Bengaluru: Teen, friends kill woman; stage suicide, say police
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Bengaluru (PTI): A 17-year-old girl, along with her male friends, allegedly killed her mother and staged the crime as a suicide at their home in Uttarahalli, police said on Friday.
The deceased, identified as Netravathi (35), worked as a helper at a loan recovery firm, they said.
The incident occurred on October 25. When the girl went missing from home soon after her mother’s death, Netravathi’s sister grew suspicious and filed a complaint at the Subramanyapura police station, following which a murder case was registered, police said.
During the investigation, police found that the minors had strangled Netravathi to death with a towel and then hanged her body from a ceiling fan using a saree to make it appear as a suicide before fleeing, a senior police officer said.
Citing preliminary findings, the officer said Netravathi had recently discovered that her daughter was in a relationship with a boy who frequently visited their house. She had objected to it and warned him to stay away. The two had met through the girl’s cousin, the officer added.
“The girl herself was involved in the murder, which was plotted by her boyfriend after they were caught spending time together at home on the same day,” the officer said.
Police apprehended five minors—the girl and her four male friends, in connection with the crime and sent them to a juvenile home, officials added.
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Prasidh, Kuldeep limit South Africa to 270 after De Kock's hundred
Visakhapatnam (PTI): India fought back gallantly through Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav after Quinton de Kock struck his 23rd hundred, keeping South Africa to a manageable 270 in the third and series-deciding final ODI, here Saturday.
India won the toss after judging the spin of the coin incorrectly 20 times in a row. They had little hesitation in inserting the Proteas into bat, a clear indication of dew factor dominating the thought.
After Arshdeep Singh sent back Ryan Rickelton early, De Kock (106, 89b, 8x4, 6x4) struck his seventh century against India and put on 113 runs off 124 balls with skipper Temba Bavuma (48, 67b) as the visitors moved to a healthy position.
De Kock was severe on Prasidh (4/66), who erred on length continuously in his first spell (2-0-27-0). The left-hander biffed the pacer for 6, 6, 4 in his second over to milk 18 runs.
The 32-year-old quickly pounced on anything that was short, and pacers Prasidh and Harshit offered him plenty of feed on his pet areas.
Bavuma was more sedate, and made runs through those typical dabs and jabs, occasionally unfurling a drive of elan.
De Kock moved to fifty in 42 balls, and never let the tempo down reaching his hundred in 79 balls.
India found temporary relief when Ravindra Jadeja induced a false slash from Bavuma to get caught by Virat Kohli at point.
The tourists got another move on through a 54-run partnership between De Kock and Matthew Breetzkle for the third wicket, and at 168 for two in 28 overs they were in a good position to press on.
But Breetzke's punishment of part-time spinner Tilak Varma forced a rethink in the Indian camp, as skipper KL Rahul brought back Prasidh for a second spell.
What a masterstroke it turned out to be! The Karnataka man broke the back of South Africa’s top and middle order in an exceptional second spell (4-0-11-3).
Breetzke was the first man to go, trapped plumb in front with a straight one and four balls later Aiden Markram uppishly chipped a fuller delivery to Kohli at short covers.
Prasidh soon castled De Kock, whose ugly cross-batted swipe failed to connect a full length delivery from the pacer.
All of a sudden, SA found themselves at a shaky 199 for five, losing three wickets in the space of three overs.
Once Prasidh was done away with the top and middle-order, left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep (4/41) took over and mopped up the tail as SA fell short of even a par total on this track.
