Padubidri : Gold ornaments, mobiles looted after tying up security personnel
Padubidri, Sept 02: Miscreants tied up the security personnel of a bank and barged into a mobile shop and jewelry shop and looted mobile phones and jewelry here on Saturday late night.
The thieves who barged into the mobile shop belonging to Rajesh looted 22 mobile phones worth Rs 1.80 lakh. Later, they entered into the Sri Dhanalakshmi Jewelry Shop belonging to Narayana Acharya and looted 8 gram gold and Rs 10,000 cash.
Threatened
While barging into the jewelry shop, the miscreants tied a security guard of Karnataka Bank ATM Lakshman near the shop and dumped him in the bush behind the building and fled the scene.
Lakshman said that “there were four-five members and wore T-shirts and half pants. After covering my face with the cloth and tying me, they threatened me with knife point and dumped me in the bush behind building. On Sunday morning, a person who came there to park his car noticed me as I was moaning and untied me”, he said.
DySP Belliyappa, CPI Halamurthy Rao, SI Sathish visited the spot and forensic experts and sniffer dog squad also visited the spot. Investigation is on.
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Sanjay Raut demands re-election, alleges irregularities in EVMs during Maharashtra polls
Mumbai, Nov 25: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday demanded a re-election in Maharashtra using ballot papers, claiming there were irregularities with the electronic voting machines (EVMs).
Talking to reporters, Raut alleged several complaints about EVMs malfunctioning and questioned the integrity of the recently held elections.
The BJP-led Mahayuti won 230 out of 288 seats in the assembly elections, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi managed 46 seats, with Shiv Sena (UBT) winning just 20 out of 95 seats it contested.
"We have received nearly 450 complaints regarding EVMs. Despite raising objections repeatedly, no action has been taken on these issues. How can we say these elections were conducted fairly? Hence, I demand that the results be set aside and elections be held again using ballot papers," Raut said.
Citing some instances, he said a candidate in Nashik reportedly received only four votes despite having 65 votes from his family, while in Dombivli, discrepancies were found in EVM tallies, and election officials refused to acknowledge the objections.
The Sena (UBT) leader also questioned the credibility of the landslide victories of some candidates, saying, "What revolutionary work have they done to receive more than 1.5 lakh votes? Even leaders who recently switched parties have become MLAs. This raises suspicions. For the first time, a senior leader like Sharad Pawar has expressed doubts about EVMs, which cannot be ignored."
Asked about the MVA's poor performance in the elections, Raut rejected the idea of blaming a single individual.
"We fought as a united MVA. Even a leader like Sharad Pawar, who commands immense respect in Maharashtra, faced defeat. This shows that we need to analyse the reasons behind the failure. One of the reasons is EVM irregularities and the misuse of the system, unconstitutional practices, and even judicial decisions left unresolved by Justice Chandrachud," he said.
Raut stressed that though internal differences might have existed within the MVA, the failure was collective.
He also accused the Mahayuti of conducting the elections in an unfair manner.
"I cannot call the elections fair given the numerous reports of discrepancies in EVMs, mismatched numbers, and vote irregularities across the state," Raut said.
