Bengaluru: Kengeri police arrested five persons in connection with a case where a woman gave the supari to kill her brother.
The arrested have been identified as Soudevanahalli's Gauramma (45), Mumtaz (28) of Raichur district, Munna (22) of Gangavati in Koppal district, Arju (19) of West Bengal and Sakib.
Details of the incident:
The dead body of one Rajashekharaiah was found at a house in Vishveshwaraiah Layout on June 22. The Kengeri police had registered a case in this regard.
The police who launched the investigation found that Rajashekharaiah was trying to marry Gauramma's daughter. Subsequently, they arrested five accused in this connection.
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Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
