Mangaluru police arrest four men involved in betting for cricket matches; cell phones, cash seized
Mangaluru: The City Police, during investigation of two separate cases booked at Bajpe Police Station in the city against betting during cricket matches, arrested four men and confiscated the mobile phones used for betting purposes and the money in their possession.
Three of the men arrested in one case have been identified as Jayanth Poojary (41), a resident of Borugudde in Thenka Edapadavu, Devadas Poojary (34), a resident of Modappady, and Ramesh Poojary (48), of Kundodi. The police arrested one accused in the second case, Praveen, who is a resident of Madappadi in Thenka Edapadavu, while another, Dhanu, a resident of Iruvail, is absconding, said the officers.
The Bajpe Police officers conducted a raid at Modappadi in Thenka Edapadavu after receiving a tip-off that the accused were involved in a round of online betting, and held three men, while the Praveen was arrested at Ganjimutt Gandhinagar in Badagulipadi village. The police are searching for the absconding betting accused.
Three mobile phones and Rs 4,500 in cash were seized from the three men arrested by Bajpe Police officers in the first case. In the second case too, the officers have confiscated the phone used by the arrested.
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Man shoots woman dead, hangs self in UP’s Baghpat over unrequited love
Baghpat (UP) (PTI): A 20-year-old woman was shot dead by a man who later committed suicide in an apparent case of unrequited love in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat on Thursday, police said.
The incident took place in Mahavatpur Bawli village in the Badaut area, where the accused, Satnam, 22, allegedly shot the woman before hanging himself from a tree, they said.
Superintendent of Police, Suraj Kumar Rai, said preliminary findings suggest the incident was linked to unrequited love, adding that all aspects of the case are being probed.
According to police, the deceased woman, Guddan, daughter of Lakhmi Saini, worked as a tailor from her home.
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Satnam, a resident of the same village, had allegedly been in one-sided love with her for a long time and was pressuring her to marry him.
Police said that around 10.30 am, Guddan stepped out of her house to buy some items when Satnam, who was already waiting in a back lane, stopped her.
An argument ensued, following which he allegedly shot her in the head with a country-made pistol.
The woman collapsed on the spot with serious injuries.
The accused then went back to his house and committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree, police said.
Upon receiving information, police rushed to the spot and took the injured woman to a community health centre, where doctors declared her dead.
A forensic team recovered the weapon used in the crime from the scene, they added.
Police have sent both bodies for post-mortem and initiated an investigation, they said.
