Chikkamagaluru: An incident of murder of family members followed by suicide of the accused was reported in Magalu village of Khandya hobli, Balehonnur taluk, where a man shot and killed three of his relatives before shooting himself dead.
The accused Ratnakar reportedly shot dead his mother-in-law Jyoti (50), daughter Moulya (6) and sister-in-law Sindhu (24). Ratnakar committed suicide by shooting himself. Sindhu’s husband was also shot in the leg and is being treated in hospital.
In a selfie video clip, recorded prior to the crime, Ratnakar is seen alleging that his family cheated him. He also accuses his wife of being away from him for two years.
The local police, who were informed of the incident, have visited the crime scene and are investigating the matter.
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Mangaluru: Bantwal Rural Police have arrested two men who were allegedly attempting to sell narcotics illegally near the National Highway 75 stretch in Hanumanagar of Thumbay in Bantwal taluk on Saturday evening.
The police team, led by Bantwal Rural Sub-inspector Manjunath T, held the operation on being informed that the arrested men, identified as Sameer (31) of Thumbay and Muhammad Asif (35) of Goodinabali, were trying to sell narcotics illegally at the said place. When they reached the place, they are learned to have found two men standing in a suspicious manner beside a car and an auto rickshaw parked on an empty plot near the highway. The policemen caught and questioned the men, who confessed that they had been trying to sell ganja.
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The team, on checking the car, reportedly found 450 gram of the narcotic along with 360 gram in the auto rickshaw. The narcotic and the two vehicles have been seized by the police.
A case has been registered against Sameer and Asif at the Bantwal Rural Police Station, the Department has said in a press statement.
