Student missing case: Miscreants raped her before killing
Two accused held
Madikeri, February 13: Busting the Emmegundi Estate girl missing case, Kodagu police arrested two accused in the case
The arrested accused have been identified as Ranjith and Sandeep, daily wage workers from West Bengal. It is also being said that the duo also raped the girl before killing her.
A case was registered at Siddapura police station that the girl was kidnapped from Emmegundi Estate. The police interrogated the workers working in the local estate. After collecting information that Ranjith and his friend had quarreled with the girl, the police took Ranjith who was working in Karadikadu estate near Emmegundi, into custody and interrogated him.
During interrogation, Ranjith confessed that in order to take revenge on the girl, he and Sandeep kidnapped the girl on February 4, raped her and strangulated her to death with rope fearing that she would disclose the incident, said SP Dr Suman Pannekar.
They hid the body amidst the boulders near Ganapathi temple of Emmegundi Estate. When Sandeep was arrested and interrogated, he also gave clue about Ranjith's involvement, the SP said.
Under the direction of SP Suman Pannekar and guidance of DySP Sundar Raj, Kodagu district crime inspector M Mahesh, CPI Anoop Madappa, Siddapura PSI Dayanand, staff Yogesh Kumar, Venkatesh, Anil, Vasanth, Niranjan, MA Girish, CK Rajesh and Manjunath of SDR Cell, Lava Kumar, Pruthvisha, Mallappa and drivers Shashikumar, Poovaiah, Mohan participated in the operation.
Action if not given information
Across Kodagu district, daily wage workers from Assam, West Bengal and other states have been working in coffee estates and the estate owners should compulsorily provide the details of such daily wage workers from other states to the nearest police stations. All the estate owners have been informed about it. But some estate owners have neglected to provide the details to the police stations. The police would take legal action against such estate owners, said the SP.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
