on Thursday.
A group of policemen immediately raided the Gururaj’s hideout, but found that the suspect had escaped from there.
The CCTV camera also recorded an argument between the group and the victims and three of their friends at the bar. The verbal duel intensified into a fight and resulted in the stabbing. Murshid’s hands are said to have been injured when he attempted to stop the attack.
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Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa laid to rest with full state honours
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa was laid to rest with full state honours on Monday.
The 94-year-old former minister, who passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday, was cremated at the Kalleshwara Mill premises, following Veerashaiva-Lingayat traditions.
Earlier in the day, Shivashankarappa's mortal remains were brought to his native Davanagere, where they were kept at the high school grounds for the public, his followers, and well-wishers to pay their last respects.
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Expressing deep sorrow over his demise, the Karnataka government ordered that his last rites be performed with full state honours.
Both the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Council also mourned his passing, adjourning their sessions for the day after paying tributes.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM D K Shivakumar, AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa, several ministers, opposition leaders, legislators, and political figures paid their respects.
A number of seers from the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community also attended the last rites.
Shivashankarappa represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time before succumbing to age-related ailments.
The senior-most legislator in Karnataka, Shivashankarappa, was also one of the longest-serving lawmakers in the country, sources said.
He is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, the Karnataka Minister for Mines, Geology, and Horticulture, and four daughters. His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A six-time MLA, Shivashankarappa also served as a minister and an MP.
He was a prominent educationist, establishing several educational institutions, and was an industrialist.
Additionally, he served as the treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
