Two held in Kodagu for killing gaurs in Kushalnagar Range Forest; main suspect absconding
Madikeri: Forest Department officers of Kushalnagar on Saturday arrested two men, Askar and Vinod Kumar, accused of shooting dead two gaurs after gaining entry into reserve forest area illegally.
Askar (26) is a resident of Kudugadde in Guhya village and Vinod Kumar (34) is a resident of High School Paisari of Siddapur.
The main accused in the case, Suri Subrahmanya of Kudugadde in Guhya, who is suspected to have shot the gaurs, is absconding, the forest officers have said.
The officers said that probe into the case revealed that the miscreants had entered Avaregunda Reserve Forest, which is situated under Kushalnagar Range Forest, and shot dead two gaurs in the last week of April. Although the residents woke up in the middle of the night on hearing the gunshots, the accused succeeded in escaping in a vehicle, leaving the carcasses of the animals behind.
A case was registered by Range Forest Officer (Kushalnagar) Ratan Kumar and an investigation team was formed to function under guidance of Madikeri Deputy Conservator of Forests Bhaskar, ACF Gopal AA, and Ratan Kumar.
The officers have said that the duo was arrested on Saturday. The vehicle that they had used and is registered in the name of one Pazhil is yet to be found. Search is also on for the absconding accused, Suri Subrahmanya, the officers added.
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Indore MBA student's classmate abused body after killing her, performed witchcraft: Police
Indore (PTI): The classmate of a 24-year-old female MBA student, arrested in Indore for her murder, allegedly abused the body after the killing and also performed occult rituals while on the run, police said.
On February 13, people complained of a foul smell emanating from a closed house in the city's Dwarkapuri police station area.
After police arrived at the scene, the naked body of a 24-year-old woman was found in the house.
The woman was pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from a city college and the body was found in her classmate's rented house, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shrikrishna Lalchandani told PTI on Monday.
The classmate fled after the incident. He was taken into custody in Mumbai and is being interrogated after his arrest, the official said.
Referring to the accused's interrogation, the official said he allegedly strangled his classmate to death and then "abused" the body.
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"The accused also performed witchcraft near Panvel (in Navi Mumbai) while on the run. The accused claims that he was mentally disturbed after the murder and wanted to communicate with the woman's spirit through witchcraft," he said.
According to the DCP, the woman and the accused were in a close relationship.
"The accused suspected that she was talking to other men. Enraged, he killed her and fled," the official said.
After the woman's body was found, her father accused the classmate of trying to extort money from his daughter using her obscene photos and then torturing her to death.
The accused had even posted these photos on her college WhatsApp group, he alleged.
