Mulki: Tulu YouTuber, standup comedian arrested in hit-and-run case
Udupi: In a hit-and-run case that took place on Tuesday, earlier this week near Padupanambur in Mulki, Tulu stand-up comedian Arpith was arrested on Friday night by local police.
On Tuesday, two people died another sustained critical injuries while the accused had fled the scene. Arpith was arrested with his car on Friday night in connection with the case.
The accident took place when a truck that was traveling from Madhya Pradesh towards Kerala when its tyre punctured. Bablu (23), Achal Singh (30) of Madhya Pradesh and Aneesh (42) of Kerala were traveling in the truck.
They were reportedly changing the tyres when they were mowed down by an over-speeding car that was traveling from Udupi towards Mangaluru.
A case in this regard was registered at Mangaluru Traffic Police Station following which Arpith was arrested on Friday.
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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana LS seats, fields Kumari Selja, Deepender Hooda
Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.
The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.
The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.
Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.
Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.
Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
