Bengaluru: Man killed after fight over ₹20 gutka packet; accused arrested
Bengaluru: A petty argument over a ₹20 gutka packet ended in murder in Varthur, Bengaluru, with police arresting the accused.
The arrested man has been identified as Sitaram, a native of Bihar. The deceased, Jitendra Pandey alias Bablu, was also from Bihar. Both were friends and used to work as tile labourers at a private school building in Ramagondanahalli near Varthur.
According to police, the two had a drinking session on the night of July 28. During the party, Jitendra asked Sitaram to buy a ₹20 packet of Vimal gutka. This led to a heated argument between the two. Sitaram reportedly got angry and questioned why he was being sent to buy gutka. The verbal spat soon turned physical.
In a fit of rage, Sitaram allegedly picked up a trowel and hit Jitendra, killing him on the spot.
The incident came to light on July 29, and Varthur police registered a case. Based on the investigation, they tracked down and arrested Sitaram. Further investigation is underway.
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
