Special Court finds Karwar MLA Satish Sail guilty in Belekeri illegal iron ore export case
Bengaluru: A Special court for People's Representatives in Bengaluru has found Karwar Congress MLA Sathish Sail guilty in the Belekeri port case on Thursday.
After a lengthy hearing, the judge of the special court ordered all the convicts to be immediately arrested. The court found Mahesh Biliya, Mallikarjun Shipping company and MLA Sail guilty in the case. The sentence on punishment has been reserved to Friday (October 25).
The case pertains to the illegal export of 11,312 metric tons of seized iron ore from Belekeri port in Karwar in 2010. The ore had been allegedly mined by the Obalapuram Mining Company in Ballary which was owned by Gali Janardhana Reddy and G Karunakara Reddy, who were Ministers in the BJP-led state government under the then CM B S Yediyurappa.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
