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Karnataka Lokayukta stabbed for complaint he threw out: Top 10 developments

The accused, identified as Tejas Sharma by TV reports, has been taken into police custody following the knife-attack

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Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy. Photo: ANI

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Bengaluru: Visual of the person who stabbed the Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty at his office in Bengaluru. He has been taken into custody by the police. Photo: ANI




In what is being termed as a massive security breach, Karnataka Lokayukta P Vishwanath Shetty was on Wednesday stabbed with a knife at least four times in his office by a youth apparently unhappy over a request being turned down. The accused, identified as Tejas Sharma, had been taken into police custody,

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