Mangaluru: Teen brother who murdered 16-yr-old college girl is a mobile game addict

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October 27, 2019

Mangaluru, Oct 27: The murder accused brother of city college girl Fiona Swedal Cutinho, whose skeleton was unearthed by cops near her house last night, was a mobile addict and spent most of his time playing violent mobile games, sources said. 

The missing case of Fiona, 16, took a turn after 18 days on Saturday when her 18-year-old brother Samson Cutinho confessed to her murder. It is learnt that Samson got extremely addicted to mobile games and videos after failing engineering exams.

The victim, a resident of Kambalapadavu at Pajir village on the outskirts of the city was studying in first PU of St Agnes College in Manglauru. On October 9, her parents had filed a missing complaint in jurisdictional Konaje police station.

In their complaint, the parents had claimed that Fiona hadn’t returned home after going to college on October 8. After 15 days, the local residents had submitted an appeal to the city police commissioner urging him intensify probe into the missing case.

During investigation, the cops found out that the last network location of missing girl’s mobile was showing Mudipu, in which area her house falls. Based on this clue the cops interrogated the family members intensely.

When he was subjected to rigorous interrogation, Samson confessed to the crime and revealed that he had killed her and dumped her body in the forest behind their house. 

Last night, the police took the accused to the spot where he had dumped the body and unearthed the skeleton. It is said that Samson was jealous of his younger sister. According to police, he bludgeoned her head with a hammer at home after she returned from the college when their parents were away.

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May 5,2020

Mangaluru, May 5: Even as the coastal city entered third phase of lockdown to contain the spread of covid-19, a wild bison was spotted in Mangaluru today. 

According to sources, local residents at Hathill area and Mannagudda area spotted bison. It is not sure whether it was the same bison or two different bison.

Some reports claimed that it was spotted in Kudroli area too triggering panic among people. 

With the help of local residents and police, the forest officials managed to catch the bison around noon. 

It is assumed that the wild animal must have come to the city as there was less movement of people and vehicle due to lockdown for past few weeks.

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February 10,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 10: Smoke entered wards at Sagar Hospital following a short circuit in the UPS room, said the fire department here on Sunday.

"Smoke entered wards at Sagar Hospital in Bengaluru, following a short circuit in the UPS room at the hospital today. Patients have been shifted from the site of the incident, as a precaution," the fire department in Bengaluru said.

"No fire incident reported and the situation is under control now," the fire department said.

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April 26,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 26: In the wake of the fears among local people regarding the cremation of coronavirus victims, an understanding has been reached with all stakeholders that the Mangaluru city corporation's crematorium here will be the official funeral site for such cases in future.

Mangaluru South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath, who had to face stinging criticism on social media for his alleged support to local people who stopped the cremation of a COVID- 19 victim at Pachanady near here on Thursday, took an active role in finding the solution.

The body of the victim, a woman, had to be taken from Pachanady to Kaikunje during the night, delaying the funeral by hours.

Kamath visited Boloor on Saturday and sought to convince the people that cremating the bodies of coronavirus victims would not endanger their lives in any way as the guidelines of WHO and union health ministry are being strictly followed.

The crematorium at Boloor is run by the MCC and has an electric furnace and firewood pyres.

Kamath said a tacit understanding that final rites of COVID-19 patients inDakshina Kannada will be performed at Boloor has been reached at a meeting with all stakeholders.

Cremating bodies in such a controlled environment is deemed safe as per guidelines, he said.

City Mayor Diwakar, local corporator Jagadish Shetty and MCC assistant commissioner Madan Mohan took part in the meeting.

The decision was conveyed to the DK district administration.

The district administration has also launched a campaign on dead body management protocol to convince the people to ignore misinformation being spread regarding the cremation of coronavirus victims.

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