Mangaluru: Police Commissioner confirms accused brother of Swedal Cutinho was drug addict
Mangaluru: After cracking the sensational Fiona Swedal murder case, Mangaluru Police Commissioner, Dr. PS Harsha on Monday called a press conference and confirmed that the accused brother of Swedal, Samson Cutinho was a drug addict.
Detailing about the case to the reporters in his office, Dr. Harsha added that a missing complaint was filed on October 8 at Konaje Police Station as she didn't return home after going to Mangaluru on that according to her parents. Harsha added that the case, being that of a minor girl, was taken seriously by the police and immediate investigations into the matter was initiated.
"The case was looked at from various possible angles. Swedal's friends were also enquired but the investigation team did not get any clue in the disappearance of Swedal" Harsha said.
"Later, investigation revealed that nobody had seen Swedal leaving for Mangaluru from home on October 10. Her mobile phone records also suggested that it was switched off in Konaje locality itself. This indicated towards being an internal matter of the family and we began investigating the family members suspecting their role in Swedal's disappearance" he added.
The investigation led to intense enquiry of the family members and later Swedal's brother Samson Cutinho, an engineering college dropout confessed to have killed her and dumped her body in the forest behind their house.
"Samson was a college dropout and used spend most of his time at home. We also gathered reports that he was a drug addict so we investigated him and confessed to have committed the crime" Harsha told reporters.
Samson was arrested by the police and sent to judicial custody after being produced before magistrate.
Parts of body if Swedal were recovered from the forest behind her house, after Samson led to the place where he dumped her body.
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Karnataka government employees demand return of Old Pension Scheme
Bengaluru: Government employees in Karnataka have urged the state government to scrap the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and bring back the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), The New Indian Express reported.
The demand was made by the Karnataka State Government Employees’ Association, whose leaders met senior IAS officer Uma Mahadevan on Monday and submitted a memorandum. The association asked the NPS Review Committee, headed by senior IAS officer Anjum Parvez, to recommend the reintroduction of OPS in the state.
Association president C.S. Shadakshari reportedly said the review committee has already visited Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana where NPS was revoked and OPS re-implemented. The committee is yet to submit its report, but has told the government it will do so soon.
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Shadakshari allegedly said NPS has been in force in Karnataka since 2006. He pointed out that West Bengal never adopted the scheme, while Andhra Pradesh and Telangana replaced NPS with a contributory pension model.
States including Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Jharkhand have already scrapped NPS through cabinet decisions or budget announcements.
“Under NPS, 10% of the employees’ basic salary and DA, and 14% contribution from the state is credited to the employees’ fund. It constitutes 24% of the total which is non-withdrawable. This is invested in the share market and the final amount depends on the ups and downs of the market,” TNIE quoted Shadakshar as saying.
As per the report, he said that by limiting its contribution to 14%, the government could save up to ₹1.87 lakh crore annually if all vacancies are filled, strengthening the case for bringing back the old pension system.
