Malleswaram blasts prime suspects get clean chit

October 29, 2013

Bangalore, Oct 29: The First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Monday ordered the release of three persons arrested by the city police in the Malleswaram bomb blast case.

The court in its order directed the authorities concerned to release Peer Mohideen, Saddam Husain and Tenkasi Haneefa, who had been named as prime suspects in the case.

While Haneefa and Hussain, will be handed over to the Madurai and Salem police for their alleged role in other criminal cases, Mohideen will be released on Tuesday. All three are currently at Parappana Agrahara jail here.

Though the accused were portrayed as the prime accused in the first information report (FIR) who planted the explosives and executed the blast, the police later dropped their names while filing the charge sheet after six months, giving them a clean chit.

“These three could have been released by the police much earlier, but arresting them and sending them behind bars on charges of terrorism for no fault of theirs, amounts to serious lapses on the part of investigators for which they are liable,” said S. Balan, lawyer for the three.

Malleswaram blasts prime suspects get clean chit
Bangalore, Oct 29: The First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Monday ordered the release of three persons arrested by the city police in the Malleswaram bomb blast case.The court in its order directed the authorities concerned to release Peer Mohideen, Saddam Husain and Tenkasi Haneefa, who had been named as prime suspects in the case.While Haneefa and Hussain, will be handed over to the Madurai and Salem police for their alleged role in other criminal cases, Mohideen will be released on Tuesday. All three are currently at Parappana Agrahara jail here.Though the accused were portrayed as the prime accused in the first information report (FIR) who planted the explosives and executed the blast, the police later dropped their names while filing the charge sheet after six months, giving them a clean chit.“These three could have been released by the police much earlier, but arresting them and sending them behind bars on charges of terrorism for no fault of theirs, amounts to serious lapses on the part of investigators for which they are liable,” said S. Balan, lawyer for the three.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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