Undertrial prisoner found dead in Mangaluru Sub-Jail
Mangaluru (Karnataka), Mar 16 (PTI): An undertrial prisoner allegedly died by suicide at Mangaluru Sub-Jail in the early hours of Sunday, police said.
The incident occurred between 4:05 AM and 4:55 AM, they said.
The deceased, identified as Prakash Gopal Moolya (43), a resident of Hudco Colony, Moodbidri, was in judicial custody under UTP No. 308/2025 in connection with the POCSO case registered at Moodbidri Police Station, police said.
According to the police, he was arrested on March 11 under Section 65 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Sections 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Authorities said Moolya was found hanging from the window grill in the toilet of Barrack 'B', Cell No. 2, using a towel. Jail staff immediately shifted him to Government Wenlock Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
A case has been registered at Barke Police Station as per Section 194(4) of the BNSS, 2023. Further legal proceedings are underway, police said.
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Sex racket busted in Navi Mumbai; two girls rescued, one man arrested
Thane (PTI): Two minor girls were rescued after a prostitution racket was busted in Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Monday.
On a tip off about one Harish running a flesh trade racket, the Navi Mumbai Crime Branch started a probe on February 20, the official said.
"A decoy customer was sent to verify the information, following which a trap was laid in front of a hotel in Sector 11. The Anti Human Trafficking Cell nabbed Harish Vikas Chhari, a resident of Koparkhairane, while his associate Raj Singh is on the run. Two minor girls were rescued," the CBD Belapur police station official said.
A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official added.
