Moodabidri, November 26: Host Mangaluru university athletes have continued their winning spree on the third day of the 39th All India Universities athletics competition, organized jointly by the Alva’s Education Foundation and the Mangaluru University at Swaraj Maidan here on Monday.

Mangaluru University’s Alva’s athlete Poonam registered a new record in javelin throw by throwing 53.67 mts, while Jai Shah Kuta of Mumbai University made a new record in triple jump. Poonam has beaten the 52.64 mts record made by Annu Rani of CCSU of Meerut in 2013, while, Jay Shah has jumped 16.36 mts to break the previous record of 16.05 mts of Sreejith Mohan of Alvas in 2017.

On Sunday, total three new records were made and on Monday, one new record was registered. With this, total five new records were registered in two days. On the first day, Ilakiya Dasan of Alvas created a record in 100 mts race and honoured with ‘Fastest Runner’ title. Out of five records, Alva’s college students have got two records. In 400 mts running race, Rohan D Kumar of Alvas got the second prize, while Vanam Sharma of Alvas got the silver medal by throwing discus 51.76 mts and Praveen got the second place in triple jump by jumping 16.05 mts.

Result

Javelin Throw (Women)

  1.       Poonam Rani- Mangaluru University -53.67 mts- New Record
  2.       Saloni- MJPR University, Bareilly – 48.25 mts
  3.       Pushpa Jakhar- MES University, Bikaner- 47.44 mts

Triple Jump (Men)

  1.       Jay Shah- Mumbai University- 16.36 mts – New Record
  2.       Praveen- Mangaluru University- 16.05 mts
  3.       G Kiruba- Anna University-15.78 mts

Third Day Result

20 km Walkathon (Women)

  1.       Raveena-2,550- Maharshi Dayananda Univeristy, Rotak- 1:43:58:64
  2.       Sonal Sukhwal-2,815- Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur-1:47:14:53
  3.       K.M Priyanka-2,600- Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam-1:49:21:85

Discus Throw (Men)

  1.       Benake Keerthi Kumar- Shivaji University- 52.59 mts
  2.       Vanam Sharma- Mangaluru University- 51.76 mts
  3.       Paramjeet- Kalinga University-49.22 mts   

400mts Running (Men)

  1.       R Rajesh- Madras University- 47.68 seconds
  2.       Rohan D Kumar- Mangaluru University- 48..02 seconds
  3.       Kadam Rahul- Mumbai University- 48.12 seconds

400mts Running (Women)

  1.       Shalini V.K- Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam- 54.21 seconds
  2.       Jerine Joseph - Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam- 54.45 seconds
  3.       R Vitya- Bharathiar University- 54.48 seconds

Alvas get gold in Decathlon

  1.       Krishna Kumar- Mangaluru University (6,906 points)- New Record
  2.       Vikas Kaushik- Kurukshetra University - 6,525 points
  3.       Anuj Sangwan- Punjab University, Patiala- 6,354 points

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Sultanpur (PTI): A debt-ridden neighbour allegedly kidnapped and murdered an 11-year-old boy boy at Sultanpur, police said on Wednesday.

The accused, Asif alias Sonu, demanded a ransom of Rs 5,00,000 for releasing Osama alias Sahil to repay his debts, Kotwali police station SHO Naradmuni Singh said.

"The incident took place in the Gandhinagar locality of Sultanpur. The victim's father, Mohd Shakeel, said his son went missing on Monday night after he left to attend a wedding procession. Despite searches, there was no trace of the child," the SHO said.

On Wednesday morning, Osama's body with strangulation marks was found at the residence of the accused whom the police arrested, he said.

Asif, who lives in the same neighbourhood as the victim, exploited the trust built between the two families to carry out the crime, the officer said.

The killing of the minor boy has triggered outrage in the area with the residents demanding stringent punishment for the accused.

The victim's family has called for death penalty for Asif.