Chikkamagaluru: Man in drunken state allegedly murders mother, sets her body on fire; held by Aldoor
Chikkamagaluru: A 28-year-old man in Hakkimakki village near Arenooru of the taluk allegedly killed his mother while in a drunken state and later burnt her body late Wednesday night.
Aldoor Police have registered a case and are investigating the matter. They have arrested the man, Pavan, who was reportedly found sleeping a short distance away from the body of his mother Bhavani (52), after setting it on fire.
Aldoor Inspector and the Sub-inspector are learned to have visited the house and held an inspection.
Bhavani’s body, except her limbs, were found burnt. The police team and the locals, who arrived at the house late Wednesday night, moved the body to a hospital in Chikkamagaluru, where it has been taken for a post-mortem examination.
Pavan, who is a bachelor and worked as a manual labourer, was living with his parents on a hillock with no houses nearby. Both Pavan and his father are learned be alcoholics. His father has filed a complaint about the misdeeds of Pavan with Aldoor Police.
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One person taken into custody after woman found dead in Himachal forest
Nahan (HP) (PTI): A suspect has been taken into custody after a woman's partially burnt body was found in a forest near a police battalion camp in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmour district, police said.
The body of the woman, who is stated to be in her late 30s, was spotted in the dense forest of the Karaunde Wali Ghati area near Dhaula Kuan by locals on Wednesday morning. The identity of the deceased has not yet been established.
The accused in the case was taken into custody at Bata Bridge in Paonta Sahib on Wednesday evening following scanning of the CCTV footage of the area coupled with inputs from Haryana Police, police said.
According to police, the accused is a resident of Barara town in Ambala district of Haryana. A case of kidnapping has already been registered against him in Ambala.
Sirmour District Superintendent of Police Nischint Singh Negi said one person has been taken into custody following contact with Haryana Police.
Postmortem examination of the woman is scheduled to be conducted on Thursday at the Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar Government Medical College at Nahan.
Police are currently investigating whether the woman was murdered in Barara itself, and if her body was subsequently dumped in the Paonta forest and set on fire.
