Mangaluru: A 32-year-old mentally challenged man Mahesh, who was wandering on the streets of Mangaluru for the last few years and was causing a nuisance to the general public on the streets, was recently reunited with his family from Rajasthan by a local NGO.
Mangaluru North (Bunder) Police Station, over the last three years, had received several complaints about the man and his behavior on the streets but had failed to catch him as he used to escape every time the police would try to take him under the custody.
A local resident of Car Street in the city, Narayan on July 27 informed about the man to Asif 'Apadbhandawa', who runs a rehabilitation center in Mulki. Asif reached Car Street with Salam and Aftab. They took the mentally challenged man into confidence, cleaned him, and gave haircut and shave. They also dressed him neatly before shifting him to their rehabilitation center. Unknowing of his identity, Asif named him 'Raju'.
After a month-long psychiatric intervention at 'Maimuna Foundation Apadbhandawa Psycho Rehabilitation Cente', Mahesh recovered. He said he knew his parents' phone number and asked the caretaker to dial. Over a phone call, when he said "I'm Mahesh", his father began weeping listening to his voice after over three years, Asif said.
Mahesh hails from Luni village of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan. According to his far-relative, Mahesh is a well-educated person and had been appointed as an officer in the Railways. As his mental health deteriorated, he went missing from Mumbai in 2017 and landed in Mangaluru. Since then he has been roaming the streets, throwing stones at people, and causing trouble to locals.
As soon as his family was informed of his whereabouts, they informed the Patel community including his far-relative in Mangaluru. His family is about to reach Mangaluru by flight today to take him home. Due to delay in the flight connection, Mahesh was handed over to his far-relatives in the presence of Circle Inspector Govind Raju B and representatives of Anjana Patel Samaj at Mangaluru North (Bunder) Police Station on Thursday, September 10.
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Belthangady: The bodies of the three individuals who were murdered in the recent triple murder case in Tumkur have been returned to their homes in Belthangady. The bodies, belonging to auto driver Shahul Hameed, resident of TB in Nada village, Ishaak, resident of Madadka in Kuvettu village and Siddique alias Imtiaz from Shirlaalu, were found burnt along with their car in Kuchchangi Kere, Tumkur, on March 22.
The bodies, which were initially unidentifiable due to being completely burnt, underwent DNA testing for identification. Following the test results, the bodies were returned and reached Ujire this morning, seven days after the incident occurred.
The bodies of Shahul Hameed and Ishaak were taken to Halepet Muhiuddin Juma Masjid, while Siddique's body was taken to Shirlalu Masjid, where their last rites were performed.