A 46-year-old man, who was released from jail a few weeks ago in a case related to the murder of his wife, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing a 16-year-old boy and trying to eat his flesh and drink his blood in Samanna village of Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district, police said.. Police are now trying to find out the reason behind the murder. (PTI/File Photo). The accused, Gudda Patel, a resident of Samanna village, had earlier been arrested for slitting his wife’s throat a few years ago. He was convicted in that case and was released from jail in January, as mentioned in an earlier HT report.. ALSO READ | Class 10 student stabbed 27 times in 30 seconds by two minors in MP’s Bhopal. The 16-year-old boy, a resident of Arthkheda village, had come to visit his sister at her house in Samanna village.. While returning on his bike, Patel allegedly attacked him using an iron rod and later struck him with an iron hammer. The teenager died at the spot, city superintendent of police (CSP) told HT.. The police officer further said that villagers claimed they saw Patel trying to eat flesh from the boy’s head and drink blood from his hands after they reached the spot.. “When the villagers heard the screams, they rushed to the spot and found Patel eating flesh from the boy’s head and drinking blood from his hands,” Pandey added.. Villagers attempted to catch the accused, but he threatened them with the hammer. “He had hidden in agricultural land near the village. The villagers chased him and started pelting stones at him. Patel also attacked the villagers with stones,” the officer said.. Police then reached the location and surrounded the field. “After an hour’s effort, police arrested the accused and took him to the police station,” Pandey said.. A relative of the victim’s sister called for the death penalty for Patel, news agency PTI reported.. Police are now trying to find out the reason behind the murder.. (With inputs from Shruti Tomar) 

 Veteran journalist Narayan Bareth passed away here after suffering a cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment for pneumonia, a family member said on Saturday.. Former chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot said Narayan Bareth had carved a distinct identity through public-interest journalism while working with reputed organisations such as the BBC. (X/@cpjoshiBJP). His funeral will be conducted later in the day in Jaipur.. “Bareth had been hospitalised for several days due to pneumonia and suffered a cardiac arrest on Friday night, leading to his death,” the family member said.. The veteran journalist had worked with the BBC and later served as the Rajasthan Information Commissioner.. Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and other leaders expressed grief over his demise.. Gehlot said Bareth had carved a distinct identity through public-interest journalism while working with reputed organisations such as the BBC.. He said Bareth also left a lasting impression during his tenure as information commissioner and was known as an efficient administrator.. He prayed for peace for the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss. 

 Veteran journalist Narayan Bareth passed away here after suffering a cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment for pneumonia, a family member said on Saturday.. Former chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot said Narayan Bareth had carved a distinct identity through public-interest journalism while working with reputed organisations such as the BBC. (X/@cpjoshiBJP). His funeral will be conducted later in the day in Jaipur.. “Bareth had been hospitalised for several days due to pneumonia and suffered a cardiac arrest on Friday night, leading to his death,” the family member said.. The veteran journalist had worked with the BBC and later served as the Rajasthan Information Commissioner.. Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and other leaders expressed grief over his demise.. Gehlot said Bareth had carved a distinct identity through public-interest journalism while working with reputed organisations such as the BBC.. He said Bareth also left a lasting impression during his tenure as information commissioner and was known as an efficient administrator.. He prayed for peace for the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss. 

 Kochi, The Customs Commissionerate has arrested five persons from West Bengal and Assam in connection with the smuggling of high-end used cars from Bhutan, officials said on Saturday.. Kerala: Five held for smuggling high-end used cars from Bhutan; DTO among accused. In a statement, Customs said the arrested persons were Biswadip Das of Jaigaon in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, Dipak Patowary of Paltanbazar in Kamrup district, Ayub Ali of Jogighopa in Bongaigaon district, MD Mostafa Ahmed of Boladmari in Goalpara district and Jalal Mandal of Chapar in Dhubri district. All four belong to Assam.. Customs officials said Patowary was the District Transport Officer of Bongaigaon in Assam.. The arrests were made following a widespread investigation conducted in Assam and West Bengal, with the assistance of police and Customs formations in the northeastern states, officials said.. “During an investigation by Assam Police, they were found to have registered 460 such vehicles using forged documents. The vehicles include foreign-made cars as well as Indian-made vehicles that were exported earlier and later smuggled back into the country without payment of Customs duties. These were then illegally registered using forged documents,” Customs said.. The Customs Commissionerate, Kochi, launched “Operation Numkhor” last year after it was found that used vehicles, mostly high-end SUVs from Bhutan, were being illegally smuggled into India, re-registered in various states, and sold to buyers who claimed they were legally imported.. Last year, Customs seized several vehicles, including some belonging to film actors in Kerala, which had been sold to them by persons involved in the illegal smuggling of vehicles from Bhutan.. The Customs statement said Das, who was arrested on February 22 and is an employee of a major IT firm, was the mastermind behind the smuggling of vehicles from Bhutan.. He was apprehended near the India-Bhutan border and later brought to Kochi on a transit warrant before being remanded in judicial custody.. Customs will soon approach the court seeking the custody of the arrested persons for further investigation, officials said.. According to Customs, a recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India found that 15,849 vehicles with the same chassis and engine numbers were registered in multiple northeastern states.. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text. 

 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal appeared before the Delhi assembly’s privileges committee on Friday in connection with the “Phansi Ghar” controversy, and later accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government of attempting to “insult the martyrs” by portraying the historic “execution chamber” as a “tiffin room”.. AAP also alleged that security was breached during Kejriwal’s visit as the Delhi Police did not allow his personal security officer to enter the assembly premises. (ANI). Besides Kejriwal, former Delhi speaker Ram Niwas Goel and then deputy speaker Rakhi Birla also appeared before the committee. However, former deputy CM Manish Sisodia skipped the proceedings again, officials said.. After the meeting, Kejriwal told reporters that it was the efforts of then speaker Goel in 2022 that brought to light the existence of a “Phansi Ghar” on the assembly premises, where the British allegedly executed freedom fighters.. “Delhi is reeling under rising water bills, contaminated water, increased school fees and a pollution crisis, but the government is not discussing these issues,” the former CM said.. He said since the BJP came to power in Delhi, it has been trying to prove that the chamber was not a “Phansi Ghar” but a “tiffin room”. He said Goel had decided to inaugurate the “Phansi Ghar” only after conducting a full inquiry.. “I asked the committee to tell me what evidence they have that it was a tiffin room. They have no evidence. This clearly means that they are deliberately trying to insult freedom fighters by claiming that it was a tiffin room,” he said.. “I would have been happy if a committee of the BJP government had asked me how to fix sewers or roads, so I could share my experience with them. I just want Delhi to improve. But the BJP does not want to run Delhi. Their aim is not to work but only to do politics,” Kejriwal said.. AAP also alleged that security was breached during Kejriwal’s visit as the Delhi Police did not allow his personal security officer to enter the assembly premises.. “This happened despite Kejriwal having Z+ security due to multiple past attacks on him,” the party said.. Pradyumn Singh Rajput, chairman of the privileges committee, asked how a decision to establish a “Phansi Ghar” was taken “without any foundational facts or historical basis”.. “It is deeply concerning that those who held such high constitutional offices could not present a single factual document or piece of evidence before the committee today to support their claims,” he said.. He said the committee will now deliberate on the next course of action based on Friday’s recorded versions.. Delhi speaker Vijender Gupta said the AAP leaders have committed contempt of the house and breached privilege by repeatedly failing to appear before the committee.. “The remarks made against the committee and the Constitution are condemnable and co