Murder of Assam labourer: Body exhumed and buried in front of officials
Mudigere, September 21: Three labourers from Assam who were working in a coffee plantation, killed their fellow labourer for petty reasons and buried his body before fleeing to Assam.
Following this incident, Gonibeedu police brought the accused from Assam and exhumed the body in front of the officials, conducted postmortem and buried in the Mudigere town Khabaristan.
Four labourers from Assam have been working in the coffee plantation belonging to M.C. Dinesh at Devavrunda village. On September 7, they have got their wages from Dinesh and consumed liquor. They developed quarrel among themselves related to wage and when their clash reached peak, remaining three killed Matlab Ali (17) and buried the body and fled the village.
While going back to Assam, among three, Bilal (21) missed in the train and remaining two Vaidulla (20) and Mohidulla (20) reached their village. When Matlab Ali did not come along with those two, Ali parents enquired them. In the beginning, the accused said that Bilal and Ali missed in the train. Suspecting their behavior, Matlab Ali father Talibun and mother Muktabunnisa lodged a complaint in the local police station.
When the police arrested the two and interrogated them, they spilled the beans saying that Bilal was missing in the train, but they killed Matlab Ali in the coffee plantation and buried his body. Based on this, Assam police informed the Gonibeedu police who rushed to Assam and brought the accused back to Gonibeedu. PSI Rakesh and three other police visited Assam and brought the accused back. The police sources said that the accused and the victim belong to Uzagam village in Durang district in Assam.
The body was exhumed in front of the doctors and Ali’s parents. After the postmortem, the body was handed over to his parents. Social activist Fish Monu and his team helped the Ali’s parents to bury the body in the Khabaristan at Mudigere on Friday.
Tahsildar Padmanabha Shastry, CPI Jagadeesh, MGM hospital medical officer Dr. Santhosh, PSI Rakesh, and various officers from different departments were present while exhuming the body.
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Brahmavar: Four arrested in Kotathattu murder case
Brahmavar: Police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old man following a quarrel after a drinking party at Kotathattu Padukere in Brahmavar taluk.
The deceased has been identified as Santhosh Mogaveera, a resident of Padukere. The arrested accused are Darshan (21) of Parampalli Padukere, Kaushik (21) of Neeradi Jeddu, Sasthan Pandeshwar, and Ankit (19) and Sujan (21), both residents of Kotathattu Padukere. All four have been produced before the court.
According to the police, the incident occurred on the evening of December 14. Santhosh, along with Sachin, Chethan, Kaushik, Sujan and Darshan, had gone to a bar and later came to the Padukere Circle, where they had food and were conversing. During this time, an argument broke out between the groups over issues related to Santhosh’s family and alcohol consumption. The verbal altercation escalated, with the accused allegedly abusing Santhosh and assaulting him together.
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It is alleged that during the scuffle, Darshan struck Santhosh forcefully on the back of his neck with his hand, while Kaushik also assaulted him. Though others attempted to intervene and stop the fight, Santhosh collapsed at the spot.
He was later rushed to a private hospital in Brahmavar, where doctors declared him brought dead. A case has been registered at Kota Police Station in this regard.
Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna, Kota Sub-Inspector Praveen Kumar T and Station SI Mantesh Jabha Gowda visited the spot and conducted an inspection. Further investigation is underway.
