Owaisi supports JD(S); wants non-Congress, non-BJP government in Karnataka’
Bengaluru: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday announced his party’s support to the Janata Dal (Secular).
Asaduddin Owaisi said: “In the current situation, it is beneficial to support the JD(S). Our intention is to ensure a non-Congress and non-BJP government in Karnataka. My party leaders and I will go campaigning in constituencies where the JD(S) leaders want me to go,” he said.
Meanwhile, JD(S) State president H.D. Kumaraswamy told reporters in Mysuru that Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao may have spoken to Mr. Owaisi. “He had promised to speak to Mr. Owaisi. A 2% swing in votes will go a long way for the party in reaching the 113-mark (simple majority) in the Assembly,” he said.
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Rape accused's mother murdered by victim's brother in MP's Shivpuri
Shivpuri (PTI): The 60-year-old mother of a rape accused was killed allegedly by the victim's brother in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, a police official said on Saturday.
The incident took place on Friday, Rannod police station house officer (SHO) Arvind Chauhan said.
"An anganwadi worker returning from a hospital was offered a lift by one Inder Gurjar, who took her to a secluded spot and raped her. She called up her brothers to narrate the ordeal. One brother of the victim along with two associates went to Gurjar's house and assaulted him. When Gurjar's mother Sirkunwarbai (60) intervened, she was attacked with a sharp weapon. She died on the spot," he said.
Based on a complaint filed by the deceased woman's daughter-in-law, three persons were booked for murder. One of them was held on Saturday, the official added.
A separate case has also been registered against Gurjar for rape, he said.
Police personnel have been deployed in the area in view of tension following the incident, the official added.
