Congress Leads in North East Karnataka Graduate constituency Vidhan Parishad election vote count
Kalaburagi: In the Vidhana Parishad elections for the North East Karnataka Graduate Constituency, the Congress candidate, Chandrasekhar Patil, has surged ahead in the 8th and final round of first preference vote counting.
With the completion of the 8th round, Chandrasekhar Patil has garnered 39,496 first preference votes, establishing a lead of 4,446 votes over his closest rival.
The BJP candidate, Amarnath Patil, trails behind with 35,050 votes, while independent candidate N. Pratap Reddy has secured 17,421 votes.
The fixed quota for victory stands at 48,260 votes and hence the counting process for second preference votes has commenced.
The results will be officially announced after the counting of second preference votes.
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Thane police nab two women for stealing ornaments from bus passengers, in public places
Thane (PTI): The Thane Crime Branch has arrested two women for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from citizens and solved nine such cases with the recovery of jewellery worth Rs 37.19 lakh, an official said on Friday.
Senior Inspector Sachin Gaikwad of Crime Unit-I said the accused targeted elderly commuters and passengers on crowded buses.
The latest case came to light after a 72-year-old woman recently approached the police, saying a gold-encrusted purse was stolen from her bag when she was travelling by bus from Kharegaon Naka to Ozone Valley bus stop in Thane.
A team examined CCTV footage from the area and gathered information about the suspects, he said. “Acting on technical inputs and surveillance, the Crime Branch team arrested the two accused women on May 7,” Gaikwad said.
The accused were identified as Sangeeta Dashrath Peethkar (45) and Surekha Bajrang Gaikwad (47), both residents of Mumbai’s Mulund, which is located adjacent to Thane.
Police said the two women are involved in nine theft offences. Gold ornaments collectively valued at Rs 37.19 lakh have been recovered from the duo, said police, adding that further investigation is underway.
