Reshma Padeknur  

On May 17, Congress leader Reshma Padeknur was murdered and her body was found near Korti-Kolhar bridge in Bijapur, Karnataka on May 17. The police have arrested Taufeeq Sheikh alias Pehalwan, an AIMIM worker and his close aide Ejaz Biradar in relation to the case

Karnataka home minister MB Patil has said to media that he assures probe in the Reshma Padeknur death case and added that strict action would be taken against the accused by the police.
 

Reshma's husband filed a complaint at a police station in Vijayapura, Karnataka and claimed that AIMIM leader from Solapur, Taufiq had killed her over a money issue.
 

The Congress leader was found with wounds on her body. Police suspect that she was murdered. In 2013, Reshma Padeknur had contested the assembly elections on a JD(S) ticket but quit the party and joined the Congress before the assembly elections in 2018.