Mangaluru: Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil said in a press conference that a couple was arrested in connection with the brutal murder of Shrimathi Shetty (35), a resident of Amar Alva Road in Mangaluru.

The arrested have been identified as Jonas Julian Samdan and his wife Victoria Mathias, both residents of Attavara.

According to the police, Shrimati was murdered following a financial matter. "When our team went to arrest the accused, she attempted to commit suicide. Samdan has been arrested for assisting his wife in committing the crime," the commissioner informed.

Meanwhile, Commissioner Sandeep Patil informed that Shrimati Shetty's legs were found near a park in Kadri.   

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Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.

The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.

The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.

The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.

Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.

Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.

Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.