Mangaluru Police arrest Dandupalya Gang member in 29-year-old double murder case
Mangaluru: Urva Police have arrested a long-absconding accused in a 29-year-old double murder case that took place within the limits of the Urva Police Station. The arrested man is a member of the notorious Dandupalya gang.
The accused has been identified as Chikka Hanuma alias Chikka Hanumanthappa alias K. Krishnappa alias Krishna, a known member of the Dandupalya gang. Police traced and arrested him in Andhra Pradesh following specific information about his whereabouts. He was later produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody.
The crime dates back to the midnight of October 11, 1997. On that night, members of the Dandupalya gang allegedly broke into a house near Marigudi Cross in Urva. The gang murdered two occupants of the house, Lewis D’Mello, aged around 80, and Ranjith Vegas, aged 19, before fleeing with gold ornaments.
Those involved in the crime included Doddah Hanuma alias Doddah Hanumanthappa, Venkatesh alias Chandra, Munikrishna alias Krishna, Nallathimma alias Thimma, Krishna alias Dandupalya Krishna alias Nagaraj, Chikka Hanuma, Krishnadu alias Krishna, and Venkatesh alias Ramesh.
Following the crime, Chikka Hanuma went into hiding and managed to evade arrest for years by changing his name to Chikka Hanumanthappa alias K. Krishnappa alias Krishna. In 2010, a warrant was issued against him by the JMFC II Court in Mangaluru. Police records show that he is involved in about 13 murder and robbery cases across the state.
At the time of arrest, the accused was residing in Vijay Nagar Colony in Madanapalle, located in Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh. He is originally from Hoskote taluk near Bengaluru.
The arrest operation was carried out by a team led by Urva Police Inspector Shyam Sundar H.M., along with Sub-Inspectors Gurappakanti and L. Manjula, Assistant Sub-Inspector Vinay Kumar, and staff members Lalithalakshmi, Anil, Pramod, Atmanand, and Harish.
Mangaluru Police Commissioner said a recommendation has been sent to the State Director General and Inspector General of Police for rewarding the officers and staff involved in tracing and arresting the accused.
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Noida techie death: Two more builders arrested
Noida (PTI): The Noida police on Thursday arrested two more builders in connection with the death of a software engineer who drowned after his car plunged into a waterlogged trench near a construction site in Sector 150 here, officials said.
"The arrested accused have been identified as Ravi Bansal, a resident of Faridabad, and Sachin Karnwal, a resident of Ghaziabad," a police official told PTI.
The official said both the arrested persons are associated with real estate developer Lotus Greens, although their exact designation in the company could not be confirmed immediately.
According to the police, the arrests were made by the Knowledge Park police station team in a case registered under Sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 106 (causing death by negligence) and 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others).
"It is noteworthy that on the intervening night of January 16 and 17, a car driver, Yuvraj Mehta (27), died after drowning in a waterlogged plot due to alleged negligence on the part of the builder and its associates at a construction site of Lotus Greens," the police said in a statement on Thursday.
Mehta, who worked as a software engineer in Gurugram, was returning home in Sector 150 when his car fell into a water-filled pit near the construction site. He allegedly remained trapped -- first inside the vehicle and then outside it -- for nearly two hours while pleading for help before drowning, police said.
The FIR was lodged against Lotus Greens and MZ Wiztown Planners at the Knowledge Park Police Station following a complaint by the victim's father.
On Tuesday, the police arrested Abhay Kumar, director of MZ Wiztown Planners, in connection with the case, and he was sent to judicial custody on Wednesday, according to officials.
The police on Wednesday lodged a separate FIR in connection with the case and booked five named officials of the two real estate firms, charging them with violating environmental and pollution norms, besides negligence at the construction site.
Additionally, the case is being probed by a Special Investigation Team formed by the Uttar Pradesh government amid public outrage and allegations of negligence by developers and the Noida Authority.
