Udupi: Girl kidnap; Accused fled leaving car
Miscreants pushed yelling girl from car
Udupi, Jan 30: In a filmy style incident, miscreants who were allegedly kidnapping a girl in a car, pushed her out of the car on the road and fled the scene leaving the car, on national highway 66 at Balaipade near Kinnimulki in the taluk on Wednesday afternoon.
A girl was yelling in a car coming from Mangaluru to Udupi and when the car reached Balaipade auto stand, she opened the rear door of the car and put half of her body outside the car. Suddenly, the car driver stopped the car on midway and pushed her out of the car and fled the scene, it is said.
Before the auto drivers gathering on the spot, the girl got into another vehicle in which a woman and driver were there, and went away. Eyewitness auto driver Shankar Sherigar said that the vehicle moved towards Mangaluru.
But the driver of the car in which the girl was kidnapped, moved towards the city through Kinnimulki flyover and as there was traffic congestion in the service road, he parked the car near a building, got into a service bus and fled, according to auto drivers who followed the car.
On information, DySP Jaishankar, Malpe police inspector Madhu and others rushed to the spot and verified the situation. Later, key makers were summoned and opened the doors of the car. The police recovered the ladies bag from the car and they also found slippers of both man and woman and a headphone. Now, the police seized the car also.
“This seems to be a criminal act and triggers suspicion. On prima facie, this is may be kidnap. But the police have to investigate the case to find the truth”, said social worker Krishnamurthy Kinnimulki.
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Tribal woman's severed head found, govt extends suspension of internet services in Malkangiri
Malkangiri (PTI): The Odisha government on Wednesday extended the suspension of internet services for another 24 hours in violence-hit Malkangiri district, while the missing severed head of a tribal woman was recovered from a river bank, police said.
The severed head of 51-year-old Lake Podiami of Rakhelguda village was recovered about 15 km from where her body was found on December 4. The head was found on the Poteru riverbank close to a Kanya Ashram, the police said.
The prohibitory orders clamped in the two villages - Rakhelguda and MV 25 - continued to remain in force, while the government further extended the internet service suspension period by another 24 hours based on the recommendation of the Malkangiri District Collector. The earlier ban was in force till 12 noon on Wednesday, an official said.
The woman's mortal remains were buried at her village on Tuesday amid tight security and in the presence of senior officers. "After recovery of the severed head, the police was examining it and undertaking related investigation to ascertain the circumstances that led to the woman's murder," an officer said.
The woman remained untraced since December 1, and her family members lodged a missing persons case on December 3. Her body was found on December 4, while the head was recovered on Wednesday, police said.
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Violence erupted on Sunday afternoon after the recovery of the woman's headless body. A large number of tribals from Rakhelguda village allegedly attacked MV-26 village, a settlement of Bengalis in the district. Around 200 houses were damaged, some of them set on fire as the tribals went on a rampage at MV-26 village.
Meanwhile, the police have arrested Subha Ranjan Mandal (42) on charge of killing the tribal woman, whose killing led to violence in the tribal dominated district.
Malkangiri District Collector Somesh Kumar Upadhyay told PTI, "The administration has opened a free kitchen at MV-26 village, provided food, blankets and other essentials to the people. Around 300 people who had fled from the village have returned and are staying in a temporary shelter."
