Nejaru murder case: Accused Chowgale remanded in 14 days' judicial custody
Udupi: The Udupi Principal Civil and JMFC Court on Wednesday remanded in judicial custody for 14 days Praveen Chowgale, the man arrested for the murder of four members of a single family at Nejaru here.
The Udupi Police officers, who had presented Chowgale before court on November 15, took the accused into custody for a period of 14 days for further investigation, given the intensity of the case. While the court had instructed that the police present the accused again on November 28, the Udupi Police completed within a week's time the investigation related to the case, including crime scene investigation, witnesses, statements and identity of the accused.
Having completed the investigation, the officers decided that they no longer needed to keep Chowgale in custody and, therefore, presented him before court on Wednesday itself. The accused was brought to court under tight police security, led by Malpe Circle Inspector Manjunath, who was the investigating officer of the case.
Udupi Civil Court judge Deepa remanded Chowgale in judicial custody for 14 days, adding that the accused be presented before the court again on December 5.
The accused arrested was taken back to the Udupi District Prison at Hiriyadka, under heavy police security.
Senior Assistant Public Prosecutor H.M. Nadaf was present in court.
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8 dead, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.
The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.
A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
