Karkala : The Udupi police arrested four persons, including a land surveyor, who is accused of setting ablaze a person of his age to show it as his own death. The police gave the names of the arrested as Sadananda Sherigar, 54, of Mala in Karkala taluk, Shilpa, 40, from Hirgana, Sathish, 50, and Nithin, […]

Karkala : Karkala Police have arrested three Bajrangdal activists on the charges of assaulting Anil Poojary of Hindu Jagarana Vedike activist. Those arrested are Sunil, taluk convenor of Bajrangdal and a resident of Nitte, Sharath, zonal convenor and Prasad, Goraksha Pramukh. The incident had taken place on the night of Sunday when the accused barged […]

Udupi : An explosives supplier Biju Thomas, who was arrested for his involvement the illegal sale of ammonium nitrate to stone quarries for years, has been produced before Udupi court on April 30, Wednesday. It is learnt that, after the Karkala police conducted a raid at his stockyard and seized more than 14,000 kg of […]

Karkala : Police on April 27, Sunday arrests Biju Thomas, a prime accused behind the huge cache of explosives including ammonium nitrate seized from various places of Karkala taluk on March 25. Speaking at the press meet, Karkala ASP Annamalai said that the team of officials arrested Biju Thomas from Gurgaon district in Haryana and […]

Karkala : The case of murder of Poornima, a young woman from Renjala by her own lover,  has aroused much curiosity. The police who have already arrested the prime accused Prabhaker Shetty, a make-up artiste, have  now  arrested three more persons who assisted Prabhaker in committing the crime. The arrested are Guruprasad, Amaresh and Praveen […]

Karkala : One Prabhaker Shetty (28) of Mittardottu in Hosabettu village here has been arrested by the Karkala police for killing his lover. The girl, Poornima Shetty (22) of Renjala  was the unfortunate enough to get stabbed to death by her lover. It is learnt the two had come into contact a year ago and […]

Udupi: The Dt. Crime Intelligence Police team arrested 3 persons here, suspected of abducting Leo Pereira of Karkala in March 2010. The criminals had then vanished with a ransom of Rs.20 lakhs. They were nabbed on Wednesday at Ajjarakadu Park here. The three had resumed their extortion calls, and were arrested by an alert Police […]