Haveri: Murder suspect's house set on fire, no one injured
Haveri (Karnataka), Jun 25 (PTI): Following the murder of a local contractor, Shivanand Kunnur, members of his family have allegedly set the house of the prime accused on fire in Shiggaon, police said on Wednesday.
Authorities confirm that no one was injured in the arson, as no one was in the house at the time.
Shivanand Kunnur (40), a first-class contractor, was brutally attacked and murdered in broad daylight on Tuesday while returning home after having lunch on the outskirts of Shiggaon.
Police sources said the attackers, wielding iron rods, machetes, and swords, repeatedly attacked his neck and head, and a video of the scene recorded by an onlooker has gone viral.
A case was registered at Shiggaon police station, naming Nagaraj Savadatti as the primary accused, apart from Hanumanth, Ashraf, Sudeep, and Suresh as co-conspirators.
On Wednesday morning, Kunnur's family allegedly doused Nagaraj's house with petrol and set it ablaze, police said.
Though the blaze caused considerable damage to the structure, since no one was in the house at the time, no injuries to anyone were reported, police added.
Police have registered a case in this regard and are investigating.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
