Dead body of farmer drowned in river Tunga recovered
Chikamagaluru, June.30: The dead body of Umesh, a farmer who was drowned in river Tunga four days ago was recovered by the search team. National disaster management team, police and fire personnel finally succeeded in tracing the dead body that was buried in the river due to heavy rain.
Umesh was a small farmer residing at Nemmaru village in Sringeri taluk. National disaster management team, police and fire personnel had searched for his body since two days.
On Wednesday night Umesh had gone for fishing in Tunga river flowing near his farm land. As he had not returned to his house even after late night, his family members started searching for him near the river bank. When they failed to find him even on Thursday morning, the family members got anxious and immediately lodged a complaint at Sringeri police station.
The police along with fire personnel started search operation on Thursday morning near river. But they failed to trace him. Later on Friday district administration called on NDRF to help in search operation. Till Friday night the team searched almost every corner of the river, but could not find his body.
On Saturday, decomposed body of Umesh was recovered from the river near Nemmar village. The dead body was handed over to the family after post mortem.
The farmer leaders visited the spot and urged the revenue department officials to provide compensation to the family of Umesh.
Locals and people's representatives thanked NDRF officials, police and Fire personnel for recovering the dead body after three days of intense search.
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Three company directors held in Rs 100-crore investment fraud in Kochi
Kochi (Kerala) (PTI): Police on Sunday arrested three directors of a firm accused of cheating hundreds of investors of over Rs 100 crore through a fake investment scheme linked to agricultural tourism here, officials said.
The accused were identified as Muraleedharan, Ashik Murali and Akhil Murali, all natives of Thrissur.
The arrests were made by the Kalamassery police in connection with a fraud involving ATCOS (Agri Tourism Cooperative Society), a firm headquartered at Pathadipalam here.
Police said the company had promised high returns by collecting investments from the public in the agricultural tourism sector, but allegedly cheated hundreds of people and fled with the money.
ATCOS was registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act and operated 13 branches across various districts in Kerala, besides a branch in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, officials said.
When investors failed to receive their promised returns or the invested amount, complaints were filed with the police.
Officials said around 54 cases have been registered against the firm in 32 police stations across the state, including 29 cases at the Kalamassery police station alone.
Following instructions from Kochi City Police Commissioner K S Mahesh Kumar, a special investigation team was formed under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Shehensha and Thrikkakara ACP Manoj Kumar.
The team traced the accused to an apartment in Amala Nagar in Thrissur, where they had been hiding after secretly renting the flat, officials said.
The bank accounts of the accused have been frozen, and steps have been initiated to trace their assets, officials said.
Police also conducted a raid at the company’s office at Pathadipalam and seized several documents related to the case.
The accused were produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Kalamassery, which remanded them to judicial custody and sent them to Kakkanad jail.
Police said they would seek the custody of the accused for further interrogation as the investigation continues.
