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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Woman, 2 sons found dead in Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): Three members of a family were found dead inside their home in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji on Friday, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, officials said.
Police said the incident came to light around 2.47 pm when a police team reached the premises to execute a court order related to possession of the property. When repeated knocks went unanswered, the staff used a duplicate key to open the door.
Inside, officers found Anuradha Kapoor (52) and her sons, Ashish Kapoor (32) and Chaitanya Kapoor (27), hanging from the ceiling, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Hemant Tiwari said in a statement. All three were declared dead.
A handwritten note was recovered from the room, suggesting the family had been struggling with depression.
"The handwritten note indicates emotional distress faced by the family due to which the family may have taken the extreme step," the officer said.
The bodies have been shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) mortuary for post-mortem and other legal formalities under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), police said.
Residents of the neighbourhood said they were shocked to learn about the deaths, adding that the family kept largely to themselves.
Pankaj Kashyap, a resident of Girinagar, said he learnt about the deaths while leaving for work. "I live and work here and was leaving for work when I saw many people standing outside and talking. That is how I got to know that three people had committed suicide. I also saw several police vehicles outside, but I do not know much beyond that," he said.
Baldev, another neighbour, said the family had been living in the newly constructed house for around two years. "We only knew that a mother and her two children lived there. They had moved into the newly built house around two years ago. We did not interact much with them. Today we heard that all three have committed suicide, and whatever we know is based on what people here are saying," he said.
Another neighbour, Ramesh Kumar, claimed the family had earlier attempted suicide.
"About fifteen to twenty days ago, the two sons in the family had attempted suicide and police and ambulances had come. That was when I first got to know who they were. I do not recognise them by face, but we saw the ambulances and police take the two sons that day. Today again we saw ambulances and police arriving, so everyone came out to see what had happened. I do not know how long they had been living here, but this is all we know," he said.
Police said they are examining the family's financial condition, social circumstances, and other factors that may have contributed to the incident. Further investigation is underway.
