Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT arrests man for giving false statement
Bengaluru, July 26: The SIT officials arrested a person on charges of giving false statement to the investigating officials in Gauri Lankesh murder case. The arrested is identified as H L Suresh (36) of Herur in Kunigal taluk in Tumkuru district.
It is said that Suresh had rented a house to the main accused in Gauri Lankesh murder case- Amol Kale, Parashuram Waghmore and Praveen Kumar at Sunkadakatte in Bengaluru. But when the investigating officers interrogated the owner of the house, he said that he had rented his house for those who came seeing the advertisement and he did not know much information about the accused. But when the investigation was intensified, it came to light that Suresh himself had given shelter to the accused in his house.
Before killing Gauri Lankesh, Suresh had provided shelter to all the accused. Accused Parashuram Waghmore had revealed this to the investigating officers during interrogation. Based on this clue, the SIT officials arrested Suresh in Tumkur on Wednesday.
11th accused
With the arrest of Suresh, the number of accused arrested in the case has gone up to 11. So far, 10 accused including Amol Kale, Parashuram Waghmore, Naveen Kumar, Mohan Nayak, Rajesh Bangera and others were arrested.
After arresting Suresh, the SIT officials produced him before the Third ACMM court on Thursday and he was remanded to judicial custody.
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Pilikula zoo to welcome penguins, Asiatic lion, yellow anacondas under animal exchange initiative
Mangaluru: Pilikula Biological Park is preparing to welcome a range of new species, including an Asiatic lion, penguins, and yellow anacondas, as part of an animal exchange program.
H. Jayaprakash Bhandary, the park's director, stated that the zoo will receive a male Asiatic lion, wolves, exotic birds, and gharial crocodiles from Nandankanan Biological Park in Odisha. In return, Pilikula will send dhole (wild dog), reticulated pythons, Asian palm civets, and Brahminy kites to Nandankanan.
Additionally, penguins native to South America will be brought from Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Udyan and Zoo in Mumbai, with Pilikula providing marsh crocodiles in exchange.
Yellow anacondas will be brought from the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust in Chennai, in return for Indian cobras and other venomous snakes from Pilikula.
Exotic birds from S.V. Zoological Park (Tirupati zoo), Andhra Pradesh will be exchanged for Asian palm civets and other animals.
Bhandary noted that the penguins will require a special enclosure to provide a supportive environment, which will be created with the help of CSR funds or donors. He added that the introduction of penguins will lead to an increase in the number of visitors to the zoo.
