Girl, 2 aides held for kidnapping friend

April 20, 2017

Belagavi, Apr 20: Luck ran out for an engineering college dropout who kidnapped her friend from an affluent family for a ransom of Rs 5 crore, along with two accomplices, landing them all behind bars. The police rescued the victim on Wednesday, two days after the kidnap.

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Divya Malghan, a resident of Gadag, abducted Arpita Naik, 22, eighth -semester civil engineering student at Gogte Institute of Technology here and native of Dharwad, who resides at Bella Vista gated residential complex, Nanawadi, here.

Briefing reporters, DCP (law and order) Radhika G said Divya, a resident of Mudhol in Bagalkot district and former student of the college, accompanied by her friends Kedar Hanumantrao Patil and Sumit alias Bablu Gangappa Nabhapur, residents of Gadag, came to the city on Monday, hatching plans to kidnap Arpita, daughter of retired PWD?engineer Govind Pandappa Naik.

An unsuspecting Arpita accompanied the suspects to a restaurant in the city on Monday night, where after dinner, the trio served her tender coconut laced with sleeping pills. Arpita, who partially consumed the drink, discarded it on finding it to be bitter. Soon, she fell unconscious.

The trio drove Arpita in a car to her house. Finding the girl unconscious, they took her to Gadag and made her inhale chloroform, so that she does not regain consciousness. The next morning, Arpita’s mother called up her daughter and Divya, but their phones were unreachable. In the afternoon, Arpita’s father received a call from her, saying she had been kidnapped, the police officer said.

Kedar then snatched Arpita’s phone and claimed to be an associate of the D (Dawood Ibrahim) company and told the girl’s father that he had kidnapped both Arpita and Divya and demanded the ransom. Naik then approached the police, who formed four teams to nab the kidnappers.

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March 21,2024

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Mangaluru: A man from Dakshina Kannada was duped of Rs 2.5 lakh after he was promised a Poland visa.

In a complaint, a resident of Belthangady, stated that the accused, Manoj, had promised a job for his son in Poland. 

Between May 22 of last year and March 19, he handed over Rs 2.2 lakh in various phases, citing different reasons.

However, since the accused failed to provide a visa or return the money, a case was registered at the Dharmasthala police station under IPC sections 417 and 420.

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March 28,2024

An Indian expatriate, hailing from Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, who was detained in Jeddah jail in an alleged cyber case, was set free recently. He is allowed to continue his work in the same company. 

The 49-year-old Mangalurean, has been working for a Maintenance company in Jeddah for more than 13 years. He is known for his efficiency and sincerity in the company with good experience in his field of work. 

His company usually assigned him on duty in Jeddah sea port to take the delivery of the goods consigned to his company. As a part of his duty, he normally takes pictures of the goods before the transportation. He did the same in February 2023 too. 

The security personnel informed the police about his act that amounts to be a violation of the port security rule. He was unaware of the rule as he was doing it normally in the port during the release of the goods. Since then, he was detained by the police on the charge of photographing inside the port premises. After more than 6 months detention, he was released and allowed to work in the same company. 

The detainee’s brother based in Jeddah was constantly pursuing the case.

P A Hameed Padubidri, a pro-bono NRI lawyer and social worker based in Riyadh, extended his socio-humanitarian help in this case upon the request of his family and relatives. 

He actively involved trying to set him free from the jail on humanitarian grounds with the coordination and help of the Consulate General of India (CGI) Jeddah. The CGI keenly followed up the case with the concerned Saudi authorities. He was released from the jail recently and shared his happiness with his family and thanked good samaritans. 

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March 16,2024

Mangaluru: In the wake of complaints regarding middlemen menace, sleuths of Lokayukta on Friday, March 15, conducted a raid at the Mangaluru Urban Development Authority. 

The Lokayukta team found unaccounted money and several files, which were not disposed of for a long period.

Lokayukta SP CA Simon said that the Lokayukta has received complaints that middlemen have been interfering in the MUDA office, and files pertaining to the public are not being cleared on time.

A raid that commenced in the evening on March 13, lasted for 18 hours. During the raid, Lokayukta officials found cash in a bag in MUDA office, and also with officials and others. MUDA officials could not inform the source of money found in their office, the SP said.

Further, he said that many people gathered at the MUDA office during the Lokayukta raid, and have raised complaints about the harassment at the urban development authority. “We have gathered evidence for MUDA officials carrying out file disposal processes through brokers on phone calls. The investigation on the MUDA network will be continued,” he said.

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