Woman dies after stepping on live electric wire laid to hunt wild boars
Three accused held for trying to cover-up incident
Karkala, September 18: Karkala rural police arrested three persons on charges of trying to cover-up the incident of death of a woman who was electrocuted after she came in contact with live electric wire put up for hunting wild boars, by disposing the body in the forest, here on Monday.
The woman is identified as Girija Poojarthi (50), wife of Kantappa Poojary of Sacheripete Posral in Mundkur village. The arrested are identified as John (57) of Kadandale, Sunil (30) of Sachcharipete and Padmanabha (42) of Mundkur.
Girija Poojarthi was working as a helper at Ram Restaurant at Mundkur. On September 8 at 7.30 pm, she has gone to her neighbor’s house and later, she has been to her brother’s house nearby. But on the way, she touched the live electric wire laid for hunting the wild boars and died. But the three accused dumped the body into a well near the house of John in order to destroy the evidences. Later, after two days, they lifted the body from the well and wrapped in plastic and dumped beside a road leading to the forest at Kandiga near Kanthavara and fled the scene.
As his wife did not come home, Kantappa Poojary has lodged a complaint on September 14 at rural police station. When a two-wheeler rider Sudhir smelt foul smell while going on the road, he checked it and found the body of Girija Poojarthi in a mutilated condition. Knowing the information, the police who rushed to the spot arrested the accused. It is said that the police have suspected that another two persons might have involved in the incident and the police were looking for them also. The police will produce the accused before the court on September 19, sources said.
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Kantara mimicking case: HC extends interim relief given to actor Ranveer Singh till March 9
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Monday extended the interim relief given to Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh till March 9, in a case related to mimicking a character from the movie, 'Kantara Chapter-1', and allegedly mocking a deity.
The actor had approached the High Court seeking the quashing of the FIR against him for mimicking Rishab Shetty's role as 'Chavunda' deity in the movie.
While mimicking, Singh had called the deity a "ghost". The actor was asked to appear before the court in person on Monday.
Appearing on behalf of the actor, his counsel Sajjan Poovayya said Singh was stuck in London and was unable to reach Bengaluru due to the conflict in West Asia.
The complainant, who is a lawyer, alleged that his religious sentiments were hurt by calling the deity a ghost. On the directions of a local Court, the police registered a case against the actor.
The High Court on February 24 granted interim relief to the actor with directions to the police not to take any coercive steps against him.
