Mumbai: Mangaluru Police arrests man who was on run from 16 years
Accused is brother of Chota Rajan's associate
Mangaluru: The Bajpe police were successful in arresting the accused - who had gone into hiding for the last 16 years - in Mumbai.
He was accused in a case of assault and issuing life threats that occurred in Permude village.
Chandrakant Poojary aka Annu (55), who is originally from Mulki but was living in Mumbai’s Saki Naka has been identified as the accused.
Case Details: The accused had illegally entered the house of Vishwanath Amin on the night of January 10, 2005, in the village of Permude in Bajpe jurisdiction. At the time, the homeowners were unabashedly abused and severely assaulted with a bottle. The accused has also issued threats to harm the victim’s life, it is learned. A case had been registered at the Bajpe Police Station.
The PSI of that time, Dharmendra had led the investigation into the case and arrested one of the accused named Yogesh. However, Chandrakant had escaped arrest and gone into hiding.
The police reportedly made headway in the case when they got information that Chandrakant, the accused in the Long Pending Case, is in Mumbai. The police tracked the information and found that the accused had changed his identity and was working as a Vegetable vendor in Andheri, Mumbai. This time around, the police were successful in arresting the accused, it is learned.
He is the brother of Chota Rajan’s Companion: The accused Chandrakant also has cases registered against him for assault in Mumbai. Also, his brother Vasudeva aka Vamana was Chota Rajan’s companion. It is learned from the inquiry that he was killed in an encounter by the Mumbai police in 2004, police said.
Under the direction of Mangaluru Police Commissioner N. Sashikumar, DCPs Hariram Shankar, Dinesh Kumar Barike, the operation was undertaken under the guidance of Mangaluru North Sub Division ACP Mahesh Kumar. Bajpe Station Police Inspector Sandesh P.G, PSI Poovappa, ASI Rama Poojary, Staff Rasheed Sheikh, Laxman Kamble, Santhosh DK, and lawyer N. Lamani, participated in the operation.
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Lebanon appoints new representative for talks with Israel, rejects linkage to Iran
Beirut: Lebanon’s has moved to underline its independent position in ongoing regional developments, amid attempts to link the country to the broader conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel.
President Joseph Aoun, while announcing the appointment of former US ambassador Simon Karam as Lebanon’s representative in talks with Israel, made it clear that Karam would be the sole representative for Lebanon and that there would be no substitute.
The move comes in response to what the Lebanese officials see as efforts by Iran to tie Lebanon’s situation to the wider regional conflict. Iran had indicated that there would be no ceasefire involving the US, Israel and Iran unless it also included a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Some groups, including Hezbollah and its supporters, had expressed support for linking the situations, citing concerns that the Lebanese government has limited leverage in negotiations with Israel. Lebanon is not formally a party to the conflict, and its army is considered weak.
However, others, including Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, have opposed this approach. They view Iran’s stance as an attempt to influence Lebanon’s internal affairs and see it as undermining the country’s sovereignty.
Officials backing the government’s position say the move is aimed at reaffirming Lebanon’s sovereignty and ensuring that decisions about peace and ceasefire within the country are not dictated externally.
They also see it as a safeguard, so that any breakdown in talks between the US, Israel and Iran does not automatically lead to renewed conflict in Lebanon.
