Belagavi: In an incident that reportedly occurred around 1.30 am on Monday, a gang of criminals reportedly barged into a home, abducted a youngster, and later murdered him at Ranakundaye village in the taluk.

The murdered youth has been identified as Nagesh Bahusaheb Pateel (31), it is learned.

Reportedly, a gang of more than 6 criminals who arrived in a car reached the victim’s house located at Ranakundaye village main road and barged into his home. The criminals also dragged away Nagesh and his brother Mohan Bahusaheb Pateel and took them away in the car. While Nagesh was murdered, his brother Mohan was grievously injured by the gang, it is learned.

The Belagavi rural police have reportedly registered a case in this regard and informed that the incident was the result of an old rivalry.

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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.