Man killed 40 years ago found after fig tree grows from seed in his stomach
Skeletal remains of a missing Turkish man, who was murdered over 40 years ago, were discovered after a fig tree grew from a seed in his stomach.
The man identified as Ahmet Hergune was killed during the conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in 1974. He had been taken into a cave with two others and a dynamite was thrown after them. The dynamite killed the three men and also blew a hole in the side of the cave which allowed light to seep in. This, in turn, allowed the fig tree to grow from the Hergune's body, according to reports in MSN.
In 2011, the tree was spotted by a researcher who became curious to know how the tree grew in the cave, especially in a mountainous area. While carrying out his research and digging around the tree, the researcher found a human body underneath. On digging further, police recovered a total of three bodies.
Hergune's 87-year-old sister, Munur Herguner, said: "We used to live in a village with a population of 4,000, half Greek, half Turkish. In 1974, the disturbances began. My brother Ahmet joined the Turkish Resistance Organization. On June 10, the Greeks took him away."
Hergune was believed to have had eaten the fig, and blood samples from Munur's family matched DNA fragments. "The fig remnants in my brother's stomach grew into a tree as the sun crept into the cave through the hole made by the explosion. They found my brother thanks to that fig tree," Munur added.
Launched in 1981, the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus has been searching for 2,002 people who disappeared on the Mediterranean island between 1963 and 1974.
Courtesy: www.khaleejtimes.com
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Mysuru Central Prison warder suspended over 'abusive' video against CM Siddaramaiah
Mysuru (Karnataka), May 6 (PTI): A warder at Mysuru Central Prison was suspended after he allegedly recorded a video abusing Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and circulated it on social media, jail officials said on Tuesday.
The warder, H N Madhu Kumar (45), an ex-Army man, has been serving in the prison department for the past four years, they said.
According to officials, in a video recorded at his residence, which has now gone viral on social media, Kumar targeted the chief minister and condemned his angry gesture towards a police officer on stage during a programme in Belagavi on April 28.
Citing a preliminary inquiry, Superintendent of Mysuru Central Prison B S Ramesh told PTI that the warder was suspended from duty on Monday evening for misconduct as soon as the matter came to light.
In the video, recorded on April 28, Kumar criticised the chief minister on several issues, highlighted the MUDA land allotment scam allegedly involving Siddaramaiah's wife, and claimed that law and order had collapsed in the CM’s home district, Mysuru.
