Ramanagara: Superintendent of Police Karthik Reddy has said that Puneeth Kerehalli, who is accused of murdering Idris Pasha near Sathanur in Kanakapura on Friday night, is absconding, and the search for him is on.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the SP said, “Four teams have been formed for the arrest of Puneeth Kerehalli.”
He added that Puneeth and four of his friends stopped a vehicle suspecting it to be transporting cattle near Sathanur. “Pasha’s body was found about 100 meters away from the spot at around 8 am on Saturday, following which, Pasha’s brother filed a police complaint,” said the officer.
“A post mortem was conducted on Pasha’s body. We will know the cause of death once we get the report,” Reddy added.
Clarifying that there was no political pressure in handling the case, the SP said that the investigation was being conducted in an unbiased manner. “The IGP also inspected the spot, to direct the investigation teams,” he said.
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Kozhikode (PTI): Three members of a family, including a girl, drowned in a river at Nadapuram in this district on Saturday, police said.
The tragic incident occurred when the family had gone to Puliyavu river near Nadapuram, to wash their clothes.
The deceased were identified as Ansar (43), his wife Suhada (39), and Isa Mariyam (8), daughter of Ansar's brother--all residents of Puliyavu here.
According to preliminary information, the child accidentally slipped into deep waters and Ansar and his wife attempted to rescue her.
But all three were also pulled in by the current and drowned.
The couple's children alerted the locals, who initiated rescue efforts.
Though they were pulled out of the water, their lives could not be saved, police said.
The bodies were shifted to the nearby state-run hospital and further procedures are underway, they added.
