Illegal sand transport, assault case: BJP ZP member, others booked
Kota: Kota police registered a case against several persons, including Udupi Zilla Panchayat BJP member Pratap Hegde Maarali, in connection with the illegal sand transportation in Sita River and an assault case.
According to a complaint, ZP BJP member Pratap Hegde Maarali, Praveen Hegde Maarali, Vijay Shetty Goliangady Yalanthuru, Sudeep Shetty Halli, Dinesh Shetty Nancharu, Dayanand Shetty and others broke the gates of the Rubber Plantation at Nancharu village and entered illegally on the night of January 18. They had used three tippers, one JCB, and four cars for this, the complaint read.
The complaint also mentions that they loaded sand from Sita River, abused the watchman of the plantation Sudheer Shetty, snatched away his mobile phone and torch light before assaulting him.
Complainant Sudheer Shetty has also said in the complaint that this illegal sand transportation had caused a loss of Rs. 10,00,000 to the government.
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Birsa Munda's great-grandson, injured in road accident, dies of cardiovascular failure in Ranchi
Ranchi (PTI): Tribal icon Birsa Munda's great-grandson Mangal Munda, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after being injured in a road accident, died of "cardiovascular failure" on Friday, an official of the health facility said.
He was 45.
Mangal Munda breathed his last at 12.30 am at the state's apex health facility - Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences.
Munda sustained severe head injuries after he fell from the roof of a passenger vehicle in Jharkhand's Khunti district on November 25.
"Birsa Munda's kin Mangal Munda died of cardiovascular failure around 12.30 am. He was on a ventilator after being critically injured. We tried our best to save him but failed," RIMS Medical Superintendent Dr Hiren Birua told PTI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, Union Health Minister JP Nadda and the Jharkhand Chief Minister's office were in touch with the RIMS authorities in connection with Munda's treatment.
