Property dispute: Elder brother kills younger brother and burns body, accused held
Accused held in eight-month-old incident
Karkala, November 18: An eight-month-old missing case of Avil D’Souza (24) of Mangalapade in Karkala took a new twist now. It came to light that his elder brother had killed his younger brother and burnt his body to destroy the evidences.
Karkala police arrested the accused Melvin Santhosh D’Souza (31) on November 17 and produced him before the court which remanded him to 14 days judicial custody.
Avil D’Souza’s father Albert D’Souza had filed a missing case at the Karkala police station that his son was missing on Good Friday. After registering the case, the police interrogated Melvin D’Souza who revealed the incident.
Both Avil and Mellvin had quarreled with each other on property issue on March 30 at 10 pm. At this time, Melvin had stabbed his younger brother and assaulted him with iron rod killing him on the spot. Later, he took the body to the bank of Rama Samudra tank and burnt it to destroy the evidences, the accused revealed in the interrogation. A case was registered at the Karkala police station.
Under the guidance of SP Lakshman Nimbargi, ASP Kumarachandra and Karkala DySP Belliyappa, investigating officer Karkala Circle inspector V..S Halamurthy Rao and PSI Nanja Nayak and crime branch staff Rajesh, Girish, Prashanth, Raghavendra, Karkala city ASI Dinakar, Staff Kishore, Nagesh Nayak, Ghanashyam were participated in the operation.
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Attacks on Christians contradict PM's message of harmony, visit to church: Gehlot
Jaipur (PTI): Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday expressed concern over the reported attacks and disruptions in prayer gatherings of the Christian community in different parts of the country, saying such incidents were "worrying and condemnable".
In a post on X, Gehlot said that while the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was visiting a church and giving a message of peace and harmony, news of attacks on members of the Christian community from various regions reflected a serious contradiction.
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"Symbolic gestures would not be enough, and strict legal action was required against those spreading hatred," the senior Congress leader said.
He added that Indian culture has always upheld the spirit of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam", where every citizen has full freedom to practise their faith.
Gehlot urged the Centre and state governments to uphold the rule of law and ensure that no citizen is forced to celebrate their festival under fear.
