Mangaluru: Police Commissioner confirms accused brother of Swedal Cutinho was drug addict
Mangaluru: After cracking the sensational Fiona Swedal murder case, Mangaluru Police Commissioner, Dr. PS Harsha on Monday called a press conference and confirmed that the accused brother of Swedal, Samson Cutinho was a drug addict.
Detailing about the case to the reporters in his office, Dr. Harsha added that a missing complaint was filed on October 8 at Konaje Police Station as she didn't return home after going to Mangaluru on that according to her parents. Harsha added that the case, being that of a minor girl, was taken seriously by the police and immediate investigations into the matter was initiated.
"The case was looked at from various possible angles. Swedal's friends were also enquired but the investigation team did not get any clue in the disappearance of Swedal" Harsha said.
"Later, investigation revealed that nobody had seen Swedal leaving for Mangaluru from home on October 10. Her mobile phone records also suggested that it was switched off in Konaje locality itself. This indicated towards being an internal matter of the family and we began investigating the family members suspecting their role in Swedal's disappearance" he added.
The investigation led to intense enquiry of the family members and later Swedal's brother Samson Cutinho, an engineering college dropout confessed to have killed her and dumped her body in the forest behind their house.
"Samson was a college dropout and used spend most of his time at home. We also gathered reports that he was a drug addict so we investigated him and confessed to have committed the crime" Harsha told reporters.
Samson was arrested by the police and sent to judicial custody after being produced before magistrate.
Parts of body if Swedal were recovered from the forest behind her house, after Samson led to the place where he dumped her body.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
