Mangaluru: Prime accused in the Surathkal Abdul Jaleel murder case Lakshmish Devadiga was on Wednesday sent to 14-day police custody by a local court here in the city.

According to the reports, Lakshmish is the prime accused in the Abdul Jaleel murder case and had barged into the latter’s shop a week before the murder and had gotten into a fight with Jaleel. Lakshmish had also allegedly damaged the shop by pelting stones besides threatening to kill Abdul Jaleel.

He was also involved in the case of the attempted murder of Pinky Nawaz. Case of assaulting and robbing two children in Surathkal after consuming drugs was also registered against Lakshmish earlier in Surathkal Police Station.

The police team investigating the Abdul Jaleel murder case has so far arrested four accused. Three accused were arrested on Sunday night while Lakshmish was nabbed on Monday. Earlier the cops had arrested three others, Shailesh (21) of Krishnapura, Saveen Kanchan (24) of Hejmady, and Pawan (23) of Krishnapura in Surathkal.

 

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New Delhi (PTI): The air quality in the national capital was recorded in the "very poor" category on Sunday morning, with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 386, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Data from the CPCB's Sameer app revealed that 16 monitoring stations in the city reported air quality in the "severe" category, while the remaining stations recorded "very poor" levels.

As per CPCB standards, an AQI between 0 and 50 is considered "good", 51 to 100 "satisfactory", 101 to 200 "moderate", 201 to 300 "poor", 301 to 400 "very poor", and 401 to 500 "severe".

The minimum temperature settled at 9.4 degrees Celsius, which is 1.3 degrees above the season's average, while the humidity was recorded at 91 per cent at 8:30 am, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 17 degrees Celsius, with the IMD forecasting a yellow alert for the city due to moderate fog.