Koppa: Missing boy’s body found
Koppa, July 26: The body of Hariharpur high school student A L Preetham (15) of Bhandigadi Arekal who was missing while going to school on Monday, found in Ambalike stream near here on Thursday. But Kiran Kumar who was missing after leaving his scooter near Nagalarapura Tunga River bridge was not yet found.
At 8.30 am, a local person found the body of Preetham under a tree in the stream and suddenly, he informed the Hariharpur police station. Police team led by PSI Somashekar and family members identified the body based on the cloths.
As school bag and slippers were found near the stream, his family members and others searched for him on Monday evening, Tuesday and Wednesday in Ambalike stream and Tunga river. Balehole diver Bhaskar, NR Pura diver Ramesh and teams have used two coracles to search the body. Hariharapura police, home guards and Koppa fire brigade and locals cooperated in the searching operation.
The cremation of the body was done at Arekal Hindu graveyard on Thursday afternoon. To respect his demise, Sachidananda Saraswati English Medium School declared a holiday on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Kiran Kumar (22), son of Narayana Poojary of Koppa Kachagal was missing from Monday. In a note left at home, he mentioned that “I would take his scooter and park it near Nagalarapura Tunga river bridge. Bring it back. Don’t try to search me. I will not come back”. After noticing the note, the family members rushed to the Tunga river bridge and found the scooter. He was suffering from a nerve problem and he might have jumped into the river depressed over his health problem, it is said.
Though they have searched for almost five-six kilometers in the river, they found nothing. As they did not get any clue on Thursday, they postponed the searching operation to Friday.
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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.
