Head constable goes missing in Udupi
Mangaluru (PTI): A complaint has been lodged at the Padubidri police station in Udupi district that a head constable attached to the Karkala police station has gone missing since Thursday.
The missing constable is Shrutin Shetty (35) from Kaup. His wife has filed the complaint stating that he could not be contacted since 7.30 pm on Thursday, police said on Saturday.
The complainant said her husband had told her over the phone that he was in Nandikur and would return home. However, his phone was switched off later. She filed the complaint after waiting for him the entire night.
A police constable of the 2008 batch, Shetty was promoted as head constable of Karkala town police station in Udupi district just two months ago, sources said.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
