Bengaluru: Man gets 7-year jail for attacking police with knife in 2021 case
Bengaluru (PTI): A court here has sentenced a man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 25,000 in a 2021 attempt-to-murder case involving police, officials said on Friday.
The accused, Mohammed Saleem, was involved in a serious attack on police personnel, they said.
“Acting on credible information that the accused was travelling in a car along the service road of the Ring Road from Hennur Signal towards Nagawara, police intercepted the vehicle near the Forest Office at HBR Layout,” a statement from the Police Commissioner’s office said.
The accused then attempted to flee and attacked police personnel with a knife in his possession, it said.
A case was registered at Govindapura police station on June 24, 2021, under charges of attempt to murder and relevant provisions of the Arms Act, police said.
During the investigation, conducted under the direction of the then DCP (East Division) Sharanappa S D, Inspector Kiran Kumar B Nayak of DJ Halli police station collected evidence and filed a detailed charge sheet, they said.
“After trial, the court found the accused guilty and sentenced him to seven years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 25,000,” the statement added.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
