Anjali murder case: Minister Parameshwara assures justice to family, says will transfer case to CID
Hubballi (Karnataka), May 20: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said the probe into the sensational killing of a woman, Anjali Ambigera, over the rejection of a marriage proposal in this district, would be handed over to the CID.
The Minister met the family of the 20-year-old woman at their residence and assured justice to them.
He said the case will be handed over to CID for further investigation.
Anjali Ambigera was stabbed multiple times at her home at Veerapur Oni here on May 15. Two days after the incident, the 22-year-old accused -- Girish Sawanth -- was arrested from Davanagere, according to the police.
Distressed over Anjali's brutal murder, her sister Yashoda recently attempted to end her life, their grandmother Gangamma Ambigera had said.
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Parameshwara offered condolences to the grieving family and assured justice for Anjali.
"We are going to hand it (case) over to the CID for further investigation," he told reporters here.
After meeting the Home Minister, Anjali's grandmother Gangamma said she pressed for the death penalty for the accused in the case.
The minister also assured compensation and a house for the family after the Lok Sabha elections, she said.
"We have been promised justice by the government. We want the accused to be hanged. The Home Minister assured that the case will be investigated thoroughly and punishment will be given to the accused as per law. We have faith in the minister's promise," she told reporters here.
Anjali's family had said they had complained to the police that the accused had threatened her saying she would meet the same fate as 23-year-old college student Neha Hiremath, who was stabbed to death by a former classmate on her college campus in Hubballi on April 18.
Meanwhile, Parameshwara also visited the residence of Neha, daughter of Congress Councillor Niranjan, and offered condolences to the family.
He said that owing to the elections, he could not visit but as soon as he got to know about Neha's murder and added that he instructed the officials concerned to take appropriate action. Complete information of the case has been obtained, he said.
Neha's father said the investigation of the case was getting delayed and demanded that the probe be completed at the earliest and the accused be hanged.
Niranjan also cited Anjali's murder and said that people have lost faith in the police and appealed to the government to take a tough stand so that such "unpleasant" incidents do not occur in future.
The Home Minister said the investigation into this case has already been entrusted to the CID and they were investigating from all possible angles.
"Investigation will be completed as soon as possible, and justice will be provided. If anyone else is involved in this case along with the accused, I will inform the investigating officers about it, and if they are found to be guilty, action will be taken against them," he assured the family.
Referring to both these incidents, he said, "Because of the model code of conduct, the government cannot give any assurance as far as some support is concerned to both the families. We will definitely do it after the model code of conduct period."
When asked about the allegations by the BJP about the "deteriorating law and order" situation in Karnataka, the Home Minister denied them and told reporters, "It is not true. We have conducted so many festivals in Karnataka without any disturbances and parliamentary elections also went off peacefully."
"In the last one year, there has been no incident of communal violence in Karnataka in any city... In all scenarios in Karnataka, no law and order failure has happened," he claimed.
"I do agree that murders have happened in numbers and this has happened during BJP's time as well. So it is not that only Congress's time murders have happened. We are serious about bringing down this..(murders). We are trying to educate people. Many of them (murders) are domestic in nature or because of property and various other reasons, he said.
The Home Minister said they will try to sensitise the police force and bring down this number of murders in the state.
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Sanjay Raut demands re-election, alleges irregularities in EVMs during Maharashtra polls
Mumbai, Nov 25: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday demanded a re-election in Maharashtra using ballot papers, claiming there were irregularities with the electronic voting machines (EVMs).
Talking to reporters, Raut alleged several complaints about EVMs malfunctioning and questioned the integrity of the recently held elections.
The BJP-led Mahayuti won 230 out of 288 seats in the assembly elections, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi managed 46 seats, with Shiv Sena (UBT) winning just 20 out of 95 seats it contested.
"We have received nearly 450 complaints regarding EVMs. Despite raising objections repeatedly, no action has been taken on these issues. How can we say these elections were conducted fairly? Hence, I demand that the results be set aside and elections be held again using ballot papers," Raut said.
Citing some instances, he said a candidate in Nashik reportedly received only four votes despite having 65 votes from his family, while in Dombivli, discrepancies were found in EVM tallies, and election officials refused to acknowledge the objections.
The Sena (UBT) leader also questioned the credibility of the landslide victories of some candidates, saying, "What revolutionary work have they done to receive more than 1.5 lakh votes? Even leaders who recently switched parties have become MLAs. This raises suspicions. For the first time, a senior leader like Sharad Pawar has expressed doubts about EVMs, which cannot be ignored."
Asked about the MVA's poor performance in the elections, Raut rejected the idea of blaming a single individual.
"We fought as a united MVA. Even a leader like Sharad Pawar, who commands immense respect in Maharashtra, faced defeat. This shows that we need to analyse the reasons behind the failure. One of the reasons is EVM irregularities and the misuse of the system, unconstitutional practices, and even judicial decisions left unresolved by Justice Chandrachud," he said.
Raut stressed that though internal differences might have existed within the MVA, the failure was collective.
He also accused the Mahayuti of conducting the elections in an unfair manner.
"I cannot call the elections fair given the numerous reports of discrepancies in EVMs, mismatched numbers, and vote irregularities across the state," Raut said.
