Man arrested for murdering elderly woman while snatching gold chain in Kasaragod
Kasaragod (Kerala) (PTI): A 47-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly murdering an elderly woman to steal her gold chain in this district, police said on Saturday.
The accused, Ramesh Naik of Perdala, was arrested by Badiadka police on Friday, they added.
According to police, Pushpalatha V Shetty (72), who lived alone at Kumbadaje, was found dead at her house on January 14.
Initial examination of the crime scene raised suspicion, which was later confirmed as murder following the postmortem.
The autopsy revealed that Shetty was strangled to death, police said.
As part of the probe, police recorded statements of residents who told them that Naik had been seen in the area around the time of the incident.
Police officials said Naik, a labourer, initially denied visiting the place.
However, investigators noticed scratch marks on his body and a bite injury on his right palm.
During detailed questioning about the injuries, the accused broke down and confessed, police said.
Police said Naik was under severe financial stress after taking a loan to construct a house.
He allegedly plotted to steal gold from Shetty, whose husband had died and who had no children.
He reached her house and attempted to snatch her gold chain. When the woman resisted, he allegedly strangled her to death, police said.
The accused has revealed the place where he hid the gold chain, which will be recovered in his presence, police added.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
