Activist brutally murdered in Dandeli
Karwar, July 28: President of Dandeli taluk Horata Samiti and advocate Ajith Nayak was brutally murdered in Dandeli last night at around 11pm. Ajith was found in pool of blood near bus stand on J.N road. Locals immediately rushed him to the nearby hospital but he breathed his last on the way.
Ajith Nayak was coming out of his office located near J.N road when an unidentified assailant attacked him with sharp weapon. Ajith sustained injuries on his neck and chest.
Ajith was spearheading the movement for separate Dandeli taluk. A former president of city corporation, he had also served as the president of Dandeli taluk horata samiti.
Ajith Nayak was close to Margaret Alwa and late S. Bangarappa. He had also served as the president of Dandeli block congress committee.
He came into limelight when he started separate Dandeli taluk movement through Dandeli Bachao committee in 2007. After resigning from his corporation membership Ajith Nayak contested in assembly election.
Ajith Nayak is survived by wife and two sons. Dandeli police have filed a case and investigation is on.
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Thane court acquits man accused of throwing children from building
zThane (PTI): A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has acquitted a 33-year-old man accused of throwing two children from a building, killing one of them.
In his order on Tuesday, Principal District and Sessions Judge S B Agrawal said the case against Aasif Shabbir Khan lacked direct eyewitnesses and that it depended on a child’s testimony, which was inconsistent.
According to case papers, Khan allegedly threw five-year-old Sayyad Zohan Hussain and four-year-old Zenab Ansari from the second floor of a building in the Kausa area in February 2023. While Sayyad died, Zenab survived.
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The prosecution’s case primarily rested on Zenab's testimony and her disclosure to her mother. The children reportedly called the accused “phatakewala uncle” because he had distributed crackers to them during Diwali.
However, Judge Agrawal noted that the case had no direct eyewitnesses and relied heavily on the word of a child witness whose testimony became inconsistent under cross-examination.
The court pointed out a suspicious delay in reporting the incident and “the FIR itself appears to be an outcome of a concocted story”.
Judge Agrawal also took into account the defence’s submission that the building’s construction was incomplete and that the children may have fallen accidentally.
The court concluded that the prosecution had failed to prove the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt and ordered that Khan be released forthwith.
