AKMS bus owner Saifuddin murder case: Three arrested by Malpe police
Udupi: In a breakthrough, Malpe Police on Sunday arrested three men in connection with the brutal murder of Saifuddin alias Saif, a rowdy-sheeter and owner of the AKMS private bus service, who was hacked to death in broad daylight at Salmar near Malpe-Kodavoor on Saturday.
The arrested men have been identified as Muhammad Faisal Khan (27), a resident of Mission Compound in Udupi; Muhammad Sharief (37), from Janata Colony in Karamballi, Udupi; and Abdul Shukoor, also known as Addu (43), a resident of Krishnapura in Surathkal.
The three accused were produced before a local court in Udupi after their arrest.
The investigation was carried out under the guidance of Udupi Deputy Superintendent of Police D.T. Prabhu. The special investigation team was led by Malpe Circle Inspector Ramachandra Nayak, with Malpe SI Anil Kumar D. and a team of police constables assisting in the operation.
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Five railway staffers injured as van headed to Rajdhani Express fire site overturns in MP
Ratlam (MP) (PTI): Five railway staffers were injured, one of them critically, when their van carrying repair equipment to the site of a Rajdhani Express fire overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district on Sunday, officials said.
The blaze erupted in an AC coach of the Delhi-bound Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express between Vikramgarh Alot and Lunirichha stations under the Kota division of the railways in Ratlam at 5.15 am.
It disrupted the movement of several trains on the Mumbai-Delhi route, as per the officials.
A van carrying necessary equipment to Alot overturned on the way when a cow suddenly strayed into the middle of the road, they said.
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Five railwaymen were injured, one of them critically, the officials said.
The incident took place when the van carrying essential equipment for overhead electric line repair, among other things, was on its way to Alot from Shyamnagar in Ratlam, West Central Railway's chief public relations officer Harshit Shrivastava told PTI.
The injured persons were rushed to the hospital and were subsequently referred to Kota in Rajasthan, officials said.
No casualties were reported in the train fire.
