Won't cremate his body before Eshwarappa's arrest: Santosh Patil's family
Belagavi: Hours after Santosh Patil was found dead in a hotel room in Udupi with a death note blaming Eshwarappa for his death, Patil’s brother Prashanth, has said that his family will not conduct funeral rites of the deceased before Eshwarappa’s arrest.
Prashanth while speaking to reporters outside Camp Police Station in the city, alleged Eshwarappa was lying about not knowing Patil and that the two were good friends.
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“He had borrowed over Rs. 4 crores from lenders to complete the construction work on the orders of the minister. But the minister never paid him the amount and he was being pressured by the lenders. He should get justice now. We urge CM Bommai and BS Yediyurappa to give us justice,” he told reporters.
“He has a one-year-old son and a wife. We will not conduct his funeral rites before Eshwarappa is arrested,” he added.
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Champions Trophy opening on Feb 16 or 17; PCB hopeful Rohit Sharma will be there
Lahore, Jan 15 (PTI): The opening ceremony of the Champions Trophy will be held either on February 16 or 17 and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is confident that India captain Rohit Sharma will be in attendance at the event.
The PCB source also said that it is awaiting communication from the ICC on the schedule of the customary captains' photo-shoot and the pre-event press conference.
The eight-team tournament will get underway on February 19 in Karachi. However, India will play all their matches in Dubai, starting with the clash against Bangladesh on February 20, after refusing to travel to Pakistan owing to security concerns.
The source said PCB has procured all relevant clearances from its government to promptly issue visas to all captains, players and team officials who will come here for pre-tournament events.
"This obviously includes Rohit or any other Indian team player or official or board official," he added.
Another source confirmed to PTI that the PCB has made it clear to the ICC that the opening ceremony, featuring all teams and their captains, will take place in Pakistan.
"This is in line with the usual protocols and since the opening match is on 19th the opening ceremony can be expected either on the 16th or 17th," the source added.
He said the schedule of the opening ceremony would depend on the warm-up matches list.
The source said that recently three Indian nationals, who were a part of the ICC delegation which came to Pakistan, were promptly issued visas once the world body sent their names to the PCB.
