Ujire kidnapping case solved within 36 hours, seven accused arrested
Belthangady: The Police successfully tracked down the eight-year-old Anubhav, the son of businessman Bijoy, at Kolar on Saturday. A total of seven people have been arrested in connection with the abduction case, police said.
The kidnappers were spotted by a special team of police with a child around 5 am on Saturday morning near the Masti police station’s jurisdiction in the Kolar district. The accused who is also scheduled to be produced before the Belthangady court is reportedly being transported from Kolar at present.
The accused had hidden the child in the house of a man named Manjunath at Koorna Hosahalli in Malur Taluk in Kolar. The kidnappers are reported to have used the mobile phone of this individual to make the ransom call, due to which the police were able to track him down and subsequently take him into custody. The police traced the kidnappers through this man. It is learned that the Mangaluru Police Team are conducting the arrest operation with the cooperation from the Kolar SP Karthik.
Preliminary reports suggest four kidnappers, including Electronic City's Komal and Mandya’s Gangadhar, may release more information after the police investigate the accused further.
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One injured in BJP-Congress workers clash at polling booth in Karnataka
Surpur (Karnataka) (PTI): A 45-year-old BJP worker was injured after workers of the BJP and Congress clashed with each other following a verbal spat at a polling station here, police said on Wednesday.
The incident occurred at Bdyapur polling station falling under Surpur Assembly segment in Yadgir district on Tuesday.
Bhimanna Mallappa Byali suffered grievous head injury during the stone pelting and was taken to Yadgir district hospital, they said.
According to the police, the BJP and Congress workers got into a heated argument over the voting of migrant workers during the polling at Surpur Assembly by-election along with Raichur Lok Sabha constituency.
Soon the argument escalated into a group clash between workers of both parties who started hurling stones at each other, they said, adding that the police intervened and brought the situation under control.
However, an Election Commission official said the polling process was not affected and it was held peacefully.
