Koppal Dalit atrocity case: High Court grants bail to 97 sentenced to life imprisonment

Vartha Bharati | 13-11-2024 | 16:23:00 IST

Koppal: The Dharwad High Court bench has granted bail to 97 individuals sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2014 Marakumbi village Dalit atrocity case. Each accused was granted bail upon furnishing a bond worth Rs. 50,000 and one surety.

The Koppal District and Sessions Court had earlier convicted 101 individuals in connection with the assault, which included setting fire to Dalit huts. Among the convicted, 98 were sentenced to life imprisonment under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and others were sentenced to five-year imprisonment.

Three individuals from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, who were exempt from charges under the caste discrimination law, were sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of Rs. 2,000.

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Three killed as fire destroys huts in Thane district

11-04-2026 ¦ 11-04-2026 IST

Thane (PTI): Three persons were killed in a major fire that broke out in a slum cluster in Thane district of Maharashtra, triggering the explosion of multiple LPG cylinders, a civic official said on Saturday.

The blaze erupted at around 8.30 PM on Friday in the Navghar area of Mira Bhayander at Indralok slum colony, Chief Fire Officer of Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) Prakash Borade told PTI.

Flames were visible from a long distance as the fire quickly spread through the densely packed cluster of temporary huts made of thatch and cloth, he said.

Around 30 to 35 huts were gutted in the incident. Several gas cylinders exploded during the blaze. Fire personnel managed to remove as many as 24 cylinders from the site, some of them filled and others empty, the official said.

Firefighters battled the blaze for nearly an hour before bringing it under control, Borade said.

The three deceased were charred beyond recognition, and their bodies have been sent to a government hospital for postmortem, he added.

The exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.