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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Karnataka Lokayukta conducts searches in assets case against seven govt officials
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka Lokayukta sleuths on Thursday conducted raids at multiple locations connected to seven government officials in disproportionate assets cases against them.
The coordinated raids were carried out at 40 locations linked to the accused officers.
According to the Lokayukta officials, those raided are Rajashekar, Project Director, Nirmiti Kendra in Tumakuru; Manjunath, Survey Supervisor in Dakshina Kannada district; Renuka Satarle, Dr B R Ambedkar Abhivrudhi Nigama in Vijayapura; Murali T V, Additional Director, Directorate of Urban and Rural Planning, Bengaluru Urban; H R Nataraj, Inspector, Legal Meterology, Bengaluru City; Anant Kumar, Second Divsuon Assistant, Hoskote Taluk Office, Bengaluru Rural district; and Umakanth, Shahpur Taluk Office, Yadgiri.
Lokayukta sources said many incriminating documents related to immovable properties and unaccounted cash, ornaments, high-end vehicles and cash were seized.
