Malpe : A team of 8 police man from Malpe, constantly in search of the murderer Yogish(26) who had stabbed a neighbor and college student Ranjitha(20) on Nov.27 was finally arrested a few hours back on Nov.30th at noon from his house in Kadekaru by the successful team of police hunters who were after his head.
Yogish had absconded on a bicycle soon after the murder 2 days ago but could not go any far from the area of Udupi or Malpe . His bicycle was spotted 30 yards in the middle of a stream on a hillock and he was found evading police man in hiding in a bush of grass on the banks of the stream. A villager passing through the stream when it was at its ebb, saw the bicycle and reported the matter to the Malpe police. Who ran to the area and sized the vehicle. Yogish was soon caught there after at noon on Saturday at his house. There is a charge of murder against him which he cannot escape now.
It is said that Yogish was madly in love with Ranjitha, a comely girl of 20,who was in his nehighbourhood, but Ranjitha never reciprocated his feelings of love towards him. This made an enemy of Yogish who stabbed her death on Nov.27.
The Malpe police as a team who caught Yogish in a short time after the murder is being congratulated by the people of Udupi and Malpe for the heroic work they did that led to the arrest of a murderer in law.