Congress nails BJP in CM Bommai's home district, wins Hanagal constituency in by-polls
Haveri: The BJP on Tuesday tasted defeat in Hanegal Assembly Constituency’s by-poll election results which came out today. Haveri is the home district of Chief Minister of the state Basavaraj Bommai, which makes this defeat for BJP, a significant victory for Congress.
The official announcement by the Election Commission about the result is awaited.
Congress candidate Srinivas Mane polled 87,113 votes while BJP’s Shivraj managed to bag 79,515 votes. Mane won the seat with 7598 votes. JD(s) candidate Niyaz Shaikh could only manage 921 votes.
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6 held for murder of Congress leader in Ludhiana
Ludhiana (PTI): Six persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Congress leader Parminder Tiwari, who was hacked to death with an axe on Sunday in Machhiwara here.
Tiwari, the block president of the Congress party from Machhiwara in Ludhiana, was murdered on March 29 while sitting outside his rented quarters near Takhran village
Deputy Commissioner of Police Jaskaranjit Singh Teja stated the case is neither linked to politics nor gang rivalry.
The main accused, Vijay Kumar and Lucky, were apprehended in Jamalpura village in Munger district, Bihar, by a special team dispatched there, police said.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the suspects aimed to illegally occupy a piece of panchayat land in the Machiwara area, but Tiwari opposed their plans. The accused allegedly visited Tiwari at his rented quarters on March 29 and attacked him with an axe, resulting in his immediate death, officials said.
The other four individuals arrested are relatives of the main accused and were aware of the murder plot, the DCP added.
Police have recovered the axe used in the crime, as well as the motorcycle the accused used to flee the scene.
