Bengaluru BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj booked over rowdy's murder
Bengaluru: BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj is among five individuals booked by police in eastern Bengaluru following the murder of a 40-year-old history-sheeter on Tuesday evening.
Shivakumar alias Biklu Shivu, a resident of Halasuru, was fatally attacked by four men armed with machetes near his home on Meanee Avenue Road in Bharathinagar. The assailants reportedly arrived on motorcycles and fled the scene after the attack.
Based on a complaint filed by Shivakumar’s mother, police have named Basavaraj, along with Jagadish, Kiran, Vimal, and Anil, as accused in the case. The complainant alleged that the murder stemmed from a property dispute and claimed that the attackers were encouraged by the BJP MLA.
Senior police officials visited the crime scene. Authorities confirmed that Shivakumar had a criminal background, with 11 cases registered against him, and that a rowdy sheet had been opened in his name as far back as 2006.
Bharathinagar police have registered a case under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which pertains to murder. A probe is currently underway.
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Chhattisgarh court grants bail to two Kerala nuns in human trafficking-conversion case
Bilaspur (PTI): A special court in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district on Saturday granted bail to three persons, including two nuns from Kerala, arrested on charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion, lawyers said.
Principal District and Sessions Judge (NIA court) Sirajuddin Qureshi had reserved the order on their bail pleas after a hearing on Friday.
The court has granted conditional bail to the trio, defence lawyer Amrito Das said.
Catholic nuns Preethi Merry and Vandana Francis, both from Kerala, along with Sukaman Mandavi, were arrested at the Durg railway station on July 25, following a complaint from a local Bajrang Dal functionary, who accused them of forcibly converting three girls from Narayanpur and trafficking them, a railway police official had said.
Following the bail hearing on Friday, Das had said that the prosecution had not asked for the trio's custody for interrogation, and the alleged victims had been sent back to their homes.
