Hemmadi Gulabi murder case: Police arrest accused
Kundapur: Kundapur Police on Monday arrested the accused in connection with the murder case of Gulabi who was killed at her residence on 28 February.
The accused has been identified as Raviraj (31), a resident of Sulkodu in Kundapur Taluk.
According to the police, Raviraj was arrested near Sidhapur Petrol Bunk on Monday. And a car in which he was travelling was seized from him.
Raviraj, was a neighbour of Gulabi and knew her from 2008. Both had good relationship and were helping each other with financial assistance time and again. Raviraj was working in a Cashew nuts factory and used to stay in a residence provided by the employer.
According to the police Raviraj was not working in the factory for last few days and was in need of financial assistance. On February 28, he approached Gulabi and sought her gold ornaments to avail loan from finance companies on it. When Gulabi refused to give her gold ornaments, irked Ravi killed Gulabi and fled the scene.
After the murder, a special team was found headed by Addl. SP Kumar Chandra under the supervision of SP Nisha James to investigate the matter. The team successfully nabbed Raviraj and cracked the case.
On Monday, after the arrest of Raviraj, he was taken to Gulabi’s house (Crime Scene) for investigations. Curious about what was happening, Raviraj’s wife who did not know about the role of her husband in the murder also came to the house of Gulabi, where she was assaulted by the family of Gulabi. The police then handled the situation and sent her back.
The police also added that the jewellery which was stolen by Ravi from Gulabi, was lend to the finance companies in Bengaluru and Kundapur by Ravi to avail loan.
Sridhar Naik, Kundapur police station officer Harish, staff members Venkataramana Devadiga, Manjunath, Mohan Shiruru, Santhosh, Madhu, Santosh Kumar, Ratnakar Shetty, Santosh Korawadi, Sujit, Adarsh, Chandrashekhar, Sridhar, Vijaya and technical staff were also part of the investigating team.
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2nd WT20I: Shafali, spin trio do star turns in India''s seven-wicket win
Visakhapatnam (PTI): Shafali Verma hit a blistering unbeaten 69 as India made short work of a paltry target to outclass Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the second Women’s T20 International here on Tuesday.
India now lead the five-match series 2-0 after another one-sided victory, having restricted Sri Lanka to a modest 128 for 9 through a collective display of disciplined bowling from the spin trio of seasoned Sneh Rana, ably complemented by young spinners Vaishnavi Sharma and Shree Charani.
During the chase, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (14) fell cheaply but Shafali, enjoying new found confidence after a stellar show in the World Cup final, sent the bowlers on a leather-hunt during her 34-ball knock, winning it for her team in just 11.5 overs.
The hosts have now completed back-to-back successful chases within 15 overs which speaks volumes about the unit's sky-high confidence.
Shafali's innings had 11 punchy boundaries apart from a maximum.
The floodgates opened when left-arm spinner Inoka Ranaweera bowled a few flighted deliveries and Shafali would step out everytime to hit her over extra cover. Her footwork against slow bowlers was immaculate whether stepping out to loft the ball or rocking back to punch or pull.
Seeing her confidence, the newly appointed Delhi Capitals skipper Jemimah Rodrigues (26 off 15 balls) also attacked as the duo added 58 runs in just 4.3 overs.
By the time Rodrigues was out trying to hit one six too many, the match as a contest was over. Shafali completed her half-century off just 27 balls and completed the formalities in a jiffy.
Earlier, off-spinner Rana, who got a look-in after Deepti Sharma was ruled out due to fever, showed her utility keeping the Lankan batters under tight leash with figures of 1 for 11 in 4 overs, including a maiden which certainly is a rarity in T20 cricket.
Charani, who made an impression during India's ODI World Cup triumph, took 2 for 23 in her quota of overs, while Vaishnavi after an impressive debut in the opening encounter, finished with 2 for 32, not letting the Islanders get easy runs in her second spell.
The last six wickets fell for just 24 runs, but what stood out during India’s bowling effort was their superb ground fielding. After a patchy show in the previous game, the improved sharpness in the field resulted in three run-outs.
Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu (31 off 24 balls) looked in good nick as she deposited length deliveries from seamers Kranti Gaud and Arundhati Reddy over the ropes but it was Rana, who kept her quiet by repeatedly pitching on good length.
Unable to manoeuvre the strike and with the big hits suddenly drying up, Athapaththu chanced her arm at another delivery in which Rana had shortened the length slightly.
Not having transferred the weight into the lofted shot, Athapaththu's hoick was pouched cleanly by Amanjot Kaur at long-off.
This was after Athapaththu's opening partner Vishmi Gunaratne (1) had offered a simple return catch to Gaud.
Hasini Perera (22 off 28 balls) and Harshitha Samarawickrama (33 off 32 balls) did stitch a stand of 44 but they could never set the tempo against the Indian spin troika.
Once Hasini offered a tame return catch off a Charani full-toss, Sri Lankans never recovered and lost wickets in a heap towards the end.
