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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Lebanon appoints new representative for talks with Israel, rejects linkage to Iran
Beirut: Lebanon’s has moved to underline its independent position in ongoing regional developments, amid attempts to link the country to the broader conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel.
President Joseph Aoun, while announcing the appointment of former US ambassador Simon Karam as Lebanon’s representative in talks with Israel, made it clear that Karam would be the sole representative for Lebanon and that there would be no substitute.
The move comes in response to what the Lebanese officials see as efforts by Iran to tie Lebanon’s situation to the wider regional conflict. Iran had indicated that there would be no ceasefire involving the US, Israel and Iran unless it also included a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Some groups, including Hezbollah and its supporters, had expressed support for linking the situations, citing concerns that the Lebanese government has limited leverage in negotiations with Israel. Lebanon is not formally a party to the conflict, and its army is considered weak.
However, others, including Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, have opposed this approach. They view Iran’s stance as an attempt to influence Lebanon’s internal affairs and see it as undermining the country’s sovereignty.
Officials backing the government’s position say the move is aimed at reaffirming Lebanon’s sovereignty and ensuring that decisions about peace and ceasefire within the country are not dictated externally.
They also see it as a safeguard, so that any breakdown in talks between the US, Israel and Iran does not automatically lead to renewed conflict in Lebanon.
