3 killed as pickup vehicle overturns in Karnataka's Hassan district
Hassan (PTI): Three persons were killed and another sustained injuries as a pickup vehicle overturned after one of its tyres burst in Hassan district on Thursday, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Shabbir (55), Thimmanna (53) and Sanjay (45). The injured person, Naushad, a native of Hassan, has been shifted to a hospital, police said.
According to police officials, the accident occurred on National Highway 69 near Chikkarahalli in Arsikere taluk. As a tyre of the pickup vehicle burst, the driver lost control of the vehicle, and it overturned.
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Expelled Cong MLA Mamkootathil gets bail in sexual assault case
Pathanamthitta(Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court on Wednesday granted bail to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in the third sexual assault case against him, in which he was arrested earlier this month.
The bail was granted by the Pathanamthitta District Sessions Court, which was considering an appeal filed by the MLA against a judicial magistrate's court that had denied him relief, stating that the allegations against him were serious and that he had "similar antecedents".
The third sexual assault case was registered against the Palakkad MLA under Sections 376 (rape) and 506(1) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), following a complaint lodged by a woman from Kottayam district on 8 January. He was arrested in the case on January 11 in Palakkad.
The Kerala High Court and a sessions court in Thiruvananthapuram had earlier protected the MLA from arrest in the first two sexual assault cases, which were registered based on complaints from two different women.
