"Another attempt to derail our by-polls' preparation"; Siddaramaiah condemns CBI raids on DK Shi
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramaiah on Monday took to Twitter to condemn the CBI raids that were carried out at the premises of KPCC Chief DK Shivakumar on Monday.
Siddaramaiah slammed Narendra Modi led BJP government at the Centre and added that it was doing vendetta politics against Congress.
Expressing his outrage, Siddaramaiah tweeted that the BJP’s retaliatory move displayed the moral bankruptcy of its leaders, who have been incapable of facing the Congress.
In his tweet, he also said that the BJP is trying to divert public attention through the raids. Monday’s CBI raids on DK Shivakumar is another attempt to undermine Congress’s preparation for the by-election, he said.
.@BJP4India has always tried to indulge in vindictive politics & mislead public attention.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) October 5, 2020
The latest CBI raid on @KPCCPresident @DKShivakumar's house is another attempt to derail our preparation for bypolls.
I strongly condemn this.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
