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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Body of Bihar Police personnel found hanging in barracks in Patna
Patna (PTI): The body of a Bihar Police personnel was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his barracks here, a senior officer said on Sunday.
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Kartikeya Sharma said a havildar with Bihar State Armed Police-1, popularly known as "Gorkha battalion", died allegedly by suicide as he had been suffering from some ailment.
The deceased left behind "two suicide notes", one in Hindi and the other in his native language Nepali.
"From the suicide notes, it appears that Navraj Sunar, the deceased havildar, had been suffering from some ailment which had caused him much mental anguish and may have driven him to take the extreme step," the SSP said.
The body was being sent to the native village of the deceased in Nepal after a post-mortem examination, while further investigations were on, with forensic experts inspecting the site of the incident.
