Kalasa: Mutilated body of missing person found in Bhadra river
Suspected to be washed away in flood water
Kalasa, October 04: The skeleton of Kantappa Poojary (85) who was missing for the last 60 days, was found on the Bhadra River bank here on Thursday.
Kantappa Poojary of Kalakkodu in Kalasa police station limits had gone to Kalasa town on August 4 at 5 pm. But he did not return to his home. Since then he was missing against which a case was also registered at Kalasa police station.
When Kantappa was missing, there was heavy rainfall in and around Kalasa town and Bhadra river was flowing in full spate. It was suspected that he might have washed away in the flood. Despite the search operation on the bank of the river, he was not found and later, the police and the family members stopped searching for him.
On Thursday, the locals smelt the foul smell at Kodi Betta on the river bank and informed the police, who summoned the family members of Kantappa and inspected. The family members confirmed that it was the body of Kantappa Poojary based on the cloths. After postmortem, the mutilated body was handed over to the family members. A case was registered at the Kalasa police station.
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Two former Chinese defence ministers sentenced to death for corruption
Beijing (PTI): Two former Chinese defence ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve over graft charges on Thursday, official media reported.
Their sentences were separately handed down by China's military court, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Wei was convicted of accepting bribes, while Li was convicted of both accepting and offering bribes, the agency reported, citing the court rulings.
Wei and his successor Li, who worked under President Xi Jinping's watch, were expelled from the ruling Communist Party in 2024. They were also former members of the Central Military Commission headed by Xi.
Wei served as Defence Minister from 2018 to 2023, and Li barely served a few months as his successor.
Both Wei and Li headed the People's Liberation Army's all-important Rocket (Missile) Force, established in 2015 as part of Xi’s military overhaul.
Wei, who headed the rocket force from its inception until 2017 and later served as the defence minister, was detained and expelled from the ruling Communist Party over corruption charges.
Li was personally picked up for the top defence post by Xi himself.
After Li’s sacking, several of its top officials were removed and charged with corruption.
Since he came to power in 2012, President Xi has carried out a massive anti-corruption campaign in which over a million officials, including several generals, have been punished.
