Santosh murder case: four arrested
Bengaluru: JC Nagar police investigating the murder of Santosh –an auto driver, who died on Wednesday night have arrested four persons including the son of Congress block leader.
The arrested have been identified as Wasim, Philip, Umar and Irfan, all residents of Chinnappa Garden.
The main accused, Wasim, is the son of the block leader of Congress party, Khader, and runs a bakery near his house
DETAILS OF INCIDENT
Santosh, 28, a resident of Chinnappa Garden, was stabbed with a screwdriver by Wasim and his aides near a bakery in Chinnappa Garden at around 7.45 pm and died undergoing treatment at around 9 pm.
BJP PROTEST
Situation near Santosh's house gripped tense due to which the streets of Chinnappa Garden wore a deserted look as a few shopkeepers pulled down shutters. When Santhosh's body was brought near his house after the post-mortem, BJP leaders and workers persisted in calling home minister Ramalinga Reddy and police commissioner to spot.
BJP leaders R Ashok, Katta Subramanya Naidu, Y Narayanaswamy and others, had led the protests.
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Lokayukta raids on four govt officials in Karnataka
The Karnataka Lokayukta on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids on the properties of four government officials in the state, official sources said.
The raids are underway in Bengaluru, Mandya, and Chikkaballapura, they said.
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Searches are on at many locations linked to these officials, as part of investigations into disproportionate assets cases. Lokayukta officials are verifying documents, assets and valuables, they added.
More details awaited.
