HAVERI: The dead body of a PU-2 student of KLE’s Gudleppa Hallikeri College has been found at a bush near Varadahalli Bridge on the National Highway 4.

The deceased has been identified as Renuka Patil (17), a resident of Mannur village in Savanur taluk. She was studying in the second PU commerce at GH College.

Renuka, who had gone to college on August 6, did not return home. Renuka's brother and sister were also studying in the Gudleppa Hallikeri College. The sister had not gone to college due to some work. Her brother was studying in Arts and returned home early because he had no classes. When Renuka did not return ever after the late evening, the family members started calling her friends and relatives. When they received negative answers, her parents filed a complaint with the Haveri rural police.

Renuka was not found even when Police and family members searched for her. But, a young woman's body was found at a bush near Varadahalli Bridge on the National Highway 4. When the police informed the parents to recognise the dead body, they broke down. Later, her grandfather went with the police and identified the body.

SP Parashuram, DySP Kumar, and Haveri rural police have visited the spot, and the investigation is on.

Rape and murder suspected

It has been suspected that while returning from college on August 6, miscreants abducted Renuka and dragged her into a bush near Varadahalli Bridge and raped her. The perpetrators later burned and murdered her to destroy evidence.

While some clues in this connection have been gathered, we have intensified the operation by creating three teams led by DySP Kumarappa, DCRB DYSP Narayana Baramani and DCIB Inspector Santosh Patil of Haveri.

Parshuram, SP

 

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New Delhi (PTI): India on Sunday sent 31 tonnes of humanitarian aid, including replenishment stores for an Indian army field hospital unit deployed in Myanmar, to augment New Delhi's efforts to provide succour to the quake-hit neighbouring country.

The aid was sent in a C-17 Globemaster heavy-lift aircraft.

It took off from the Hindon air force station in Ghaziabad early Sunday, a senior official said.

"#OperationBrahma@IAF_MCC C> C-17 plane departs for Mandalay with 31 tons of humanitarian aid, including replenishment stores for the Indian army field hospital unit," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar posted on X and also shared a few photos.

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Myanmar last week, with the toll rising to over 3,000 even as rescuers continue to search through the rubble for signs of life.

India mounted its relief mission named 'Operation Brahma' as a swift response to the devastation caused by the earthquake that hit Myanmar as well as Thailand on March 28.

The field hospital, under 'Operation Brahma', continues its humanitarian mission in Myanmar as the local government and its agencies also soldiered on with their efforts in relief and rescue work.

The hospital unit comprising 118 personnel was deployed in Myanmar using two C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the IAF which had taken off from Agra on March 29.

The field hospital has been set up by the Indian Army in Mandalay.