Davanagere: Former Minister SS Mallikarjun will enter the fray on alliance ticket from Davanagere after senior Congress leader, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, refused to contest.
The AICC had announced that Shamanur Shivashankarappa will be its Lok Sabha candidate from Davangere constituency. But Shivashankarappa was reluctant to contest the polls and said that he did not want B-Form. Subsequently, the KPCC President Dinesh Gundo Rao recommended the party high-command to issue the ticket to Shamanur Shivashankarappa's son SS Mallikarjun.
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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh police have uncovered that the murder of a taxi driver in Lucknow on December 30 was a case of mistaken identity. The victim, Mohammad Rizwan, was killed by a hitman gang reportedly hired by lawyer Aaftab Ahmed to eliminate the family members of a woman allegedly in a relationship with him.
Ahmed's plan targeted the woman's husband and father, but the hitmen mistakenly killed Rizwan in the Madehganj area. Investigations revealed that Ahmed had paid an advance of ₹2 lakh to the gang, who failed to receive the remaining amount after the botched attempt. The police have arrested Ahmed and two gang members, recovering an illegal firearm, live cartridges, a motorcycle, and mobile phones used in the crime. The accused are set to be presented in court.
In an unrelated incident, Lucknow police are investigating the murder of a woman and her four daughters in a hotel room, allegedly orchestrated by her son, Mohammad Arshad, with the involvement of her husband, Mohammad Badr. While Arshad is in judicial custody after confessing to the crime in a video, four police teams are working to arrest Badr.