Kota double murder case: Two including Reddy brother arrested
Udupi, Feb 14: With the arrest of two more accused including main accused Chandrashekar Reddy (48), the total number of accused arrested in the double murder case of Chikkanakere of Kota Manur village has increased to 15.
Police arrested Chandrashekar Reddy of Manur Chikkanakere who was the main accused in the case, on February 14 and another accused Rathish M Karkera (34) of Brahmagiri was arrested on February 12 near Udupi City hospital, said SP Laxman Nimbargi.
Chandrashekar Reddy was working as a driver and he is the elder brother among Reddy brothers. Already, other main accused and his brothers Rajashekar Reddy (44) and Harish Reddy (40) were arrested. Rathish Karkera who helped the main accused to abscond after the murder. Police have already produced him before the court which handed him over to the judicial custody, he said.
Police have so far arrested Rajashekar Reddy, Medical Ravi, ZP BJP Member Raghavendra Kanchan, Harish Reddy, Mahesh Ganiga, Ravichandra Poojary, police staff Pavan Amin and Veerendra Acharya, Abhishek Palan, Santosh Kunder, Rotti Nagaraj, Student Pranav Rao and Shankar Mogaveera in related to double murder case of Bharat Kumar and Yathish in a toilet pit dispute at Chikkanakere in Manur village on January 26. The police have registered case under IPC column 143, 147, 148, 447, 120 (b), 323, 307, 302, 112, 201, 212 and 149.
All accused to produced to court tomorrow
All arrested accused in the case would be produced before the Kundapura Additional JMFC Court with tight police security on February 15.
As the police custody of Rajashekar Reddy, Medical Ravi, Raghavendra Kanchan, Harish Reddy, Mahesh Ganiga, Ravichandra Poojary, and judicial custody of Pavan Amin, Veerendra Acharya, Abhishek Palan, Santosh Kunder, Rotti Nagaraj, Pranav Rao and Shankar Mogaveera and Rathish Karkera would end on February 15, the police would produce all of them before the court. Sources said that the court may hand over them to the judicial custody.
Chandrashekar Reddy who was arrested today would also be produced before the court tomorrow. Police sources said that whether to take Chandrashekar Reddy to police custody or hand over to judicial custody has to be decided.
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“Edu Min doesn’t know Kannada”: Boy’s remark irks K'taka Minister who orders action against student
Bengaluru (PTI): A boy's alleged remark that the Education Minister "doesn't know Kannada", irked Madhu Bangarappa, who holds the portfolio, as he directed officials to take action against the student.
The incident took place during the launch of a programme to provide free online coaching to 25,000 students from Karnataka taking CET, JEE, and NEET exams.
During the virtual interaction on Wednesday, the student reportedly said that "the education minister doesn't know Kannada".
The School Education and Literacy Minister initially appeared cool on hearing the boy's remark, but later made no secret of his annoyance. He said: “who is that? Am I speaking in Urdu? TV people will keep showing this now...."
"Whoever said I don't know Kannada, record it, and take action against them. This is very stupid. He should be ashamed,” Bangarappa said.
The Minister then instructed principal secretary (school education) Ritesh Kumar and PU (Pre-University) department director Sindhu Roopesh, who were seated next to him, to take action on the matter. "Who is the teacher, BEO (Block Education Officer)? This has to be taken up very seriously. Someone said the ‘Vidya Mantri’ (education minister) doesn't know Kannada."
At this point, one officer expressed doubt whether the student had indeed made such a comment, to which the Minister responded: "ya, ya...he said that....you have to take action, I cannot sit quietly. See who it was...."
The officials assured that action will be taken.
Targeting Bangarappa on the issue, the BJP called him "Avidya Mantri"
"You (Minister) said this is a temple of knowledge, question with courage. And now you call someone who questions a stupid..." BJP posted on 'X'.
In another post, the party said: "Madhu Bangarappa himself had earlier said that he doesn't know Kannada properly, now as soon as a student reminded it, ordering action against that student, along with teachers and the BEO there, is really stupid. Congress' such dictatorial attitude is dangerous for democracy,"
