BJP leader shot dead at Madikeri
Madikeri, October 01: A miscreant has gunned down a local BJP leader at Maragodu village in the taluk on Monday.
The victim is identified as Maragodu BJP local committee secretary Kanadka Thilak Raj (40) and gram panchayat member Mundodi Nanda Nanaiah has reportedly shot the BJP leader. Now, the accused is absconding.
The deceased is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. On Monday evening, both Thilak Raj and Nanda Nanaiah engaged in verbal duals at Maragodu junction. At this time, Nanda Nanaiah shot Thilak Raj who died on the way to Madikeri hospital.
It is said that the political enmity was the main reason for the incident. DySP Sundar Raj, rural police officer Chethan and other police officers visited the spot and registered a case.
MLA K.G. Bopaiah visited the district hospital and expressed his unhappiness over losing a loyal party worker. It was condemnable and fearful incident. Police department should immediately take action. The law and order situation in the state was so worse, he said.
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Moodbidri Police Inspector accused of sexual harassment; Panambur ACP to investigate
Mangaluru: The City Police Commissioner has directed the Mangaluru (North) Assistant Commissioner of Police to investigate a complaint filed by the wife of a man arrested by Moodbidri Police accusing the station inspector on grounds of sexual harassment.
The complainant’s husband has reportedly been arrested for embezzling money, with Moodbidri Police filing a case against him. The wife has now said that Moodbidri Police Station Inspector Sandesh BG told her that he would produce a rowdy-sheet against her husband unless she had sex with him and paid him Rs 25 lakh.
Several TV channels are also learned to have carried the news of her complaint on Monday. The officers of the State Women’s Commission, who noticed the news, reportedly approached the City Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy and requested him to get the matter probed.
Speaking to reporters, Reddy denied having received any complaint filed by a woman against the Moodbidri Inspector. “We will probe the matter and take immediate action upon receiving any such complaint. In the backdrop of the alleged complaint filed against the Moodbidri Inspector, I have directed Panambur ACP Shrikanth to investigate and submit a report. Immediate legal action will be taken as soon as we get the report,” he said.
The senior officer further said, “The complainant is not on good terms with her sister and has also accused the inspector of having been biased in favour of her sister. The matter is in court but we have taken no action against the inspector since he has been carrying out his duties diligently.”
The Commissioner also clarified that, while the woman showed a video clip of the Moodbidri Inspector jumping a wall, the Police Department is unable to take action until the owner of the house files a complaint in the matter.
Reddy added that the complainant had not produced any audio clip as evidence.
