Kasaragod: A 21-year-old student has been arrested by Hosdurg police in relation to the suicide of a local college student.

Abdul Shoaib, student in Alamipalli, Kanhangad, has been arrested, accused of abetting the suicide of Nandana Vinod (20), also of Kanhangad. Nandana was an undergraduate at a college in Padnakad.

Shoaib allegedly pretended to be romantically inclined towards Nandana. He is also said to have uploaded on social media the pictures Nandana shared with him and then blackmailed her.

Nandana, who was upset and depressed by this, committed suicide by hanging herself in her room at home, the police have said, adding that the body of the girl was found on Monday evening.

While investigating the case, the police found that Shoaib had made a video call to Nandana’s mobile phone. They suspect that the girl hanged herself in the middle of the call, said sources.

Shoaib has been arrested and questioned further, the sources added.

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Bhopal (PTI): A Bhopal-bound Air India flight from Mumbai carrying 175 persons on board made a “priority” landing here on Sunday due to a snag, an airport official said.

The aircraft landed safely at Bhopal airport at 3.20 pm, he said.

Consequently, the return leg of the flight from Bhopal to Mumbai, with 178 passengers booked, was cancelled, the official said.

AAI-run Bhopal airport said in a statement that Air India flight AI 633 “reported a technical issue to Air Traffic Control (ATC) during the flight from Mumbai to Bhopal”.

Immediately, all prescribed safety protocols were activated, and seamless coordination was ensured between ATC, airline ground operations, CISF and airpiort fire and rescue team of Bhopal airport, it said in a statement.

The flight, carrying 175 persons, including 166 passengers and nine crew members, landed safely at Bhopal airport at 3.20 pm, the airport operator said.

All necessary assistance and support were extended by the airport and airline teams as per the requirements of the flight crew, it said.

“Due to the technical issue, the aircraft was declared unserviceable, and as a precautionary measure, the return flight AI-634 (Bhopal to Mumbai) was cancelled by the airline to facilitate detailed inspection and rectification,” the statement said.