Vasu Pujari elected President, Moonish Ali as Vice President of Bantwal Municipality
Bantwal: In the Bantwal Municipality elections held today, Congress's Vasu Pujari Loretto was elected as the President, while Moonish Ali of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) was elected as the Vice President.
The election saw Congress and SDPI joining hands, with SDPI supporting Vasu Pujari for the president's post, and Congress backing Moonish Ali for the vice-presidential role. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fielded A. Govinda Prabhu for President and Hariprasad for Vice President.
In the 27-member Bantwal Municipality, both BJP and Congress hold 11 seats each, while SDPI has 4 seats, with one seat remaining vacant.
Despite Dakshina Kannada MP K. Brijesh Chowta and Bantwal MLA Rajesh Naik's participation (both representing BJP), which raised BJP's position to 13, the Congress-SDPI alliance secured the victory after they formed an alliance.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
