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Youth gets life term for murdering lover

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August 10, 2019

Mangaluru, Aug 10: A local court has awarded life imprisonment to a youth after convicting him of murdering his lover. 

The convict is Laxman Acharya, 31, a resident of Marodi village in Belthangady of Dakshin Kannada district. 

The sixth additional district and sessions court judge Sayeedunnisa pronounced the quantum of punishment on Friday.

The incident took place in August 2012. The couple were in an illegitimate relationship. The victim was living with her nine-year-old son and she had forced him to marry her. However, Laxman was against it. 

On August 16, the accused strangulated her and fled with her gold ornaments. He was arrested on August 19 after a missing complaint was filed by victim's brother and was taken to the spot where the decomposed body of the victim was found. 

The chargesheet was filed by Bhaskar Rai, then inspector of Venur police station.

Public prosecutor Judith OM Crasta said that 23 witnesses and 20 documents were examined by the court.

Judge Sayeedunnisa found the accused guilty under Indian Penal Code section 302. However, he was not found guilty under IPC section 376 (rape). The rape charges have not been proved as they were in relationship.

Laxman has also been told to pay a fine of Rs 2 lakh out of which Rs 1.5 lakh has to be given to victim's son, failing which he will have to undergo additional one year of imprisonment.

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April 29,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 29: One person was arrested on charges of murdering a middle-aged couple on Wednesday in Yellinje near Kinnigoli.

The area falls under the jurisdiction of Mulky police.

Police said that the deceased were identified as Vincent D’Souza (50) and his wife Helina D’ Souza (45).

The arrested was identified as Alphonso (55). He will be sent to judicial custody, said police.

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February 25,2020

Hubli, Feb 25: A Hubli court in Karnataka has sent to police custody till February 28 three students from Jammu and Kashmir, who were booked under sedition charges for raising pro-Pakistan slogan in a video shared on social media.

A second Joint Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court on Monday sent the three students, identified as Basit Ashik Sophi (19), Talib Majid (19) and Amir Mohiuddin (23), to police custody till February 28 for questioning in the matter.

The court directed the police to make the accused undergo a medical evaluation before the interrogation and produce the medical certificates in the court before the next hearing.

The three students were last week transferred to Belgaum Hindalga jail from Hubli sub-jail and the case, registered in Gokul Road police station, was also transferred to the rural police station because the video was recorded in the college hostel room which is in the latter's jurisdiction.

The Kashmiri students were under judicial custody since February 17 following their arrest for raising pro-Pakistan slogans and posting a video of the same on social media on the night of February 16. 

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Agencies
February 26,2020

New Delhi, Feb 26: The death toll in northeast Delhi communal violence over the amended citizenship law rose to 20 on Wednesday, according to GTB Hospital authorities.

On Tuesday, the death toll was 13.

"The death toll has risen to 20 today," Medical Superintendent of GTB Hospital, Sunil Kumar, told PTI.

Earlier, at least four bodies were brought to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital from the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, a senior official said.

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