Another body of landslide victim recovered from Talacauvery in Kodagu
Madikeri: One more body was retrieved from the debris of a landslide at Talacauvery in rain hit Kodagu district of Karnataka on Saturday, police said.
With this, bodies of three people have been recovered.
According to police, the victim has been identified as Ravi Kiran, 21, one of the assistant temple priests who stayed at the house of chief priest Narayana Achar whose body was retrieved recently.
The deceased was a native of Delambadi village of Kasaragod district of Kerala, police said.
The district administration has said the search operations for the other two missing people including Shanta, wife of Narayanachar and another assistant priest Srinivas Padilya will continue.
Meanwhile, the district in-charge minister V Somanna on Friday visited Talacauvery Temple and took part in the religious rituals. He later distributed compensation cheques to the bereaved families of Talacauvery temple priests.
The minister gave a cheque for Rs 2.5 lakh each to Narayana Achars daughters and Rs 5 lakh cheque to the deceased Anandatheertha Swamis sister Susheelamma. Five people in two houses were buried following a landslide at Talacauvery on August 7.
The regular pooja rituals have been started in Talacauvery temple after cleaning the premises and in consultation with tantris (priests), local people and public representatives.
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Udupi: Two men from Belthangady awarded life imprisonment for attempt to murder a woman in 2022
Udupi: Two men from Belthangady have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Udupi for attempting to murder a woman in Manchikumeri in 2022.
The sentenced men, Mithun and Nagesh Poojary, are learned to have attempted to murder Sumathi, wife of Ramanath Rai, a resident of Manchikumeri, who had a Nandini Milk Parlour at Tiger Circle, Manipal.
On February 18, 2022, Sumathi was reportedly alone at home when, at around 7 pm, Mithun, learned to be her nephew, and his friend Poojary came to the house. As Sumathi opened the door, the duo barged in and tried to strangulate her with an intention of murdering her. Sumathi reportedly lost consciousness under the attack.
The men packed her body in a sack and were then putting the sack into a suitcase to carry the body out, when they noticed that Rai and neighbours had arrived. They are learned to have opened the door when Rai knocked the door and then tried to escape. They were, however, caught by the neighbours and handed over to the police.
Further, Sumathi was found by the group in an unconscious state inside the suitcase in the house. She was rushed to the Manipal Hospital and learned to have recovered after a week of medical treatment.
A case had been registered at the Manipal Police Station.
The Udupi Principal District and Sessions Court judge Kiran S Gangannavar, who heard the case, has declared both Mithun and Poojary guilty in the case. He has awarded them life imprisonment, fined them Rs 20,000 each and, under Column 325, sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment of 5 years and fined them Rs 5,000 each.
Judge Gangannavar has directed that, of the fine, Rs 45,000 be handed to the attack victim Sumathi as relief.
Jayarama Shetty represented the government as Public Prosecutor.
