Malpe bomb blast threat, pro-Pakistan sloganeering video: Accused Srujan Poojary arrested
Udupi: In a major development, Udupi police on Saturday arrested on person who reportedly made a video claiming that a bomb blast will soon rock Malpe beach while also sloganeering ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ in the video. The video had gone viral in local circles.
The arrested has been identified as Srujan Poojari (18) a resident of Malpe.
In the video he reportedly made near the Malpe beach, he said that Malpe beach was their next target an a bomb blast will soon rock the beach.
A complaint was filed at Malpe Police station regarding the video. Police department swung into action and Udupi SP Nisha James and Additional SP Kumara Chandra formed an special team to trace the person in the video. The team was led by Dy.SP Jayashankar.
Reportedly, a Nepali man owning a shop at Malpe beach had circulated this video on WhatsApp. Police took him under custody. He later revealed that the Srujan Poojari made and sent him the video which he forwarded to other groups.
Police immediately arrested Poojary who later confessed about making the video.
However, in a statement after the arrest, police added that Poojary made the video in frustration of his family’s mental torture for not working at home.
“Poojary was being scolded at home for not working, so out of frustration and to take revenge from his family he made the video near the beach” Udupi SP Nisha James told media reporters after the arrest.
The police have also seized a mobile phone and the towel used by Poojary to cover his face in the video.
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Birsa Munda's great-grandson, injured in road accident, dies of cardiovascular failure in Ranchi
Ranchi (PTI): Tribal icon Birsa Munda's great-grandson Mangal Munda, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after being injured in a road accident, died of "cardiovascular failure" on Friday, an official of the health facility said.
He was 45.
Mangal Munda breathed his last at 12.30 am at the state's apex health facility - Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences.
Munda sustained severe head injuries after he fell from the roof of a passenger vehicle in Jharkhand's Khunti district on November 25.
"Birsa Munda's kin Mangal Munda died of cardiovascular failure around 12.30 am. He was on a ventilator after being critically injured. We tried our best to save him but failed," RIMS Medical Superintendent Dr Hiren Birua told PTI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, Union Health Minister JP Nadda and the Jharkhand Chief Minister's office were in touch with the RIMS authorities in connection with Munda's treatment.
