Demand to search fishers: Fishermen take out massive procession from Malpe to Udupi
Udupi: A massive protest march has been taken out from Malpe to Udupi this morning, demanding to bring back the seven missing fishermen immediately safely.
More than 15,000 fishermen from Udupi, D.K, and Uttar Kannada districts participated in the protest march that has been organised by Malpe Fishermen's Association from Malpe port to Karavali bypass. Fishing activity in has been suspended in these three districts in the wake of the protest.
Meanwhile, the police have suspended vehicular movement for up to four KM from Ambalpady to Kinnimulki, on the National Highway.
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Missing woman death: Police intensifies probe, boyfriend questioned
Kochi (PTI): The Kerala police have launched a comprehensive probe into the mysterious death of a 19-year-old woman, whose decomposed body was found near her home after she went missing last week in Malayattoor near here.
A college student in Bengaluru, Chithrapriya, went missing from her home on Saturday evening.
Her body was discovered in a deserted field about one kilometre from her residence on Tuesday, police said.
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A senior police officer said several suspected persons, including the boyfriend of the woman, were taken into custody for interrogation.
Inquest procedures have been completed, and the post-mortem will begin soon, he said.
"First and foremost thing is to identify the body and confirm that it was that of the missing woman. The body was in a decomposed state, and we assumed that it might be her based on the dress," a police officer said.
The cause of death has to be ascertained to confirm whether it is a murder, and that would be revealed through the post-mortem, he added.
A case of unnatural death has been registered.
Earlier, an FIR was registered at Kalady police station following a complaint by her parents, and an investigation was launched to trace her.
Local media reported that the investigators are examining CCTV visuals in which Chithrapriya was seen pillion-riding on a motorbike on the day she went missing. But, the police have declined to confirm it.
