Incident of killing and burying newborn baby: Accused father held
Belthangady, October 01: Dharmasthala police on Monday arrested the accused father on charges of killing and burying his newborn baby. The accused is identified as Shivappa (45) of Hassan.
Many years ago, Shivappa came to Patrame village for coolie work and settled here. He had an illicit affairs with a lady called Pushpa and had a baby. They have continued their illicit relationship even after having a child and Pushpa became pregnant again and gave birth to another child on September 23. Later, she along with Shivappa had gone to her house sanctioned by the gram panchayat. Along with them, her first daughter Amithakshi also went. But on September 24, Amithakshi had come to her grand-mother’s house and said that both her mother and Shivappa had buried the newborn baby. Noticing this, Pushpa’s brother Sanjeeva lodged a complaint at Dharmasthala police station.
Later, the police brought this case to the notice of the tahsildar and Belthangady circle inspector Nagesh Kadri and team arrested Shivappa who admitted to the crime. On Monday, under the guidance of Nagesh Kadri, Belthangady and Dharmasthala police brought the accused to the spot and conduct spot verification before tahsildar Madan Mohan. Based on the information of the accused, the body of the baby was exhumed and sent for postmortem.
Now, Pushpa is absconding. According to available sources, she was admitted to Mangaluru government hospital.
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RCB beat MI by 18 runs after batters fire
Mumbai (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as the defending champions beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
Salt (78 off 36 balls) and Kohli (50 off 38 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand for the opening wicket before Patidar scored a rapid 53 off just 20 balls as RCB posted 240 for 4.
In response, Mumbai Indians were restricted to 222 for 5, with RCB spinner Suyash Sharma (2/47) putting the skids on the home side with a double strike in the eighth over, from which they could not recover.
Sherfane Rutherford top-scored for MI with an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
While opener Rohit Sharma appeared to be struggling with a hamstring issue and had to retire hurt on 19, his partner Ryan Rickelton made 37, while Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Hardik Pandya (40) were the other contributors for MI.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 78, Virat Kohli 50, Rajat Patidar 53, Tim David 35 not out).
Mumbai Indians: 222 for 5 in 20 overs (Sherfane Rutherford 71 not out, Ryan Rickelton 37, Hardik Pandya 40; Suyash Sharma 2/47).
