Mangaluru: In relation to the murder of the 12-year-old Aakif that occurred on Saturday night at a deserted area in K.C Nagar, the Ullal police have arrested the accused Deepak’s father Santhosh.

The police arrested 45-year-old Santhosh for granting refuge to his accused son Deepak, who had murdered Aakif because of a conflict related to a PUBG game.

Reportedly, after killing Aakif, Deepak had gone home to his father and informed him about the murder. The police arrested Santhosh for not informing the authorities about the murder and hiding his son’s crime in the process, it is learned. Santhosh, who is a Lorry driver by profession has been living in Talapady for the last 30 years. 

On the night of the murder, when the accused Deepak’s home was visited by folks inquiring about Aakif, Santhosh had pretended to not have any information despite knowing about his son’s crime. He had reportedly hidden the Deepak’s clothing that was worn while committing the crime and had directed his son to not tell anybody about what had occurred that night, Police Commissioner Shashi Kumar informed.

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Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.

The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.

According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.

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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.

Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.

For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.