Woman murder case: Accused held in Mumbai
Karkala, July 17: Karkala police arrested an accused who killed a single woman Florine Machado of Ayyappa Nagar in Kukkundur village, by slitting her throat, at Panvel railway station in Mumbai.
The arrested accused is identified as Mohammed Riyaz (33) of Hosmaru of Edu village in the taluk.
About the incident
Riyaz was in Dubai working in an agency providing passport and visa service. Five years back, he was introduced to Florine Machado over Facebook. They became friends later and involved in monetary transaction. In the beginning, Florine had borrowed some money from Riyaz and later, it was repaid. Now, she owed Rs 13 lakh to Riyaz. After getting money from Riyaz, Fluorine used to give it on interest to others. As she could not return the huge amount to Riyaz, they were not in good terms. Several times, they quarreled each other.
Before the murder, Riyaz came to her house and demanded his amount. On Saturday night, he came to her house with a knife with an intention of either to recover his money or to kill her. Till 5am, they were engaged in quarrelling and when their quarrel reached its peak, Riyaz stabbed her and slit her throat and killed her. Later, he stayed in the house till 11 am. After collecting all her jewelry, case, mobile phone and scooter, he fled the scene. Now, the police who are investigating the case, arrested him in Mumbai.
After leaving the scooter at Hiriyadka, Riyaz left for Mumbai by bus. The police traced him in Azmeer based on mobile network. Later, the police collected information that he would come to Mangaluru from Ahmedabad via Mumbai by train. So, they arrested him at Panvel railway station.
Riyaz was living with his wife at Ullala. Police recovered the knife and scooter from him. He was produced before the court which remanded him to four days police custody.
Circle inspector Joy, PSI Rozario D’Souza, head constables Ramu Hegde, Rajesh, Prakash and police constable Raghavendra and DCIB police participated in the operation.
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Hindutva leader Manju Kola stabbed during ‘compromise meeting’ at Malpe; Five arrested
Udupi: Manju Kola, husband of former Udupi City Municipal Council Vice-President Lakshmi Manjunath and a Hindutva organisation leader, was stabbed during a meeting held to settle a dispute related to a love affair at Malpe on Tuesday night.
Police have arrested five accused in connection with the case.
According to information available, Manju Kola had reportedly called for a compromise meeting near Malpe beach in the Palimaru area on Tuesday evening to resolve an issue involving a couple. During the discussion, a heated argument broke out and a youth allegedly stabbed Manju Kola.
He sustained injuries to his abdomen and collapsed. He was immediately shifted to a private hospital in Udupi for treatment.
Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar said that five accused have been arrested in the case. As per preliminary investigation, the incident appears to have occurred due to personal reasons. He clarified that there is no communal angle to the incident and urged the public not to spread rumours.
The injured Manju Kola is out of danger and his condition is stable, the SP said.
