COVID-19 cases in Dakshina Kannada cross 10k-mark; 228 new cases, four deaths on Saturday
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District on Saturday crossed the 10k-mark of the total number of cases reported in the district. With 228 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the district now has reported 10,137 total cases of the deadly virus.
The district also recorded 4 cases of COVID-19 deaths taking the total number of fatalities due to the virus in the district to 305.
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Of the 228 new cases reported in the district on Saturday, 150 were residents of 150, 23 from Bantwal, 15 from Puttur, 8 from Sullia, 7 from Belthangady and 25 patients were from other districts.
320 patients of the virus in the district recovered from the virus. The total number of recoveries in the district has now gone up to 7513.
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Udupi: Two men from Belthangady awarded life imprisonment for attempt to murder a woman in 2022
Udupi: Two men from Belthangady have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Udupi for attempting to murder a woman in Manchikumeri in 2022.
The sentenced men, Mithun and Nagesh Poojary, are learned to have attempted to murder Sumathi, wife of Ramanath Rai, a resident of Manchikumeri, who had a Nandini Milk Parlour at Tiger Circle, Manipal.
On February 18, 2022, Sumathi was reportedly alone at home when, at around 7 pm, Mithun, learned to be her nephew, and his friend Poojary came to the house. As Sumathi opened the door, the duo barged in and tried to strangulate her with an intention of murdering her. Sumathi reportedly lost consciousness under the attack.
The men packed her body in a sack and were then putting the sack into a suitcase to carry the body out, when they noticed that Rai and neighbours had arrived. They are learned to have opened the door when Rai knocked the door and then tried to escape. They were, however, caught by the neighbours and handed over to the police.
Further, Sumathi was found by the group in an unconscious state inside the suitcase in the house. She was rushed to the Manipal Hospital and learned to have recovered after a week of medical treatment.
A case had been registered at the Manipal Police Station.
The Udupi Principal District and Sessions Court judge Kiran S Gangannavar, who heard the case, has declared both Mithun and Poojary guilty in the case. He has awarded them life imprisonment, fined them Rs 20,000 each and, under Column 325, sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment of 5 years and fined them Rs 5,000 each.
Judge Gangannavar has directed that, of the fine, Rs 45,000 be handed to the attack victim Sumathi as relief.
Jayarama Shetty represented the government as Public Prosecutor.
