Belagavi: Police investigating the brutal murder case of Arbaaz Aftab Mulla, a 24-year-old youngster who was found murdered near railway tracks in the city, has arrested ten people.

Investigations in the case have also revealed that the conspiracy of murder was hatched by the parents of the Hindu girl who was having an affair with Arbaaz. The parents reportedly sent out the ‘supari’ to kill Arbaaz.

The arrested accused include Sri Ram Sena’s leader Pundalik Maharaj (39), who was named as main accused in the case by Arbaaz’s family in their complaint.

READ: K'taka: 24-year-old youth allegedly murdered over inter-religious relationship with girl in Belagavi

Other accused have been identified as Kutbuddin Allahbaksh (36, Susheela Erappa (42), Maruti Prahlad (30), Manjunath Tukaram (25), Ganapathi Gyaneshwar (27), Erappa Basavanna Kumbar (54), Prashant Kallappa (28), Praveen Shankar and Shridhar Mahadev.

Arbaaz went missing from his house on September 27, and his mutilated body was found near railway tracks. He was reportedly being threatened by Ram Sena leader Maharaj over his relationship with a Hindu girl named Shweta.

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Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu), Apr 4 (PTI): A nutritious meal cook and another person were arrested by the police on Friday for thrashing a class V student with broom, here, after the child demanded egg, the state government said.

A video of the purported incident has gone viral, where the boy is seen being beaten up with a broom by the two.

Social Welfare and Women Rights Minister, P Geetha Jeevan, made it clear the Stalin-led government will not tolerate any act of violence against children.

In a social media update, Jeevan said the incident happened at a primary school in Polur union in the district where the cook Lakshmi and an assistant, Muniammal "beat up a student who asked for an egg as part of the nutritious meal."

They were suspended on April 3 and later, criminal action was initiated against them and the two were arrested, she said.

A state government release said an enquiry was initiated following the viral video and after departmental action, the two women were booked under relevant sections of BNS and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and subsequently arrested.