Rivalry over relationship leads to alleged murder of 50-year-old man in Karkala; one held
Udupi: A 44-year-old man from Karkala was arrested for the alleged murder of a man at Kuntalpadi within the limits of Karkala Town Police Station limits on Tuesday over a dispute regarding relationship with a woman.
The arrested, identified as Parikshit, son of Sanjeev Gowda from Nada, worked as a bus driver in Mangaluru and lived alone at Doopadakatte in Karkala after separation from his wife and children.
The victim, Naveen Poojary (50), was a native of Mangaluru but had been staying at SJ Arcade in Karkala, separately from his family, for four years.
Police have said that Poojary’s body was found early Tuesday morning by a road in Kuntalpadi with multiple stab injuries. The police, who probed the matter, checked CCTV camera footage and other technical evidence related to the incident. Confirming the involvement of Parikshit’s involvement in the crime, they took Parikshit into custody.
Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar has said that preliminary investigations showed the accused and the victim to have a rivalry as Poojary got close to a woman known to Parikshit, which irked the latter. There were also frequent quarrels between the men and, in a fit of rage on Tuesday, Parikshit allegedly stabbed Poojary with a knife, resulting in Poojary’s death.
The SP has visited the site and inspected it. Karkala Town Police, who have registered a case, are investigating further.
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Electorate in 9 states, UTs shrink by 1.70 crore after SIR
New Delhi (PTI): Voter base in nine states and Union territories has shrunk by more than 1.70 crore following the publication of final electoral rolls as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to official data.
The data shared by the chief electoral officers of Gujarat, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa and Kerala on Saturday showed that their combined voter base stood at over 21.45 crore before the SIR exercise began on October 27 last year.
It shrunk to 19.75 crore after publication of their final electoral rolls this week, a net change of over 1.70 crore electors.
While the exercise, which kept the Election Commission in the spotlight, has been completed in Bihar, it is currently underway in 12 states and Union territories covering nearly 60 crore electors.
The remaining 40 crore electors will be covered in 17 states and five Union territories.
In Assam, a "special revision", instead of SIR, was completed on February 10.
Due to a variety of reasons, the SIR in the nine states and three Union territories have seen frequent tweaking in schedules.
As in Bihar, political parties have approached the Supreme Court challenging the exercise in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
