Youth swept away in Hemavathi River while proving his challenge
Mandya, July 17: In a bid to prove his challenge, a youth plunged into the Hemavati River on Tuesday afternoon and swept away in the flowing water near Akkibalu in KR Pete taluk.
The victim is identified as Shivu, son of Ganesh of Hariharpur in KR Pete taluk. He is survived by two children. It is said that he has been to the river along with his friends to see its beauty. But he challenged his friends that he would swim the overflowing river and jumped into the river from the bridge. His friends observed his swimming and they went to the shore thinking that he would reach the shore safely. But he failed to swim in the current and swept away in the river. His friends recorded his fighting for survival in the river and uploaded in the social media which has gone viral.
Fire brigade which suspected that he might have died, continued its search operation. Tahsildar Shivamurthy camped in the place.
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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.
