Prakash Rai’s book 'Avaravara Bhavakke' released
Mysuru: Noted writer, critic OL Nagabhushan Swamy released Prakash Rai’s book ‘Avaravara Bhavakke’ here recently.
After releasing the book at a function organized by Nele Hinnele, Janamana Samskrutika Sanghatane, and Sawanna Prakashana at the Humanities Block auditorium in Manasangangothri; its first copy was handed over to writer Devanur Mahadeva.
Speaking on occasion, Devanur Mahadeva expressed his desire to write a commentary on the book. “Prakash looks life from the existing scenario and not from his school of thoughts. Prakash has the creativity and capability to come out with a novel,” he added.
Addressing the gathering, OL Nagabhushan Swamy said, “Prakash Rai advocates living the life of a traveller as against leading one as a tourist. In this book, one can understand that how the people with image look at life. I wish him to write a novel that has continuity instead of writing columns that keep on changing from week to week.
Speaking at the occasion, Prakash Rai said, writing is my renaissance. It is a freedom which I earned after coming out from the shackles, he opined.
My friends Katte Gururaj and Jogi encouraged me to write. I am writing like a son sitting on the shoulders of father and seeing a ‘Jatra.’ Already Lankesh, Tejasvi, Chittal's memories, and experiences have come for writing. The richness of Kannada literature, theater experience, movies, and so many perceptions have created an atmosphere of writing.
Senior journalist Ravindra Bhatt Ainakke participated as the chief guest at the ceremony.
Actor Mandya Ramesh, lyricist Dr. C. Naganna, theater artist KR. Sumati read the columns. Cinema journalist Jogi compered the programme.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
