Mangaluru: Two more arrested in Basheer murder case

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January 14, 2018

Mangaluru, Jan 14: The Mangaluru City Police have arrested two more in connection with the coldblooded murder city based fast food outlet owner Ahmed Basheer.

The arrested are identified as Latheesh, 24, and Pushparaj, 23, both residents of Kasargod. With this the total number of arrest in the case mounted to six.

The police had earlier arrested PK Srijith, Dhanush Poojary, Kishan Poojary and Sandesh Kotian in connection with the murder. The police said it is during their interrogation that they gave out details about Latheesh and Pushparaj.

Some youths had around 10pm on January 3, led a murderous assault on Ahmed Basheer, a resident of Akashbhavan when he was winding up the day’s business at Kottara Chowki.

The murder had taken place within hours after one Deepak Rao was hacked to death at Katipalla by another gang.

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ALL MURDERERS ARE FROM SANGHPARIVAR. THERE IS NO DOUBT AT ALL...

Like Batwoman (Burkha woman) :-P

LOL.. why that mask. It remembers me some Burkha women standing in programme photos. They will do the same. They will pose for photos but nobody can see those women's face except two eyes (some people used cover nose bridge also :-D)

What is the main reason of covering the faces of guilty, which reveals police are favouring such murderers. Police not only arresting, they should disclose their identity, such as which group they belongs and the intension of their killing, on whose behest they killed etc.

Police should post murderers picture with open faces as to know if they can be recognised by people for some other cases. It will help Police also as these culprits might be doing some other unsocial activities like dealing in drugs / supplying prostitutes etc. as such people do this kind of unsocial activities for money.

this is sangaparwar policy to cover thier dirty face to public ....

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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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