Dharmasthala case will not be handed over to CBI, SIT asked to finish probe soon: HM Parameshwara
Tumakuru: Karnataka Home Minister Dr. G Parameshwara has said that the Dharmasthala mass burial case was not being handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), given that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) was conducting the probe diligently.
Addressing reporters here on Tuesday, the minister said that investigation had not reached a stage of filing either an interim report or a charge-sheet. “We cannot set a deadline for the probe to be completed. The SIT officers, therefore, have been directed to complete the investigation as early as possible, using the information made available through evidences and witnesses,” he added.
“The complainant-witness in the case, Chinnayya, and his wife would be given security if they face death threat. Any other party who is in danger will also be provided policed security,” Parameshwara assured.
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Telangana: Man sets woman on fire for 'rejecting' marriage proposal
Hyderabad (PTI): A 28-year-old married woman was set on fire allegedly by a man after she "rejected" his marriage proposal in Mahabubabad town on Tuesday, police said.
The accused, in his 40s, who runs a shop, had developed an "illicit" relationship with the woman and was suspecting that she was in contact with another person and that she was "ignoring" him.
He poured petrol on the woman when she was alone at her house and set her on fire. He then hugged her and both of them suffered injuries, police said.
They were initially shifted to Government Hospital in Mahabubabad and later admitted to another state-run Hospital in Warangal for further treatment.
As per the doctors, the woman suffered 90 per cent burns in the incident while the accused 75 per cent burns, police said.
The woman's mother, in a complaint to the police, stated that her daughter was married to a man in Gudur mandal.
Due to family disputes, the woman came to Mahabubabad along with her two children and was residing there for the past three years.
She was running a vegetable cart. The accused was already married, and his wife had passed away. He developed an"illicit" relationship with the woman, police said.
The accused allegedly forced and harassed the victim to marry him, the complainant said.
Based on a complaint, an attempt to murder case was registered in connection with the incident, police added.
