Haridwar independent MLA arrested, his supporters lathi-charged
The Haridwar police on Friday took independent MLA Umesh Kumar in custody and lathi-charged his supporters at Laksar in Khanpur assembly constituency of Uttarakhand.
The Haridwar police on Friday took independent MLA Umesh Kumar in custody and lathi-charged his supporters at Laksar in Khanpur assembly constituency of Uttarakhand.
Those arrested have been identified as Robinjeet Singh alias Robin of Muradpura in Tarn Taran, Harpreet Singh alias Happy of Usman in Tarn Taran, Navjot Singh alias Nav of Kalanaur in Gurdaspur and Jagdeep Singh alias Jagga of Ghuman Kalan in Gurdaspur.
The Kerala police on Saturday arrested IC Balakrishnan, the Congress MLA from Sulthan Bathery, in connection with the abetment of a suicide case involving the death of former Wayanad DCC Treasurer N M Vijayan and his son Jijesh. He was later released on bail after the District Sessions Court at Kalpetta in Wayanad granted him anticipatory bail.
Assam Police have arrested six individuals for their involvement in the public slaughter of cattle during a picnic.
The police have apprehended a 26-year-old delivery agent for allegedly killing his girlfriend after discovering she had been unfaithful. The suspect reportedly staged the murder as a suicide in the Bharat Nagar area of North West Delhi.
A father and his four daughters were caught on Saturday attempting to return to Bangladesh through illegal routes. The daughters had been living in India with fake Indian identity cards.
With these latest arrests, the total number of individuals detained in the case has risen to five.
BJP national executive member and yesteryear actor Khushbu Sundar was arrested along with party women's wing functionaries and workers when they attempted to commence a padayatra from Madurai to Chennai to seek justice for the girl student of Anna University who was sexually assaulted last fortnight.
The incident occurred around 1:08 am on January 1 when a quarrel broke out between two neighbours, resulting in the death of Dharmender, a local resident, the police said.
Forest officials arrested 17 marine fishermen on Wednesday and seized their fishing trawler on Sunday from the seawater of the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on the charges of illegally fishing within the turtle congregation zone, an official said.
