Nejaru murder case: Accused Chowgale remanded in 14 days' judicial custody
Udupi: The Udupi Principal Civil and JMFC Court on Wednesday remanded in judicial custody for 14 days Praveen Chowgale, the man arrested for the murder of four members of a single family at Nejaru here.
The Udupi Police officers, who had presented Chowgale before court on November 15, took the accused into custody for a period of 14 days for further investigation, given the intensity of the case. While the court had instructed that the police present the accused again on November 28, the Udupi Police completed within a week's time the investigation related to the case, including crime scene investigation, witnesses, statements and identity of the accused.
Having completed the investigation, the officers decided that they no longer needed to keep Chowgale in custody and, therefore, presented him before court on Wednesday itself. The accused was brought to court under tight police security, led by Malpe Circle Inspector Manjunath, who was the investigating officer of the case.
Udupi Civil Court judge Deepa remanded Chowgale in judicial custody for 14 days, adding that the accused be presented before the court again on December 5.
The accused arrested was taken back to the Udupi District Prison at Hiriyadka, under heavy police security.
Senior Assistant Public Prosecutor H.M. Nadaf was present in court.
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Maharashtra Congress chief Patole meets Kharge, dismisses resignation talk as 'rumours'
New Delhi, Nov 25: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday dismissed as "rumours" talk of his resignation following the assembly polls debacle and stressed on "collective accountability" for the defeat.
Patole made the remarks after meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during which he conveyed that the result had not reflected the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra.
"Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other national and state leaders were leading Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) from the forefront during the assembly polls. So, we were sure that the trends were in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi, even the citizens believed that," the Maharashtra Congress chief said.
"If I talk about Nanded, the Lok Sabha bypolls and assembly elections were held on the same day. In Lok Sabha bypolls, our candidate was winning in six assembly seats, whereas, in the assembly elections, we are not winning even a single seat," he said, adding that there cannot be such a "huge difference".
This is the sentiment among the people also and they have stated that this government in Maharashtra was not being formed on their votes, he claimed.
"So, I spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge on this," he added.
Asked whether he had offered to resign or the party had asked for his resignation after the Maharashtra assembly polls defeat, Patole said, "These are all rumours and there is no truth in them. There is collective accountability."
Patole also said he will meet Rahul Gandhi in a day or two and discuss all issues.
"Democracy is being finished. We have discussed that... there was no talk of resignation," he said.
The MVA alliance, comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT), was restrained to 46 seats by the Mahayuti that reaped a rich harvest of 230 seats in the 288-member House.
