Two men found dead in Kalaburagi: One murdered, second run over by train, confirm city police
Kalaburagi: Clarifying on the deaths of two men in the city on Tuesday night, officers at the City Police Commissioner’s office have said that while one of the men is suspected to have been murdered, the second man, whose body was found on a railway track, had been run over by a speeding train. No connection of any sort has been found between the two incidents.
On Tuesday night, the dead body of 37-year-old Lal Ahmed, father of Khaleel, a resident of Hamlawadi, was found at Muzahir Nagar near the Malagatti Cross and a case was filed at the Gulbarga University Police Station. The police said that the team probing the case found that Ahmed was murdered over a personal matter and that further investigation of the murder is going on.
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In the second case, Ali Patel (38), a resident of Mizuguri and reportedly a auto rickshaw, was found dead on the railway track within the jurisdiction of the Wadi Railway Police Station. Calling the second death an accident rather than a planned crime, the Wadi Railway Police Circle Inspector Basavaraj Wali said that the deceased had been in an inebriated state and fallen on the track, resulting in the train running him down.
News of the two deaths in one night within the administration limits of Kalaburagi city had given rise to the suspicion among the locals that the incidents were linked. Several users had also expressed their suspicion on social media platform, asking if both the men had been murdered, but the police officers have now clearly stated that the deaths are separate incidents and not connected in any manner.
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Prime organiser of Messi event in Kolkata arrested over ‘mismanagement’ after stadium chaos
Kolkata (PTI): The police on Saturday arrested Satadru Datta, the prime organiser of the Lionel Messi football event at Salt Lake Stadium here, following widespread chaos at the venue, which prompted the Argentine World Cup-winning captain to leave the field early.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the stadium unrest, Datta was held by the Bidhannagar Police for “mismanagement” of the event from the Kolkata airport, where he had gone to see off Messi and his entourage on their way to Hyderabad.
"We are looking into whether there was any mismanagement from the organiser's side, which led to the chaos at the stadium. He has been detained, and the police have now brought the situation under control," West Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar said at a press conference.
A senior police officer later confirmed that Dutta has been arrested. Till reports last received, the police were interrogating him and his manager inside one of the departure lounges of the airport.
The organiser has given in writing that he will refund the prices of tickets he sold to the disappointed spectators, Kumar said.
What was supposed to be a marquee football spectacle turned into widespread violence and disorder at the stadium after Messi’s brief and tightly ring-fenced appearance, his first at the venue since 2011, left large sections of the crowd frustrated, as they failed to catch a glimpse of their superstar despite having travelled from far and wide, paying hefty sums for tickets.
Police said they were also investigating how organisers allowed sale of bottled waters and beverages inside the stadium premises, which are banned items during such events.
Thousands of water bottles were used as missiles and lobbed inside the pitch by angry spectators, who also uprooted bucket seats from the gallery and used them as ammunition inside the field against the defending police and security personnel.
Spectators alleged that water bottles were being sold at a massive premium inside the stadium despite police disallowing such items from outside at the entry gates.
Police agreed there was an underlying tension in the galleries on account of Messi not showing his footballing skills on the field, which only got aggravated after a bunch of VIPs, including State Sports Minister Aroop Biswas and unidentified people, blocked the football icon’s view during the limited time he spent on the ground.
“We are on the job, and will ensure that whoever is responsible for what happened today at Salt Lake Stadium will be punished, and action will be taken against the authorities concerned,” said Jawed Shamim, ADG, Law and Order.
