Bantwal: Police teams led by SP combing near Farangipet to find missing youngster Diganth
Bantwal: The Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Yateesh N-led police team started combing Farangipet and the nearby areas starting Saturday morning, to find the 19-year-old boy Diganth, who has been missing for more than 10 days.
Diganth, who is a resident of Kidebettu near Farangipet in Ullal taluk and studying in 2nd PUC, is reported to be missing since February 25. With the boy’s mobile phone and footwear with blood stains were found on the railway track in Farangipet, the Bantwal Rural Police Station filed a missing case and are searching for Diganth.
Over the last 12 days, however, the search efforts of more than 40 police personnel have gone futile. SP Yatheesh has now stepped in for the search and taken charge of the combing operation to look for the missing boy.
The inspectors of nine police stations under the Bantwal Sub-division, police station heads and more than 100 police personnel have been searching for Diganth since Saturday morning. Thirty DAR police personnel, Railway police personnel, fire brigade staff member, staff of the Forensic Sciences Laboratory have joined and the dog squad and the drone cameras are being used for a search over a 5-km span. In addition, a search for Diganth is being conducted in the waters of River Nethravathi.
SP Yatheesh, Additional SP Rajendra, Deputy SP Vijayaprasad, Inspectors Shivakumar, Ananthapadmanabha, H Nagaraj, Sub-inspectors Nandakumar, Prasanna, Avinash, Harish, Udayaravi, Ramakrishna, Kishore, Samarth, Arjun, Muralidhara, Anand and Kaushik are among those present in the 10 teams searching for Diganth.
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Belagavi youth’s murder case projected as road accident, cracked in Uttara Kannada; Three arrested
Karwar: Uttara Kannada police have cracked a murder case in which a Belagavi youth was killed and his body burnt inside a car to make it appear like a road accident.
Addressing a press meet in the city, Superintendent of Police Deepan M.N. said three accused from Old Hubballi have been arrested in connection with the case. The crime was a pre-planned act driven by personal enmity, he said.
The case came to light on April 8 morning when a car (KA-04/MJ-8996) was found completely burnt in a roadside ditch near Talekumbri bus stand in Yellapur. Only charred human remains were found inside the vehicle. Initially, it was suspected to be an accident caused by overspeeding, and a case was registered at Yellapur police station based on a complaint filed by the deceased’s father, Jagannath Dhapale.
However, the father later expressed suspicion that his son’s death was not accidental, prompting a detailed investigation.
Taking the matter seriously, two special teams were formed under the leadership of Yellapur Inspector Ramesh Hanapur. On analysing technical evidence and CCTV footage, police found that it was a planned murder.
The accused have been identified as Abdul Raheem Basheer Ahmed Mujawar (32), Maulasab Bavahan Wada (36) and Dadapeer alias Aftab Mehboob Saab Balasangi (22), all chicken traders from Old Hubballi.
Police have seized the car used in the crime along with two scooters. The accused have been remanded to judicial custody.
Investigations revealed that the accused killed Nitesh Dhapale due to personal enmity and later set the car on fire along with the body to project it as an accident.
SP Deepan M.N. appreciated the efforts of Inspector Ramesh Hanapur, PSIs Rajashekhar Vandali and Siddappa Gudi, and the entire team for solving the complex case.
