Malpe bomb blast threat, pro-Pakistan sloganeering video: Accused Srujan Poojary arrested
Udupi: In a major development, Udupi police on Saturday arrested on person who reportedly made a video claiming that a bomb blast will soon rock Malpe beach while also sloganeering ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ in the video. The video had gone viral in local circles.
The arrested has been identified as Srujan Poojari (18) a resident of Malpe.
In the video he reportedly made near the Malpe beach, he said that Malpe beach was their next target an a bomb blast will soon rock the beach.
A complaint was filed at Malpe Police station regarding the video. Police department swung into action and Udupi SP Nisha James and Additional SP Kumara Chandra formed an special team to trace the person in the video. The team was led by Dy.SP Jayashankar.
Reportedly, a Nepali man owning a shop at Malpe beach had circulated this video on WhatsApp. Police took him under custody. He later revealed that the Srujan Poojari made and sent him the video which he forwarded to other groups.
Police immediately arrested Poojary who later confessed about making the video.
However, in a statement after the arrest, police added that Poojary made the video in frustration of his family’s mental torture for not working at home.
“Poojary was being scolded at home for not working, so out of frustration and to take revenge from his family he made the video near the beach” Udupi SP Nisha James told media reporters after the arrest.
The police have also seized a mobile phone and the towel used by Poojary to cover his face in the video.
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First-year BTech student from Bihar found dead in Greater Noida hostel
Noida (PTI): A 24-year-old BTech student from Bihar was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday, with police treating it as a suspected case of suicide.
The deceased, Akashdeep, a native of the Gaya district in Bihar, was pursuing a BTech course at Delhi Technical College (DTC) and staying at SNH Residency hostel near the institute in Greater Noida's Knowledge Park area, police said.
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Knowledge Park police station in-charge Sarvesh Chandra said the student was sharing the hostel accommodation with a friend. "On Tuesday evening, when Akashdeep did not come out of his room for a long time, the hostel staff and his friends alerted the police," he said.
The body was found hanging from the ceiling fan, and a purported suicide note mentioning academic pressure and stress was recovered from the spot, Chandra said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, and further investigation is underway, the police added.
