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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PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer fined for slow over rate vs CSK
Chennai (PTI): Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer was fined Rs 24 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during his team’s IPL 2026 match against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here.
The last season's runners-up PBKS secured their second sucessive win, defeating five-time champions Chennai Super Kings by five wickets here on Friday.
As this was Punjab Kings’ second offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which relates to minimum over-rate violations, the penalty was enhanced and Iyer was fined Rs 24 lakh, said the IPL media advisory.
"The rest of the members of the Playing XI, including the Impact Player, will be fined either INR six lakhs or 25 per cent of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser," it added.
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