Kodagu district BJP general secretary killed in road accident
Madikeri: The Kodagu District BJP General Secretary Balachandra Kalagi (42) was killed in the road accident near Talattamane in Madikeri.
The lorry collided with his Omni vehicle when he was on his way to Sampaje in the evening and was seriously injured and died on the way to the district hospital in Madikeri.
It has been learnt that a lorry rammed into the Omni vehicle of Kalagi when he was proceeding to Sampaje in the evening. Kalagi succumbed to the injuries while he was being taken to the Madikeri district hospital.
The deceased is survived by wife, father, mother, and a sister. MP Pratap Simha, MLAs KJ Bopaiah, Appacchu Ranjan have expressed their condolences.
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Badlapur station shooting: Accused booked for attempt to murder
Thane (PTI): The railway police in Maharashtra’s Thane district have registered an attempt-to-murder case against a 25-year-old man after he allegedly opened fire at two persons at Badlapur station and injured one of them, an official said on Friday.
The incident, which police said was the fallout of business rivalry, took place at platform number 1 at around 6 pm on Thursday when the suburban station on the Central Railway route was chock-a-block with commuters.
Senior Inspector Pandhari Kande of the Kalyan GRP (Government Railway Police) said an FIR has been registered against the arrested accused Vikas Nana Pagare for attempt to murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and under the Arms Act.
Police are also trying to find out if more people were involved in the shooting besides Pagare.
The incident was captured on cameras and a video of it went viral on social media within minutes.
After opening fire, Pagare ran towards railway tracks in his attempt to flee, but he was chased and pinned down by policemen on duty with the help of some commuters.
Police identified the injured person as Shankar Sansare, while the second man targeted by Pagare escaped unhurt, but his identity was not revealed.
Sansare was rushed to a local hospital, where he was treated for gunshot wounds, said the GRP.
The assailant and also the duo he targeted have criminal records and the firing was linked to professional rivalry over TV cable business between them in the area, said the police, citing preliminary probe.
Initially, there was a fight between Pagare and the duo outside the railway station. As Sansare ran inside the station, the gunman followed him and fired at him and the other person accompanying him from his revolver, they said.
The GRP have sent the revolver and pellets for forensic analysis.
Badlapur was under the spotlight last month after two kindergarten girls were allegedly sexually assaulted by a male attendant at a private school there. The incident triggered a massive protest in the town, with thousands of people blocking trains at Badlapur station on August 20.
