DySP suicide case: Pub bouncer Joy Milton arrested for kidnapping youth

Bengaluru/Chikkamagaluru, Jul 25: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths arrested a 22-year-old man in the city on Sunday evening in connection with the suicide case of suspended police officer Kallappa Handibag.

The suspect was identified as Joy Milton, 22, a resident of Anepalya and a bouncer in a city pub located in Bellandur, said the police.

On a tip-off, the police arrested him from a house in Anepalya. Milton, along with others, had kidnapped Tejas Gowda on the night of June 27 from Chikkamagaluru, said the police.

Joy had acted as per the directions of Hindutva leaders Khandya Praveen, Naveen Shetty and Abhijit. Gowda had lost Rs 25 lakh in cricket betting to Nataraj, who runs Kalmane Chit Fund.

He had promised to pay the money in two instalments, but failed to do so. Nataraj got his friend, Khandya to recover the money from Gowda. Khandya contacted a senior police officer in Chikkamagaluru and requested him to speak to Gowda and make him pay up. The officer agreed but did not follow up.

Khandya decided to take matters into his hand. His gang, which included Joy, kidnapped Gowda and kept him at a house in Sanjaynagar, Bengaluru.

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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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