Gauri Lankesh murder case: SIT arrests four men in Davanagere
Davanagere: A Special Investigation Team of the Karnataka police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, reports Indianexpress.com.
These four arrested, who were allegedly guiding operations in Karnataka to plan the murder of Bhagwan, were nabbed from Davanagere bus stand on May 21. The report also mentions that the four arrested men were linked to radical right-wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha.
According to an Indianexpress.com report, the arrested are Amol Kale alias Bhaisab (39) from Maharashtra, Amit Degwekar alias Pradeep, 39, a resident of Goa; Manohar Edave, 28, a resident of Vijayapura; and Sujeet Kumar alias Praveen, 37, from Mangaluru.
Sujeet Kumar was arrested first and reportedly produced before a magistrate on May 20 while the other three were produced on May 21. They are scheduled to be in police custody until June 1. The SIT team that conducted searches at over eight places in Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Goa; is believed to have discovered key evidence on May 22.
“The plot to kill Bhagwan came to fore earlier this year following the arrest of Hindu Yuva Sena leader KT Naveen Kumar for possession of illegal arms on February 18. The probe revealed that a group of people, including Naveen Kumar, were surveying Bhagwan’s home to carry out killing on the lines of the Lankesh murder. Naveen Kumar is said to have told investigators that he received instructions in the plot to kill Lankesh and Bhagwan from a Mangalore-based man he could identify only as Praveen. The Hindu Janajagruti Samithi activist Sujeet Kumar has now been identified as Praveen,” indianexpress.com reported.
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Cong 'pocketed' Rs 150 cr per annum from Assam healthcare budget during 15 yrs of rule: Shah
Guwahati (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the Congress, during its previous 15 years of rule in Assam, "pocketed" Rs 150 crore per annum from the state healthcare budget.
Inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for healthcare projects worth Rs 2,092 crore in Assam, Shah said the BJP works for affordable healthcare for all sections of society and lauded Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for bringing the state's medical facilities at par with states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
"Assam's healthcare was in shambles 10 years ago as Congress worked only for the financial health of its leaders' families," he said.
Attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, he said that no Indian supports his acts of "defaming" the country in his bid to oppose the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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He lambasted the Congress for its "shirtless" protest at the recent AI summit in New Delhi and Gandhi for having 'chai-pakora' on the stairs of Parliament House.
"We were also in the opposition and staged protests against the government, but there is a right platform for it," he said.
"Parliament is a sacred seat of democracy. Its stairs should not be used for even dharnas. And Rahul Gandhi was having 'chai-pakora' there. Doesn't he know where to have his breakfast?" asked the Union minister.
Shah inaugurated the Rs 675-crore Pragjyotishpur Medical College and Hospital in Guwahati, at a programme held on its premises.
He also virtually inaugurated two cancer centres at Golaghat and Tinsukia, both under Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF), constructed at a cost of Rs 135 crore each.
Shah virtually laid the foundation stone for super-speciality hospitals at Diphu Medical College and Hospital (Rs 220 crore), Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (Rs 310 crore), and Barpeta Medical College and Hospital (Rs 284 crore).
The foundation stone for a Rs 218-crore Swasthya Bhawan in Guwahati, and the Abhayapuri District Hospital (Rs 115 crore) were also laid by the Union home minister.
Shah arrived here on Saturday evening on a two-day visit to Assam, his fourth visit to the northeastern state in four months.
