Morning briefing: Re-polling at 11 booths in Manipur; BJP targets Karnataka govt in Neha Hiremath murder, and more
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Following violence during the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in Manipur, re-polling is scheduled for 11 booths in the I-Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency on Monday, April 22. Incidents of violence occurred on April 19, with miscreants firing at a polling booth, causing panic and disruptions. Subsequently, security has been heightened in poll-bound areas of the violence-affected state. The Manipur Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) announced re-polling at the 11 polling booths of the inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat after concluding the first phase of elections. This decision followed an order by the Election Commission of India (ECI), which deemed the initial polls held on April 19 as invalid. Dig deeper
More news | ECI orders repoll at 11 booths in two districts of Manipur
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Niranjan Hiremath, the father of Neha Hiremath, who was murdered in Karnataka's Hubballi, has called for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe, asserting that the police are attempting to "divert" the case. Niranjan Hiremath, a Congress councillor of Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, has also requested the transfer of the police commissioner handling the case, citing alleged “negligence” as per news agency ANI. "I have given the names of eight persons openly. They have not even caught one person. I am losing faith now. They are trying to divert my case. Give it to the CBI if you cannot do it. The commissioner in this case is a lady, even then she is not taking a girl's murder seriously... She is working under some pressure. I demand the commissioner should be transferred for negligence in the case. I demand that the case should be given to the CBI," ANI quoted Niranjan Hiremath as saying on Sunday. Dig deeper
More news | Neha Hiremath murder: BJP chief JP Nadda visits Congress councillor's house, meets grieving family
BJP blames 'love jihad' for Neha Hiremath's murder in Hubballi
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