Kundapura: Judicial custody of accused journalist extended
Udupi, Dec 17: A local court on Monday extended the judicial custody of journalist Chandra K Hemmadi(40) of Kundapura, who was arrested under POCSO Act on charges of sexually harassing the school boys, for 14 days.
Following the transfer of principal district and sessions court judge and the leave of Kundapura additional district court judge, the accused was produced before the additional civil judge and additional chief judicial magistrate court.
The judicial custody of the accused in the first case under POCSO Act in Byndoor police station was ended on Monday. In view of this, Byndoor police produced the accused before the court who is jailed in Hiriyadka district jail,.
After hearing the case, judge VS Pandith extended the judicial custody of the accused till December 31. District special public prosecutor Vijaya Vasu Poojary was present on the occasion. But no advocate appeared for the accused.
‘Total 21 cases were registered against one accused under the POCSO Act, which is first in the history of the state and he would appeal the court to take the trial shortly’, said Vijaya Vasu Poojary.
Body warrant in 20 cases
The accused is under judicial custody for one case registered at Byndoor police station. But on Monday, public prosecutor, on behalf of the investigating officer, filed an appeal before the court for body warrant in remaining 20 cases. Accepting the appeal, the court has extended his judicial custody till December 31.
Accused Chandra Hemmadi is facing 16 cases in Byndoor police station, three cases in Gangolli and one each in Kundapura rural and Kollur police stations under the POCSO Act and Byndoor circle inspector is the investigating officer for all the cases.
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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.
