Mangaluru: Youth murdered by wife's paramour near Panambur beach

September 15, 2016

Mangaluru, Sep 15: The police have solved the case of murder of a youth near Panambur beach, a tourist spot in Mangaluru, following the arrest of his wife's paramour and his associate.

Rekhappa alias Rakesh Lamani (26), a resident of Ranebennur Gundenahalli was found murdered beside NH 66 near Panambur beach on September 6. A murder case was registered at jurisdictional Panambur police station on the same day.

A week after the incident, the police managed to arrest his wife Savitri's paramour Nagaraj Govindappa Lamani (24) and his aide Veeresh Shivappa Lamani, both residents of Haveri Ranebennur.

According to police, Savitri's paramour hatched the plan to murder her husband after the latter came to know about their illicit relationship. After catching Savitri and Nagaraj red-handed, the victim had planned to return to his hometown and narrate the story to his and his wife's families. He had informed this to his wife too.

When Nagaraj came to know about this, he contacted his associate Veerash and sought his help to kill Rakesh. As per plan, Veeresh and Nagaraj took the victim to Rajesh bar near State Bank in Mangaluru and made him drink until he loses his sense. They also ordered him a biryani.

The two friends then took a heavily drunk Rakesh to Panambur in an auto rickshaw at night. As there were no people around, the duo attacked him and strangled him to death. They also disfigured his face by hitting with heavy stones. They left the scene after making sure that Rakesh breathed his last, the police said.

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he should get maximum punishment.

horrible incident what kind of creatures they are.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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