Haveri SP suspends two cops including inspector for dereliction of duty in Hanagal gangrape case
Haveri: In the aftermath of the recent gang rape incident at a hotel in Hanagal town, Superintendent of Police Anshu Kumar has taken stringent action by suspending Hanagal Police Inspector Sridhar SR and Constable Ilias Shethasanadi for their alleged dereliction of duty and delays in the investigation.
The suspended police personnel are accused of failing to collect vital information related to the incident, negligence in filing the First Information Report (FIR), and a delay in apprehending the accused individuals, according to sources within the police department.
Following the incident, Hanagal Police have made additional arrests, bringing the total number of individuals detained in connection with the case to nine. The latest arrest is that of 23-year-old Mafeed Onikeri, a resident of Akki Alur.
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The initial arrests included Aftab Chandanakatti, Madarasab Mandakki, Abdulla Khader of Akki Alur, and Jaffer Hanchimani. Subsequent arrests involved Imran Bashir Jekinakatti (23), Rehan Hussain (19), businessman Sadiq Babusab Agasimani (29), and Shoaib Mulla (19), all hailing from Akki Alur.
Superintendent Anshu Kumar informed the media that another suspect, Mohammed Saif, is presently undergoing medical treatment in a hospital. Upon discharge, he will be taken into custody in connection with the gang rape case.
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'War no solution, terrorists must be hunted down': Raj Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray said war was not a solution to the problem of terrorism, and the government should give priority to finding the perpetrators of terror attacks.
On a day Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, he said the government must be questioned about why a terror attack could take place in Pahalgam in the first place.
"War is no answer to a terrorist attack. In the US, they (terrorists) toppled the Twin Towers, attacked the Pentagon. The US did not wage a war. They killed those terrorists," said the MNS chief, speaking to reporters here.
"You have not found the terrorists who attacked (tourists in Pahalgam). Why there was no security in a place where thousands of tourists are going for the last many years? It is more important to carry out a combing operation inside our country and find them out. The airstrike, distracting people....this, war can not be the solution," he added.
Instead of Wednesday's planned mock drill of Civil Defence, a "combing operation" should be carried out all over the country, Thackeray further said.
Criticizing what he called a misplaced show of strength, Thackeray said, "There seems to be a desire to create a war-like situation in another country. Now we see mock drills and sirens (going off). But we need to ask the fundamental question, why did this (attack in Pahalgam on April 22 in which 26 civilians were killed) happen in the first place?"
He also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his itinerary in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack. "The prime minister was in Saudi Arabia when this (terror attack) happened, and he returned early, only to go to Bihar for campaigning. That was not necessary. He went to Kerala for the inauguration of Adani's port and later came to Mumbai for the WAVES function. If the situation was so grave, all this could have been avoided," said the MNS chief who had backed Modi during the 2024 general elections.
The government's failures need to be pointed out, Thackeray said, adding the country does not need a symbolic response. "Find the terrorists, dismantle their networks, and tackle the drug menace that is spreading through our streets," he said.
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