HC declines bail to main accused
Cattle trader Hussainabba murder case
Bengaluru, August 16: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday denied bail to the main accused in the murder case of cattle trader Hussainabba Jokatte.
In last May, the Bajrang Dal activists stopped cattle trader Hussainabba Jokatte in front of the police and assaulted him. Later, it was found in the department investigation that he died in the police custody.
In this case, two police personnel including Hiriyadka police station PSI were arrested on charges of dereliction of duty. Now, the High Court rejected the bail plea of six main accused of the Bajrang Dal. Now, they have to move to the Supreme Court.
On Thursday, there was parade to identify the accused at Karwar jail where the witnesses have identified all the accused. Following this, the High Court has rejected the bail plea of accused number 2, 4, 6, 7, 14 and 15. As a result, they have to be in the jail. But the HC has granted bail to two police personnel who were named as accused number 9 and 10 in the case.
Advocate Chandramouli argued on behalf of the state government, while Abdul Latheef Badagannur argued for the complainants and BV Acharya argued in favour of the accused.
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Odisha GRP arrests 3 from Rajasthan for looting gold ornaments
Berhampur (PTI): The Government Railway Police (GRP) in Odisha on Monday arrested three persons from Rajasthan for allegedly looting gold ornaments from a trader near Berhampur railway station while posing as CBI officers.
Gold ornaments weighing 88 gm, valued at around Rs 14.80 lakh, were seized from their possession, an officer said.
At least two unidentified persons intercepted the victim, Husmukh Jain (43) of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, when he and another man were leaving Berhampur railway station after deboarding the Konark Express around 9.30 pm on February 25, the officer said.
“We have identified some more accused persons involved in the loot. They are from outside the state and will be arrested soon,” said Jagannath Mallick, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), GRP (Khurda).
The accused allegedly posed as CBI officers and forcibly took away his bag on the pretext of an enquiry.
The bag contained two mobile phones, 33 gold ornaments weighing around 862.5 gm, among other items, the officer said.
Based on the trader’s complaint, a case was registered at GRP Berhampur on February 26.
A joint team of GRP and Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel conducted raids at multiple locations in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan during the investigation, leading to the arrest of three persons, Mallick said.
