Police negate rumours of suspended Ballari SP Pavan Nejjur trying to commit suicide
Ballari: Police have issued a clarification refuting rumours that Superintendent of Police Pavan Nejjur, who was suspended a day after taking charge as Ballari SP following a recent violent clash in the city, tried to commit suicide.
The clarification was issued after news spread on social media platforms as well as television news channels claiming that the SP had tried to commit suicide. after his suspension.
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“Nejjur is staying at the farmhouse of one of our batchmates, and no incident of suicide has occurred at the farmhouse. Please do not spread fake news,” a senior police official said in a statement.
Pavan Nejjur had taken charge as Ballari SP on Thursday, but barely three hours later, the city witnessed a violent clash between rival Reddy groups over the installation of banners ahead of the Valmiki Jayanti celebrations. A Congress worker was killed in the clash.
The state government suspended Nejjur on Friday on the grounds that he failed to effectively handle the situation and did not properly brief senior officers about the ground situation.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
