Kadaba: Naxal group suspected to have visited Bilinele on Thursday
ANF team begins combing of region
Kadaba: The local police and the Anti Naxal Force (ANF) combed the region for Naxals as rumours were adrift on Saturday that a group of people suspected to be Naxals had dinner and purchased grocery at a store in Cheru of Bilinele village on Thursday.
The group consisting of four to six people allegedly visited a local resident at around 7 pm and, after having dinner at the local's house, completed their purchase of grocery by 9 pm and left for their hideout.
The locals found it suspicious that the group members who paid a visit to Cheru on Thursday were armed and informed the government authorities of the incident. An inspection was conducted in the area by the local police as well as the Anti Naxal Force (ANF). The region surrounding the house that the suspected Naxals reportedly visited on Thursday as well as the nearby forest region was combed by the ANF team as Naxals are also suspected to have returned to their hideout in the forest after visiting Cheru.
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In a similar incident about 10 years ago, Naxals were sighted in the regions near Cheru and Manibanda leading to a round of combing by the ANF team and a suspected Naxal being killed in a shootout during the probe.
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Congress victory in bypolls not a clean chit to CM in MUDA case: R Ashoka
Srirangapatna (Karnataka), Nov 24: The Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Sunday said the Congress party’s victory in the bypolls held for three assembly constituencies is not a clean chit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the MUDA scam.
He said the case is still going on in the court of law.
“MUDA case against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is still in court but he is calling the bye-election result itself as a clean chit. Only courts can give clean chit and not the elections,” Ashoka said while addressing a gathering in Taggalli in Srirangapatna.
Later, speaking to reporters, Ashoka said results of the bypoll held for three assembly constituencies of Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur is a victory of money and not a victory of Congress. The BJP leader said his party’s fight will continue against the corruption of the Congress government.
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Separately, in a post on social media ‘X’, Ashoka said the ruling Congress is under the illusion that they have won three worlds just by winning the by-election by diverting money and winning the votes of one community through appeasement politics.
He took a dig at Siddaramaiah for his statement that the opposition had spread lies with regard to the allegation of "Rs 89 crore embezzlement" in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation.
“Didn't you yourself admit in the Karnataka assembly that crores of money were misappropriated in the Valmiki Corporation, is that a lie?” Ashoka questioned.
He has also asked the CM whether returning of 14 sites by his wife Parvathi B M in the MUDA scam was an indirect confession of his crime. “Is it a lie when the Karnataka High Court loudly said that an investigation is needed against you in the MUDA scam?” the BJP leader asked.
