Plot to kill SK Bhagavan: Four accused handed over to SIT
Bengaluru, May 31: Four accused who were arrested on charges of hatching a plot to kill critic, writer and rationalist SK Bhagawan were handed over to the SIT which has been investigating the journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case, for ten days.
Sujith Kumar alias Praveen (37) of Kappanahalli in Shikaripur taluk, Amol Kale and Amith alias Pradeep (38) of Maharashtra, and Manohar Dundappa Yadave alias Manoj (29) of Rathnapur village in Vijayapura were taken into the custody and interrogating.
Upparpet police who produced the accused before the First ACMM Court in the city on Wednesday requested the court to handover them to the police custody for 13 more days to interrogate them in Gauri Lankesh murder case. Later, the judge handed them over to the SIT for ten days.
About the case
In the beginning of the investigation of Gauri murder case, the police have listened to the mobile call records of some organisations’ leaders on suspicion. In that, Naveen and Sujith have conversed about killing SK Bhagavan. Suddenly, the police have taken Naveen into custody in Birur in Chikmagalur district. Later, Sujith who was absconding was arrested in Mangaluru recently. The police have recovered two black colour bags, four mobile batteries, Bengaluru map, four mobile phones, mobile number diary, photos of Shiva-Parvati and Krishna-Rukmini and Rs 22,931 cash from the accused.
Naveen Kumar has formed an organization in the name of Hindu Yuva Sene and participated in a meeting in Goa in June 2017. He made a provocative speech on that day that those who are against the religion should be shot. Sujith who was present at the meeting has introduced himself to Naveen.
Sujith who has studied up to SSLC, is a son of farmer couple. But has more attachment towards Hindutva. He left his home in 2001 and developed friendship with other accused. It is said that Naveen, Sujith, Amith, Amol, Manohar Dundappa Yadave and Nihal have met at a forest near Gundal reservoir in Chamarajanagar district in November 2017.
A SIT officer said that four accused were taken into custody with a hope of getting some information on Gauri Lankesh murder. Investigation would be intensified, he added.
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Minor girl out with friend raped in MP forest; truck driver, associate held
Raisen (MP), Nov 24: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a truck driver while his two associates restrained the teenager’s male friend in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district, an official said on Sunday.
Police have arrested two persons, including the truck driver, in connection with the alleged crime committed in Siyarmau forest on Silwani-Sagar Road, some 110 km from the district headquarters, on Saturday evening, he said.
The teenager and her 21-year-old male friend were returning after visiting the Vandevi temple in the area when they parked their two-wheeler and entered the forest, said Silwani’s Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Anil Maurya.
At the same time, a truck broke down following which its driver, later identified as Sanju Adivasi (21), and his two friends also went inside the forest, where they spotted the girl and her friend.
The trio thrashed the young man and snatched the key of his motorcycle, he said, citing the FIR.
The driver took the girl deep inside the forest and allegedly raped her, while his associates restrained her friend, the official said.
After the three accused left, the girl and the youth walked to the road and alerted some policemen who were passing by.
Police registered a case against Sanju Adivasi and his associates Shivnarayan Advasi and Akshay Ahirwar under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 64 (rape), 70-1 (gang rape) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
Sanju and Shivnarayan have been arrested, while Ahirwar is on the run, the official said.
