Police get Shiroor Swamiji’s postmortem report
Waiting for FSL report to ascertain reason for death
Udupi, July 30: The postmortem report of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt reached the police on Monday. But keeping pending the opinion for the reason for the death, it was mentioned about the report of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL).
A team of expert doctors of the KMC hospital which conducted the postmortem on the swamiji, has submitted an eight-page report to SP Lakshman Nimbargi on Monday and in the report, the doctors have given detailed report on liver, kidney, bleeding and other vital organs in the body. But nowhere in the report, they have mentioned the cause for the death. They have kept pending the opinion on the cause of the death and said that they were expecting the FSL report. Soon after getting the FSL report, the doctors would cross-check both the reports and ascertain the reason for the death. But the doctors have not mentioned in their report about the poison, sources said.
Following the submission of the postmortem report, the investigating team held a meeting to discuss the issue. FSL report would take another one month. But the police, without waiting for the FSL report, have continued their investigation into the case. Sources said that the police have once again interrogated a woman who was close to the swamiji.
Because of ill-health, Shiroor swamiji was admitted to Gandhi hospital at Udupi on July 17 at 11 am. Later, he was shifted to KMC hospital on July 18 at 1.05 am for more treatment. But on July 19 at 8.30 am, the swamiji breathed his last at the hospital.
The doctors then said that the swamiji died due to heavy internal bleeding and as per the hospital medical report, the swamiji died because of poisoning. In view of this, Latavya Acharya, brother of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji, lodged a complaint at Hiriyadka police station. Now, the investigation is going on under the leadership of investigating officer and Karkala DySP Belliyappa.
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
