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Sleuths suggested a shift in the focus of the SP Mahantesh murder probe, hinting that personal motive could have triggered the attack on the deputy director of co-operative audit.

Victory in the council election is very precious for mahantesh Koujalagi in stabilizing his political career, after defeats in the two consecutive assembly elections.

Dr mahantesh Ramannavar, Anatomy professor at BM Kankanwadi Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya of KLE University here, dissected the body of his father on Saturday.

A senior Karnataka government official who blew the lid off several scams in state housing cooperative societies succumbed to his injuries five days after he was attacked near a Bangalore hotel.

The Congress has sought a stay on the transfer of Karwar assistant commissioner Vijay Mahantesh.

Leaders of the ruling BJP in Karnataka are so busy politicking that they had little time to spare for an upright officer who was attacked for seeking to implement the rule of law.

The government swung into action belatedly, only when news of Mahantesh’s death broke. Gowda rushed to the residence of the deceased but had to face his hostile relatives and locals who gheraoed him for the failure of the police to nab the culprits.

A day after mahantesh succumbed to injuries he suffered in an assault five days earlier, the state government on Monday claimed significant progress in the probe.

Investigations into the murder of government co-operative auditor S P Mahantesh have come under a cloud. The mobile phone number of a senior police officer, who is part of the probe, figures in the call records of a woman suspect, sources said.

Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda said the probe into the murder of the state's audit officer has been intensified and the accused would be nabbed soon.

HARWAD: The Karnatak University (KU) bandh that was announced by students and was to begin on Tuesday in protest against the attack on two researchers, was called off after an assurance was given by the vice-chancellor, A.M. Pathan, that action would be taken against the guilty.

The BJP and the Congress have reasons to cheer as they have been able to wrest the seats that were not in their strongholds.

Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau trapped district Ayush officer R G Metri who had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a registered medical practitioner to run a clinic.

The BJP on Wednesday indicated it may not take action against the Jarkiholi brothers following the defeat of party candidate Mahantesh Kavatagimath in the Belagavi-Chikkodi legislative council elections.

HUBLI: An armed gang attacked two pharmacists on Koppikar Road, while they were pulling down the shutters of their shop on Sunday night.