<p class="title">The undertrial prisoner Raghavendra Kanchan (38), a Zilla Panchayat member from BJP, who was arrested in Kota double murder case in February this year, has been undergoing treatment at District Hospital in Ajjarakad.</p>.<p class="title">Kanchan’s treatment in the hospital has come to light, 12 days after he was admitted to hospital on March 7.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police had extended protection to the special ward where Kanchan is undergoing<br />treatment for hypertensive heart disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which is a common disorder that affects the large intestine, sources in the District Hospital told <span class="italic">DH</span>.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kanchan of Barikere, near Kota, was removed from the party after his name figured among the list of accused men involved in the double murder.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Udupi District Crime Intelligence Bureau (DCIB) had arrested him in Kota.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rivalry between Raghavendra Kanchan and the victim Yathish had ended in the murder of Yathish (27) and his friend Bharath (28) in January this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Investigations by police had revealed that Raghavendra was in constant contact with the murderer Harish Reddy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police had arrested 17 persons in connection with the double murder case in Kota and all of them had been remanded in judicial custody by the court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kanchan was admitted to the hospital after he had complained of abdomen pain, sources in district jail said.</p>
<p class="title">The undertrial prisoner Raghavendra Kanchan (38), a Zilla Panchayat member from BJP, who was arrested in Kota double murder case in February this year, has been undergoing treatment at District Hospital in Ajjarakad.</p>.<p class="title">Kanchan’s treatment in the hospital has come to light, 12 days after he was admitted to hospital on March 7.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police had extended protection to the special ward where Kanchan is undergoing<br />treatment for hypertensive heart disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which is a common disorder that affects the large intestine, sources in the District Hospital told <span class="italic">DH</span>.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kanchan of Barikere, near Kota, was removed from the party after his name figured among the list of accused men involved in the double murder.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Udupi District Crime Intelligence Bureau (DCIB) had arrested him in Kota.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rivalry between Raghavendra Kanchan and the victim Yathish had ended in the murder of Yathish (27) and his friend Bharath (28) in January this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Investigations by police had revealed that Raghavendra was in constant contact with the murderer Harish Reddy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police had arrested 17 persons in connection with the double murder case in Kota and all of them had been remanded in judicial custody by the court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kanchan was admitted to the hospital after he had complained of abdomen pain, sources in district jail said.</p>
