Chitradurga:Former MLA, administrator of Murugha Mutt arrested in connection with Mutt theft case
Chitradurga: The local police on Thursday the former administrator of Murugha Mutt and former MLA S K Basavarajan in connection with the case of theft of Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana’s photos installed on the wall of the royal palace at the Murugha Mutt.
Earlier, the police had arrested Mohanamurthy, a former member of the Hosahalli Gram Panchayat, and Shivanandaswamy, a lecturer at the diploma college, in relation to the case. Based on the statements of the arrested duo, the police arrested Basavarajan on Thursday and are reportedly questioning him regarding the case.
Basavarajan was arrested on the charge that he had incited the occurrence of the photo theft.
Another accused, identified as Shrinivas, has also been arrested and is also being questioned by the cops.
Basavarajan’s wife, Soubhagya, is also being questioned by the police in this regard.
On October 6, 47 photos of Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana had been stolen from the wall of the Murugha Mutt’s royal palace. The said photos were images of Murugha Sharana with prominent personalities who had visited the Mutt on different occasions. Based on the CCTV camera footage captured of the thieving episode, two of the accused in the case were arrested on November 7.
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Man arrested for for raping mute woman in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
