Fiona Swedal murder case: 18-year old brother Samson Cutinho confesses to have killed Swedal
Konaje: Brother of Fiona Swedal, who was reported to be missing from several days, has confessed to have killed her before dumping her body in a forest behind their home.
Swedal (16) a student of private PU College in Mangaluru was missing from her home from last 18 days and police was trying to track her. The investigation later on Saturday had revealed that she was killed after her skeleton was found in a forest behind her house.
Upon enquiry, her brother Samson (18), confessed that he killed her by hitting her on the head with hammer repeatedly and dumped her body in the forest behind their house. The motive behind the murder is said to be rivalry between the siblings as Samson felt his sister Swedal was being given more importance by their parents.
Samson is reportedly a drug addict and had failed his engineering exam while Swedal, a bright student in her academics was studying PU in a leading college in Mangaluru.
On October 9, Francis Cutinho, father of Swedal had filed a missing complaint of his daughter adding that she had not returned home after going to Mangaluru on October 8. Local residents of Mudipu had recently submitted a memorandum to Mangaluru Police Commissioner to investigate the matter as police was unable to find any clue about Swedal even after 15 days.
Recent investigation revealed that the Swedal’s mobile phone was last active in Mudipu vicinity which led to intense questioning of family members by the police. Swedal’s brother broke during the questioning and confessed that he murdered Swedal and dumped her body in forest.
An immediate search operation to locate Swedal’s body was launched on late Saturday night wherein the cops recovered hair, teeth and few other parts of her body along with her mobile phone. Police have also recovered the weapon of murder from Samson and is further investigating the case.
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Madhya Pradesh: BJP leader assaults blind woman in Church
Jabalpur: Anju Bhargava, vice-president of BJP's Jabalpur city unit, has come under sharp scrutiny, creating the ripples of political controvery in Madhya Pradesh, after a video surfaced online showing her physically assaulting a visually impaired woman inside a church.
The New Indian Express has reported that the said incident reportedly took place on Saturday (20 Dec) at a church in the Hawa Bagh area, which comes under the limits of Gorakhpur police station.
The video footage that has circulated widely on Monday shows Anju Bhargava, assaulting the blind woman in the presence of a police officer. In the video, Bhargava is seen shouting at the woman, twisting her arm and forcibly grabbing her face. The victim can be heard pleading to Bhargava to speak to her rather than resorting to physical violence. Also, we can hear Bhargava screaming, “will be blind in her next birth too”
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According to The Indian Express reports, Bhargava entered the church, with members of several Hindutva affiliated organisations, alleging that the visually impaired children were being forced into religious conversion; But, the students present at the church have flatly denied all the allegations.
An unnamed police officer cited in media reports states that there was no evidence to support claims of forced religious conversion. The incident has since intensified political debate in the state, with opposition parties demanding accountability and action against those involved.
