Sudarshan Jain murder: Another accused held
Moodbidri, August 29: The local police on Wednesday arrested another accused in the murder of Surendra Jain who was killed by his own brother for property and money two weeks ago.
The arrested accused is identified as vehicle driver Prabha alias Prabhakar Shetty (32) of Arambodi in Belthangady taluk.
Sudarshan Jain (28) of Hosabettu Kadambaraguttu was working at a textile shop. On August 11, after finishing his work, he went home along with his brother Sudhir Jain in a motorbike. When they were about to reach their home, Sudhir Jain stopped the bike saying that the bike was not working and took his brother Sudarshan Jain into a car parked nearby. But friends of Sudhir Jain who were in the car took Sudarshan to other place, stabbed him and strangled him with a rope. Later, they have dumped the body into Phalguni river near Pachhemogaru.
On August 17, the body of Sudarshan was found at Maravuru dam. The arrested Prabhakar was the driver for the car used to kill Sudarshan and the car was hired from a person at Arambodi. Police also booked a case against the car owner and looking for him. With the arrest of Prabhakar, the total number of accused arrested in the case has gone up to four. Victim’s brother Sudhir Jain, his friend Sandeep Shetty (29) of Hokkadigoli, Balaraj (23) of Venur Arambodi were arrested earlier.
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SC judges to make their assets public, amid row over cash at Justice Yashwant Varma’s house: Report
New Delhi: The Supreme Court judges have reportedly agreed to disclose their assets to the public by publishing the same on the top court's website.
The decision was taken recently at a full court meeting and a resolution in this regard was adopted which will apply to future judges as well, as reported by Bar and Bench on Thursday.
A copy of the resolution is yet to be made public.
According to the report, the decision was taken in the wake of recent controversies surrounding opacity in the functioning of the judiciary, especially after a huge pile of cash was allegedly discovered at the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma, currently a judge of the Allahabad High Court.
The publication of assets on website was not mandatory earlier but was discretionary subject to whether an individual judge wanted to do the same, the report added.
