Gangavathi: A 26-year-old man from HRS Colony in Gangavathi town of Koppal district surrendered before the police on Tuesday, after murdering his elder brother, following a fight between the brothers.

Noor Ahmed (26), a native of the Killa area in Gangavathi, had recently shifted to the HRS Colony and lived there in a rented house. On Monday night, he had a fight with his elder brother Moula Hussain (32) at home, when the other family members were out. Ahmed confessed before the Gangavathi police that he had killed his elder brother by slitting his throat after the fight.

The Gangavathi police officers, who registered a case, have visited the house for investigation.

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Karkala: Town Municipality member and Congress spokesperson Shubhada Rao has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of duping citizens by installing a fibre glass statue of warrior-sage Parashurama at the new theme park in Karkala despite claiming that a bronze statue would be installed there.

Addressing a meeting held at the Bailuru Marigudi Hall on Saturday by the Karkala Parashurama Theme Park Welfare Committee demanding the installation of a bronze statue of the sage at the new park on the Umikal hills at Bailuru town, Rao clarified that the Congress had never opposed the development of the theme park or the installation of a statue of Parashurama at the park, but had expressed dissatisfaction at the BJP replacing the bronze statue meant to be used at the park with a fibre glass statue. He added that Congress aimed to unveil the truth regarding the statue.

Calling Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar's claims about the support of 65 legislators to him whom he could bring to the Parashurama hill as a bluff, Rao said that he would meet the legislator in Bengaluru itself with documentary proof to show that the statue was 'fake'. He also challenged Sunil Kumar to face the truth about the theme park.

A video containing information on the theme park, the statue, the correspondence between the government and the district administration as well as the gram panchayat, in addition to the court order was presented at the meeting.