Teenager arrested over murder of toddler
Bengaluru: A 14-year-old boy allegedly killed a toddler in the limits of Soaldevanahalli police station limits.
The deceased has been identified as Venkatesh (2), son of Basavaraj and Venkamma of Raichur. Police have arrested a teenager related to the murder.
Incident details:
According to police, the accused reared some pigeons at home. The bird droppings had led to quarrel between his parents and neighbours including Basavaraj's family.
A couple of days ago, there was an altercation between both the families.
On Wednesday afternoon, the boy found one of the pigeons missing at home and spotted it sitting nearby on the road. As he ran to catch the bird, the child reportedly came in between. By the time he could react, the bird flew away.
Police said the angry teenager allegedly took the child to a nearby plantation, dumped him on the ground and stamped him to death with his feet. Later, he fled from the spot.
The toddler's parents went in search when they did not find him for quite some time. They found the child lying in the plantation and rushed him to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, police said.
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HP Cong Minority Morcha delegation meets with party leader Venugopal over mosque row
Shimla (PTI): A delegation of the Himachal Congress Minority Morcha apprised the party's central leaders on Thursday of the atmosphere of fear created in the state by targeting a particular community and staging demonstrations near mosques.
The delegation led by Iqbal Mohammad, president of the state Congress Minority Morcha, also comprised imams of various mosques. It met with Congress general secretary K C Venugopal and its Minority Morcha national president Imran Pratapgarhi in New Delhi.
In a statement here, the state Congress Minority Morcha said the situation has become tense due to demonstrations by Hindu outfits in front of mosques and efforts were being made to vitiate the atmosphere and instill fear among Muslims.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is trying to take people of all religions along but some elements are trying to spoil the atmosphere and malign the government, it added.
According to the statement, Venugopal spoke to the chief minister over the phone over the issue.
Ten people were injured during a protest demanding the demolition of a portion of a mosque in Shimla's Sanjauli area last week. In Mandi, police used water cannons on protestors demanding the demolition of an unauthorised portion of a mosque in the town.
On Tuesday, residents of Kasumpti in Shimla submitted a memorandum to demolish a mosque in the area and similar demands are also coming in from Sunni and other areas in the state.
A dispute between a barber from the minority community and a local businessman in the Malyana area in the suburbs of Shimla on August 30 turned into a communal issue with Hindu groups demanding the demolition of unauthorised mosques and residents calling for the identification and verification of outsiders coming in the state.
