Four arrested on murder charge
The Hindu
A woman, her lover and two other persons were arrested for allegedly killing the woman’s husband on the outskirts of Nimbarga village near Station Ganagapur and Pattan Cross in Aland taluk of Kalaburagi district on Wednesday.
The accused have been identified as Chandrakala Ravi Neloor, her lover Huchappa S. Basarigid, Ladappa M. Udyakumar and Basavaraj S. Singhe. All the four members hatched a plan and killed Ravi Neloor (35) on February 16. According to the police, Chandrakala Neloor was having an illicit relationship with Huchappa Basarigid. When Ravi Neloor opposed their relationship, they hatched a conspiracy to kill him.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.