Fiona Swedal murder case: 18-year old brother Samson Cutinho confesses to have killed Swedal
Konaje: Brother of Fiona Swedal, who was reported to be missing from several days, has confessed to have killed her before dumping her body in a forest behind their home.
Swedal (16) a student of private PU College in Mangaluru was missing from her home from last 18 days and police was trying to track her. The investigation later on Saturday had revealed that she was killed after her skeleton was found in a forest behind her house.
Upon enquiry, her brother Samson (18), confessed that he killed her by hitting her on the head with hammer repeatedly and dumped her body in the forest behind their house. The motive behind the murder is said to be rivalry between the siblings as Samson felt his sister Swedal was being given more importance by their parents.
Samson is reportedly a drug addict and had failed his engineering exam while Swedal, a bright student in her academics was studying PU in a leading college in Mangaluru.
On October 9, Francis Cutinho, father of Swedal had filed a missing complaint of his daughter adding that she had not returned home after going to Mangaluru on October 8. Local residents of Mudipu had recently submitted a memorandum to Mangaluru Police Commissioner to investigate the matter as police was unable to find any clue about Swedal even after 15 days.
Recent investigation revealed that the Swedal’s mobile phone was last active in Mudipu vicinity which led to intense questioning of family members by the police. Swedal’s brother broke during the questioning and confessed that he murdered Swedal and dumped her body in forest.
An immediate search operation to locate Swedal’s body was launched on late Saturday night wherein the cops recovered hair, teeth and few other parts of her body along with her mobile phone. Police have also recovered the weapon of murder from Samson and is further investigating the case.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
