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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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
