Property dispute: Elder brother kills younger brother and burns body, accused held
Accused held in eight-month-old incident
Karkala, November 18: An eight-month-old missing case of Avil D’Souza (24) of Mangalapade in Karkala took a new twist now. It came to light that his elder brother had killed his younger brother and burnt his body to destroy the evidences.
Karkala police arrested the accused Melvin Santhosh D’Souza (31) on November 17 and produced him before the court which remanded him to 14 days judicial custody.
Avil D’Souza’s father Albert D’Souza had filed a missing case at the Karkala police station that his son was missing on Good Friday. After registering the case, the police interrogated Melvin D’Souza who revealed the incident.
Both Avil and Mellvin had quarreled with each other on property issue on March 30 at 10 pm. At this time, Melvin had stabbed his younger brother and assaulted him with iron rod killing him on the spot. Later, he took the body to the bank of Rama Samudra tank and burnt it to destroy the evidences, the accused revealed in the interrogation. A case was registered at the Karkala police station.
Under the guidance of SP Lakshman Nimbargi, ASP Kumarachandra and Karkala DySP Belliyappa, investigating officer Karkala Circle inspector V..S Halamurthy Rao and PSI Nanja Nayak and crime branch staff Rajesh, Girish, Prashanth, Raghavendra, Karkala city ASI Dinakar, Staff Kishore, Nagesh Nayak, Ghanashyam were participated in the operation.
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Dalit man beaten to death in MP over land dispute; sarpanch, kin booked
Shivpuri (MP) (PTI): A 30-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by the sarpanch and seven others over a land dispute in a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, an official said on Wednesday.
Narad Jatav was fatally attacked on Tuesday evening after he and his maternal uncle objected to a road created through their land to a hotel belonging to the sarpanch, Padam Dhakad, in Indergarh village, the official said. The accused, including Dhakad's sons and wife, are on the run.
Following the dispute over the road, Narad allegedly removed the water supply line from a common borewell to the hotel. Dhakad and his family then beat him with sticks and killed him, Kotwali police station in-charge Kripal Singh Rathore said.
Jatav’s family protested in the medical college where his body was taken for autopsy, demanding the registration of a first information report (FIR) against the accused, he said.
Later, police pacified them and registered a murder case against the sarpanch and his other family members, including his wife and sons, Rathore said.
The eight accused persons are absconding and efforts are being made to nab them, he added.
Condemning the murder, former chief minister Kamal Nath wrote on X, “A Dalit youth was beaten to death with sticks in Indergarh of Shivpuri. After this murder in broad daylight, it has been proved once again that Dalits are not safe in Madhya Pradesh,” he said.
There is not a single day when an incident of atrocity on Dalits does not occur in the state, said the Congress leader.
“Under the BJP rule, the audacity of bullies is increasing and it has become their habit to oppress the Dalits and tribals,” he wrote on the social media platform.
Nath also demanded special arrangements to ensure the safety of Dalits and tribals in MP.
