Karnataka Polls 2023: Security escalated across DK, K’taka-Kerala border under tight scrutiny
K'taka Police gears up for assembly polls beefs up security at check posts bordering kerala
Mangaluru,March 30: Following closely behind the Karnataka assembly elections, police have doubled up their vigilance and stepped up checking at the border check-posts between Karnataka and Kerala states. Several checkpoints have been established, and vehicle checking has been intensified in Bantwal as well.
The Public Works Department (PWD) department in Bantwal has also inspected the check-posts in order to build sheds.On March 27, unaccounted cash worth Rs 1.5 lakhs was found at the Medu check-post, further highlighting the need for increased security measures.
The gram panchayat officers and PDOs have already removed banners in areas including BC Road. MLA Rajesh Naik vacated his MLA office on Wednesday, and the foundation-laying ceremony which was slated for the afternoon was cancelled.
Check posts have been installed at Farangipet, Kallugundi district border, Sampaje forest, Jalsooru police post, Narkodu state border, and Mandekolu check posts under Sullia taluk limits. CCTV cameras have been installed at all checkpoints, and senior police officers including DK SP have visited the area recently.
The police have also made Nakabandi (blockade) near the Karnataka-Kerala border area that falls under Ullal and Konaje police station limits. Check posts have been opened at seven spots, in addition to one commissionerate and one district checkpoint. The central checkpoint at Talapady toll gate, with all vehicles arriving from Kerala getting double-checked. Another check post has been opened at Devipura road.
A check-post has also been opened near Cheloor, bordering the Boliyaru village that falls under Konaje police station limits, belonging to the Mangaluru commissionerate. The Sullia taluk, which shares a border with Kerala, is under special monitoring to prevent any illegal activity.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
