Belthangady, October 01: Dharmasthala police on Monday arrested the accused father on charges of killing and burying his newborn baby. The accused is identified as Shivappa (45) of Hassan.
Many years ago, Shivappa came to Patrame village for coolie work and settled here. He had an illicit affairs with a lady called Pushpa and had a baby. They have continued their illicit relationship even after having a child and Pushpa became pregnant again and gave birth to another child on September 23. Later, she along with Shivappa had gone to her house sanctioned by the gram panchayat. Along with them, her first daughter Amithakshi also went. But on September 24, Amithakshi had come to her grand-mother’s house and said that both her mother and Shivappa had buried the newborn baby. Noticing this, Pushpa’s brother Sanjeeva lodged a complaint at Dharmasthala police station.
Later, the police brought this case to the notice of the tahsildar and Belthangady circle inspector Nagesh Kadri and team arrested Shivappa who admitted to the crime. On Monday, under the guidance of Nagesh Kadri, Belthangady and Dharmasthala police brought the accused to the spot and conduct spot verification before tahsildar Madan Mohan. Based on the information of the accused, the body of the baby was exhumed and sent for postmortem.
Now, Pushpa is absconding. According to available sources, she was admitted to Mangaluru government hospital.

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New Delhi (PTI): Air India Express will restart flights to and from Muscat on Tuesday after suspending services in the wake of the Middle East conflict.
The airline's services to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE will remain suspended until 2359 hours IST on March 3.
In a statement on Monday, the Tata Group-owned carrier said it would resume operations to and from Muscat starting Tuesday (March 3), with scheduled services to Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangaluru, Mumbai, and Tiruchirappalli.
The first Air India Express flight from Muscat will operate to Tiruchirappally, departing at 1025 hours local time, it added.
Many airspaces in the Middle East are closed due to the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran, as a result of flight operations have been impacted.
