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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Hyderabad (PTI): Nitish Kumar Reddy and Eshan Malinga shared five wickets between them as hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs in their IPL match here on Saturday.

Defending 195, Hyderabad restricted struggling CSK to 184 for eight. CSK have crashed to fourth defeat in six matches.

Abhishek Sharma (59) and Heinrich Klaasen (59) took CSK to 194 for nine with their splendid batting. For CSK, Jamie Overton and Anshul Kamboj picked up three wickets apiece while Mukesh Choudhary bagged two.

Brief Scores:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 194 for 9 in 20 overs (Abhishek Sharma 59, Heinrich Klaasen 59; Jamie Overton 3/37, Anshul Kamboj 3/22).

Chennai Super Kings: 184 for 8 in 20 overs. (Ayush Mhatre 30, Matthew Short 34; E Malinga 3/29, N Reddy 2/31).