Udupi: Local police on Thursday Lathi-charged people who tried to assault the Nejaru Murder Case accused outside the crime scene where he was brought for investigation in the afternoon.

Udupi Police investigating the case had taken the murder accused Praveen Arun Chowgale (39) for a inquest, during which an angry mob is said to have attempted to assault the Chowgule.

The angry crowd which had gathered during the inquest process expressed outrage shouting slogans in defiance and that the accused had no right to live while demanding that the accused be handed over to the crowd who would deal with him.

The angry crowd following the completion of the inquest process, attempted to assault the accused. In response, the Police resorted to lathi charge dispersing the crowd. In the meantime, the mob condemning the lathi charge demonstrated a sit-in.

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New Delhi: The Congress party has stood by Pawan Khera, the Chairman of the party’s Media and Publicity Department, expressing confidence that regardless of hurdles like politics of threat and intimidation, justice would emerge victorious.

Khera was denied anticipatory bail by the Gauhati High Court on Friday in the case filed against him by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma for alleging that she possessed not only multiple passports but also undisclosed properties abroad.

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said in a post in Hindi on his ‘X’ account, “The entire Indian National Congress stands in solidarity with Pawan Khera, the Chairman of its Media and Publicity Department. The process to challenge the Gauhati High Court’s decision in the Supreme Court is underway.” In the post, which he put up on Friday, Ramesh has added, “We are confident that justice will prevail over the politics of threats, intimidation, and harassment.”

Bhuyan Sarma has lodged also an FIR seeking legal action against Pawan Khera for his allegations that she possesses passports of three countries and owns a company in the US, which had invested Rs. 50,000 crores. She has filed criminal cases against the Congress leader at the Guwahati Crime Branch Police Station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).