The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) on Wednesday submitted its report on three skulls and bone remains examined as part of the SIT probe into the alleged case of multiple murders, rapes and burials in Dharmasthala over the past two decades, prompted by claims from complainant CN Chinnaiah, sources in the Special Investigation Team said.

A biker was killed on the spot as an unidentified vehicle hit his two-wheeler on the National Highway 66 stretch in Ucchila early Tuesday morning.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case involving multiple skeletons found buried in Dharmasthala has issued notices to four former presidents of the Dharmasthala Gram Panchayat. The officials questioned them on September 29 as part of the ongoing investigation.

Five people, including a juvenile, were arrested in connection with alleged abduction and robbery of a gold shop employee who was carrying a gold bar on a scooter, police officials said here on Monday.

Kollur police have successfully solved the gold chain theft case reported at the famous Kollur Mookambika Temple within 24 hours, arresting a woman and recovering the stolen ornament.

In a breakthrough, Malpe Police on Sunday arrested three men in connection with the brutal murder of Saifuddin alias Saif, a rowdy-sheeter and owner of the AKMS private bus service, who was hacked to death in broad daylight at Salmar near Malpe-Kodavoor on Saturday.

The body of Saif alias Saifuddin Athradi, a rowdy-sheeter and owner of the AKMS private bus service who was brutally murdered in broad daylight at Salmar near Malpe-Kodavoor on Saturday, was handed over to his family late Saturday night after a post-mortem examination at the mortuary of Manipal KMC Hospital.

Police have registered a case against Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Samit Raj on charges of sexual assault and criminal intimidation, after a woman complained that he obtained her intimate photographs and repeatedly assaulted her under threat of violence.