Udupi: Local police on Thursday Lathi-charged people who tried to assault the Nejaru Murder Case accused outside the crime scene where he was brought for investigation in the afternoon.

Was Praveen Chowgale, the accused in the murder of four members of a family in Udupi, overly possessive about his young colleague Ainaz, who was his real target during the fatal attack last Sunday? Police are attempting to find the real motive behind the crime as they are not considering all the claims made during his confessional statement.

Mangaluru International Airport witnessed improvement in daily air connectivity to Bengaluru as Air India Express inaugurated its domestic operations on the route on November 15.

Udupi: Following the arrest of the accused in the gruesome Nejar massacre within two days of the incident, Udupi District Muslim Okkuta released a press statement lauding the action by the Udupi Police.

Udupi: Following the arrest of Praveen Arun Chougule, a 39-year-old Air India cabin crew member, for the brutal murder of a 21-year-old woman, Aynaz M, and three members of her family in Udupi district, police investigations have revealed the motive behind the crime was "jealousy and animosity," stemming from an alleged intimate relationship between the accused and his young colleague, an Indian Express report has stated.

Udupi: The Udupi District Superintendent of Police, Dr. K. Arun, announced that Praveen Arun Chowgale (39), the prime suspect arrested in connection with the brutal massacre of a mother and her children in Nejar, has confessed to the murders. The arrest took place at the Kudachi police station in Rayabhaga taluk of Belgaum district on Tuesday

The investigation of the Udupi Police has revealed that 39-year-old Praveen Chowgale, the suspect in the recent murder of a woman and her three children at Nejaru in the taluk, had worked as a policeman for three months in Pune of Maharashtra state.

District Superintendent of Police Dr. K Arun has said that Praveen Chowgale, the man detained in relation to the murder of four members of a family at Nejaru, including a woman and her three children, has been subjected to intense questioning as a part of the investigation by the district police team.