Hubballi, August 23: “My son is an innocent. He has done anything wrong. But he was arrested in the Gauri Lankesh murder case without any valid evidences and torturing him”, said Jayashri, mother of Amith Baddi, one of the accused in the case.

Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, she said that there was no relationship between Gauri Lankesh murder and her son. In spite of it, SIT police have arrested him and torturing him. This has hurt her family. Because of the arrest of her son, her family could not able to live freely in the society. So, the SIT should immediately release her son who has not done anything wrong. She has written a letter to Gauri Lankesh sister Kavitha and her brother Indrajith Lankesh about this incident, she said.



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Alipurduar: A 40-year-old man accused of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten to death by agitated locals in Alipurduar district located in West Bengal on Friday evening. Later, another man surrendered before the police claiming he was also involved in the crime, and was subsequently arrested.

The girl went missing on Friday evening. When her family began searching for the girl, they learned that she had last been seen with Mona Roy, as reported by the Indian Express.

The police said that the girl’s body was found floating in a local pond. They added that the locals caught Roy and took him to his residence where they allegedly noticed blood on the bed. Enraged by this, they tied Roy to a tree and started assaulting him.

Roy was beaten to death before the local police could reach the spot.

When the police arrived at the scene, angry locals prevented them from moving the two bodies. Eventually, a large team of police personnel was sent to the location. After two hours, they were able to remove the bodies from the area.

The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination.

Meanwhile, a man named Bhakta Roy approached the police, claiming that he was involved in the crime and feared for his safety from the angry mob. He was subsequently arrested.

Y. Raghuvanshi, Superintendent of Police, Alipurduar, asserted it is a heinous crime, adding that they have started a detailed investigation in connection to the incident.