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Time of India
6 hours ago
- Time of India
20-year-old beaten up & killed for dating 17-year-old girl
Nashik: A 20-year-old youth was beaten to death by a group of nine people in Jalgaon's Jamner taluka, approximately 300km from Nashik, on Monday evening. Jalgaon SP Maheswar Reddy told TOI, "The reason for the attack on the youth was his relationship with a 17-year-old girl. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now We have arrested four people in connection with the case and are tracing five others who were involved in the attack. " The youth, who assisted his father with daily farming activities, had travelled to Jamner, 20km from his village, for work on Monday. While seated in a café in Jamner with the girl, a group of people apprehended him and assaulted him, said a Jamner police officer. Police said he was later taken to his village around 4.30pm, where the same group thrashed him again with sticks and iron rods at the bus stand. When his parents learned of the incident and attempted to intervene, they too were beaten up by the mob. The youth sustained serious internal injuries during the attack and was taken to the rural hospital, where he was declared dead. The incident triggered tensions in Jamner on Monday night, with many people taking to the streets to demand the immediate arrest of the accused. A substantial police force was deployed in Jamner to prevent the situation from escalating further. Inspector General (Special) of Nashik Range, Dattatray Karale, also visited Jamner to ensure there was no untoward incident. "The situation is peaceful now," Karale told reporters in Jamner. Relatives of the deceased youth told reporters that he had been abducted from the café, which is close to a police station. They said if the youth was at fault, he should have been taken to the police station. On the relatives' request, an in-camera postmortem was conducted. The Jamner police registered an FIR under sections 103 (murder), 140 (kidnapping), 189 (unlawful assembly), 191 (rioting), and 118 (voluntarily causing hurt), among other sections of the BNS.
The Hindu
04-08-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
By-election campaign for Pulivendula ZPTC seat heats up
The ruling NDA Alliance is up against the YSRCP to win by-election for the Pulivendula ZPTC seat which fell vacant falling the demise of sitting member Maheswar Reddy (YSRCP) two years ago. Pulivendula, the constituency represented by former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, is considered the heartland of YSRCP. The TDP-led alliance has allotted the seat to Mareddy Latha Reddy, spouse of Pulivendula constituency in-charge Mareddy Ravindranath Reddy ( Ravi); who is leaving no stone unturned to ensure her victory. TDP politburo member and Kadapa district President Reddeppagari Srinivasa Reddy along with Jammalamadugu BJP MLA and Government whip C. Adinarayana Reddy campaigned for Ms. Reddy in Pulivendula on Monday (August 4, 2025). Meanwhile, the YSRCP is banking on the YSR family's charisma, as former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy never lost an election he had contested. Banking on sympathy, the party has announced the candidature of deceased ZPTC member's wife and son. Member of Parliament (Kadapa) Y.S. Avinash Reddy has even appealed to the political parties to let the deceased ZPTC member's dependants win the election on 'humanitarian grounds' as a 'humble tribute'. However, the political parties paid no heed to Mr. Avinash Reddy's request. The Congress party has also announced a candidate and expressed confidence of winning the coveted seat.
