Kota double murder case: Police custody for two accused
Judicial custody for other 14 accused till March 1
Kundapura: Local police on Friday produced all the 16 arrested accused in the Chikkanakere double murder case before the Kundapura Additional JMFC Court which remanded 14 accused except Chandrashekar Reddy and Sujay of Kota (22) to judicial custody. Chandrashekar Reddy and Sujay who were arrested on February 14 were sent to police custody.
The police, led by investigating officer DySP Jaishankar, produced all the accused- Rajashekar Reddy, Medical Ravi, ZP Member Raghavendra Kanchan, Harish Reddy, Mahesh Ganiga, Ravichandra Poojary, Pawan Amin, Veerendra Acharya, Abhishek Palan, Santhosh Kunder, Rotti Nagaraj, Pranav Rao, Shankar Mogaveera, Rathish Karkera and Chandrashekar Reddy and Sujay- before the court with tight police security.
Following the appeal of the investigating officer, Judge Srikanth NA handed over main accused Chandrashekar Reddy and Sujay to police custody till February 20 and remaining 14 accused were handed over to judicial custody till March 1.
Meanwhile, advocate Ravikiran Murudeshwar filed bail application before the court seeking bail to Pawan Amin, Veerendra Acharya and student Pranav Rao. As public prosecutor Sumangala Naike objected for the bail, the judge posted the next hearing of the application to February 16.
While producing the accused before the court, hundreds of people gathered on the premises of the court. Amidst this, the police took the accused to Hiriyadka jail with tight police security.
Another accused held
With the arrest of another accused Sujay (22) of Manur Chikkanakere in the double murder case, total arrested in the case has reached 16. It is said that he had involved in the crime directly. Now, the police have been interrogating him, sources said.
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ASI taking proactive measures to mitigate any damage to Aurangzeb's tomb: Govt in Parliament
New Delhi (PTI): The Archaeological Survey of India has been continuously taking "proactive measures" in coordination with district administration to "mitigate" any damage to the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Maharashtra's Khuldabad, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
Union Culture Minster Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said this in a written response to a query in Rajya Sabha.
He was asked whether it is a fact that tomb of Aurangzeb is an ASI-protected monument, and if so, whether these details have been "mentioned in the ASI website or removed on the pretext of recent threats".
"The tomb of Aurangzeb at Khuldabad, district Aurangabad, Maharashtra is an ASI-protected monument. The details are available at ASI's website," Shekhawat said.
The tomb of Aurangzeb is under jurisdiction of Aurangabad Circle of the ASI.
The Union minister was also asked whether it has come to notice of the ASI that this particular protected monument is under threat of demolition from extremist groups; and if so, the actions taken up by the ASI to protect this monument.
"ASI has been continuously taking proactive measures in coordination with District Administration to mitigate any damage to the protected monument. Further, action taken includes providing 12 feet high metal sheet around the tomb, concertina wire over the surrounding walls to check the trespassers, deployment of private security personnel in addition to Multi Tasking Staff and inspection on regular intervals by ASI officials," he said.
