Ballari: BJP youth wing leader held for rape of minor girl
Ballari: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth wing leader, Devu Naik, has been arrested by Sirigeri Police under charge of rape of a seven-year-old girl, with a woman abetting Naik in the crime.
The Police, who filed a POCSO case against Naik based on the complaint filed by the parents of the girl, have subjected him to a round of interrogation in the matter.
A native of Siraguppa taluk in the district, Naik was hoping to get the party ticket for an upcoming district-level election. Social media platforms also contain pictures of Naik in the company of prominent party leaders.
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Lewis Hamilton wins Chinese F1 Sprint race for his first Ferrari victory
Shanghai (AP): Lewis Hamilton has won his first race for Ferrari, securing Saturday's Sprint victory from pole position following an early duel Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen at the Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Hamilton got a great start to take the lead into turn one, and managed the gap to Verstappen, until the Dutchman was passed for second on lap 15 by McLaren's Oscar Piastri into the back straight's hairpin.
Ferrari's new recruit was then able to stretch his legs all the way to his maiden Sprint win, with the Brit coming home almost 6.9 seconds ahead of Piastri – for eight points (nine overall) and a three-place jump to seventh in the standings.
“The last like five laps or something I was in a really pretty comfortable position. It's hard to put into words what it feels like,” Hamilton said.
“Obviously it's a Sprint race, is not the main race, but even just think to get that – it's just a good stepping stone to where I'm working towards.”
Hamilton is still enjoying every new moment with the Scuderia, despite having secured a record-equaling seven titles and 104 wins, with the Chinese Sprint – and his romp to the win - all about managing the tire wear.
“I got in the car extra early because I just wanted to be present and enjoy it, because I hadn't been there for a while,” he said.
“(I got a) good start and challenging race. It is generally really close between all of us. But the tire degradation today was pretty huge I think for everybody, so I think for me it was just try to manage that early on.”
Hamilton arrived in Shanghai after a disappointing season-opening race last weekend in Australia, where he finished 10th in his debut race for Ferrari.
Piastri was happy to jump Verstappen and take second, but disappointed to not be the one to take the win from pole position – given McLaren's pace advantage.
“(It was) Tough,” Piastri said. “(It was) probably one of the more difficult ones in terms of tire degradation, so I knew I had to try and be patient.”
McLaren eyeing strong qualifying pace The pressure is now on McLaren to recover in Saturday afternoon's qualifying to what it hopes is its rightful place at the front of the grid.
“The difference between qualifying and the race, in terms of what you want from the car and what the tires need, seems to be quite big,” Piastri said.
“I think the pace we had in the car yesterday was good. I think we just in hindsight would have done a few things a bit differently in qualifying. But I think the pace is there and there's plenty of conference going this afternoon.”
Verstappen was again happy to finish in the top three, with the reigning World Champion picking up seven points to take his total haul to 24 – two behind leader, McLaren's Lando Norris, who had a scrappy race to finish eighth.
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