SUICIDE BACKLASH; COP SUSPENDED

A police constable Mr.Hamid was suspended pending enquiry in connection with the death of a villager.

One Narayan of Mekeri village near here hung himself from a tree on August 31st, unable to withstand the police enquiry in connection with a brutal murder. He had left a suicide note behind alleging that he was unnecessarily tortured by Hamid in that case. He had complained to family and friends that he was unable to walk due to the pain incurred during police enquiry.

He committed suicide as police had asked him to give a statement on the ill fated day.

Though poilice kept refusing the claims, they had to suspend the cop as Association leaders of Billava Sanga and Stree Shakthi threatened to hold Rasta Roko.

DySP Naik, who was in charge of Superintendent of Police passed a order suspending Hamid.

Police made no break through in the murder of Ganesh who was brutally butchered to death at Mekeri in the last week of August.

DHARAM,KRISHNA TO UNVEIL BOOK ON NANAIAH;

Governor of Maharastra, Mr.S.M.Krishna and Chief minister Mr.Dharam Singh will take part in a function organized to release a book on former minister Mr.M.C.Nanaiah on this 23rd.

Announcing this in a press meet organizers of the function, Pragati Prakashana trust stated that the book titled ‘Nenapugalu Maasuva Munna’ is compilation of the political life of Mr.M.C.Nanaiah.

Mr.S.M.Krishna will release the book. Mr.Dharam Singh, Presss Academy president Mr.V.N.Subba Rao Professor Siddalingaiah and others will take part in the function to be held at patrika Bhavan.

CAPTIVITY ISSUE TAKES A NEW TURN; FAKE NOTE RACKET SENSED; THREE MORE ARRESTED;

The illegal detention of two brothers by a gang at Virajpet has taken a new turn with three more arrests yesterday.

The police inspector Mr.Gajendra Prasad told that the two brothers Munna and Wasim of Bihar were kidnapped and kept in captivity by the residents of Virajpet, Idris, Kabir, tanvir, Ibrahim and Sahira in a illegal fake note scandal.

Munna and Wasim had taken rupees six lakhs from the accused with a promise to return it three fold, a year back. They brought a suitcase with a condition that it will be handed over to the accused at Bangalore and it should not be opened at the spot. The brothers once returned with the suit case they brought to Bangalore as the accused tried to open it. Disappointed, the accused made a trip to Bihar again and promised the brothers that they will not open the suit case. Hence they returned with the suitcase and opened it at Virajpet. To their shock they found only cloths suffed in it!

Somehow they managed to catch the brothers andstarted blackmailing them to pay the due. Four more persons, Naushad, Bablu, Aravind and Mulla from Bihar were also involved in the racket. They returned rupees 2.75 lakh to the Virajpet gang and lodged a complaint with the police stating that brothers were kidnapped by a gang.

Bihar police arrived at Virajpet and released Munna and Wasim kept in captivity since eight months.

Yesterday police arrested Naushad, bablu, Arvind and Mulla at Bangalore and are looking for one more Liakath Ali of Virajpet.

The Bihar gang had duped the Virajpet gang by producing actual notes as fake to gain trust. These were satisfied as the notes raised no suspicion.