Hubballi murder case: Bendigeri inspector, constable suspended for dereliction of duty
Hubballi: Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner Renuka Sukumar has suspended Inspector Chandrakanth and constable Rekha Havareddy of the Bendigeri Police Station for dereliction of duty in the case 20-year-old girl's murder in the city on Wednesday.
Anjali Ambigera was stabbed to death at her home within the Bendigeri Police Station jurisdiction limits early Wednesday morning by Vishwanath, also called Girish Sawant, for rejecting his advances in spite of Sawant's repeated requests. A disappointed Sawant reportedly had warned Anjali that she would meet the same fate as Neha Hiremath, a student in the city who was stabbed to death in mid-April by her classmate for rejecting his proposal.
Worried by the death threat issued to Anjali, her family members approached the Bendigeri Police and asked the officers to file a case against Sawant. The police officers, however, rebuked the family of imagining things and refused to investigate into the matter.
Since the murder of Anjali, her family has been accusing the Bendigeri Police of failing to perform their duty in providing safety to the people, adding that the youngster's death could have been prevented had the police officials considered their complaint seriously.
The Police Commissioner, who had earlier directed the Bendigeri Police officials to investigate the case, issued an order on Wednesday for the suspension of the inspector and the constable.
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Accept Congress decision appointing V D Satheesan as Kerala CM: K C Venugopal
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi (PTI): Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal on Thursday accepted the party decision to select V D Satheesan as the chief minister of Kerala and congratulated him.
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Venugopal, who was one of the three persons being considered for the post, said he will provide all support to the CM and the UDF government in Kerala.
The decision comes more than 10 days after the results of the April Assembly polls in Kerala were declared.
The Congress-led UDF secured a more than two-thirds majority in the Kerala Assembly elections, but the party has been unable to decide its chief ministerial face due to lobbying by different camps and protests by workers at the ground level.
Besides, Satheesan and Venugopal, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala was also in the race for the CM post.
