Two held in Doddaballapur for offering meat with flowers at temple
Doddaballapur: Doddabelavangala police officers have taken into custody two men who had hidden chunks of meat in the garlands they had gotten to Sri Shanimahatme Temple in Kanasavadi on Saturday.
The arrested men have been identified as Kambalahalli Raju of Hoskote taluk and Somashekhar, an auto rickshaw driver from Whitefield, the police have said, adding that the arrested had handed similar garlands, containing meat chunks, to the temple a month ago too.
The temple staff members had received the covers containing the garlands a month earlier. When they opened the covers a couple of hours later, to be used during the prayer rituals, the staff discovered the meat amidst the flowers in the garlands.
The CCTV camera footage showed the accused duo at the temple earlier, yet, the Doddabelavangala police officers had failed to arrest the men.
On Saturday, however, when Raju and Somashekhar revisited the Kanasavadi Temple to deliver the garlands, they were caught red-handed by the temple staff members, who were on watch for the duo.
A case has been registered at the Doddabelavangala Police Station, Bengaluru Rural district, investigation is underway.
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2 CRPF personnel killed in militant attack in Manipur
Imphal (PTI): Two CRPF personnel were killed and two others injured as militants attacked a camp of security forces in Manipur's Bishnupur district in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
The militants attacked an IRBn (India Reserve Battalion) camp at Naranseina in the Moirang police station area, they said.
"The militants fired indiscriminately from hilltops, targetting the camp. It started around 12.30 am and continued till about 2.15 am. The militants also hurled bombs, one of which exploded in the outpost of CRPF's 128 battalion," a senior police officer said.
The deceased were identified as CRPF sub-inspector N Sarkar and head constable Arup Saini, he said.
The injured were inspector Jadav Das and constable Aftab Das, he said, adding that they received splinter wounds.
"The two injured personnel were admitted to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal. They are out of danger," the officer said.
The CRPF personnel were deployed to provide security to the IRBn camp.
A massive search was underway to find the perpetrators of the attack, police said.
