A local BJP leader was shot dead by suspected Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, police said.

The incident took place around 8 pm when Sagar Sahu, vice president of the Narayanpur district unit of the BJP, was at his home in Chhotedongar village, said an official.

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As per the preliminary information, two unidentified persons barged into Sahu’s house and shot him in front of his family members.

The injured Sahu was taken to the Narayanpur district hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, the official said.

“Prima facie the incident seems to be the handiwork of Naxalites but investigation is underway, he added.

On Sunday, Neelkanth Kakem (40), president of Awapalli mandal unit of the BJP, was hacked to death by Naxalites in Bijapur district.

Police arrested a 53-year-old man on charges of raping his 12-year-old granddaughter and impregnating her.

The minor gave birth to a child in November and was in a critical condition for over two months after that, police said, adding that a case was registered in the matter after the child’s mother reported the crime on December 6 in Kolkata, West Bengal. A zero FIR was registered and the man was arrested from Faridabad, they said.

Police said the mother and daughter had gone to Kolkata in November for a festival. On November 17, the victim complained of abdominal pain and was taken to a private hospital where doctors informed them that the girl was 24 weeks pregnant, said police.

The police in Faridabad said they received the FIR through post in December but before they could arrest the suspect, he fled his rented room. The suspect switched off his mobile number and kept changing locations after he learnt from villagers that a case has been registered against him and that the police were looking for him, said police.

Yogesh Kataria, station house officer of Palla police station, Faridabad, said the minor’s mother told the police that her daughter confided in her about the sexual assault by her grandfather. The child delivered prematurely after which she was in a critical condition for over two months. “The child told the mother that the grandfather used to rape her when her parents were away at work. We have recorded her statement and are verifying all allegations. She gave birth to a baby prematurely but the infant is doing well,” he said.

The suspect was arrested from Palla area in Faridabad on Wednesday night and was sent to judicial custody after being produced before the court.

A 43-year-old debt-ridden man allegedly killed his wife and later committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance at his residence in central Mumbai, police said.

The incident took place in the afternoon at a ‘chawl’ (old row tenements) in the Dadar area and came to light when relatives of the couple, Vinod Samjiskar and his wife Shubhangi, visited their home and found both of them lying on the bed motionless, an official said.

Samjiskar first killed his wife and then ended his life by consuming a poisonous substance, he said.

However, it was not clear how the woman was killed.

The couple has a 17-year-old daughter, who had left for college in the morning, said the official.

In a purported suicide note found in the house, the man wrote he killed his wife and is ending his life as he was “overburdened with debt”, said the police official.

The bodies were sent for post-mortem at a civic-run hospital, he said.

A case of murder and suicide was registered at the Dadar police station and further probe was underway, the official added.