Mangaluru: Both convicts get life sentence for murder of Candle Santhu

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July 21, 2018

Mangaluru, Jul 21: A local has sentenced two convicts to life imprisonment in the murder of notorious criminal Santosh alias Candle Santhu. The court also imposed a fine of Rs. 1 lakh on each.

Santhu, a resident of Balthile House, had gone to the Rajarajeshwari temple in Polali on the outskirts of the on February 18, 2009 when the murder took place.

On Thursday the Fourth Additional District and Sessions Judge Neerale Veerabhadraiah Bhavani had convicted Iqbal Kavoor (accused No. 1) and Farooq Karkala (accused No. 6) for the offence under Section 302.

He acquitted the other accused Siddiq alias Munna, Asif alias Mohammed Asif, Sarfaraz, Mohammed Haris, Abdul Rehiman and Mansoor. Harishchandra U was the prosecutor in the case.

Superintendent of Police of Dakshina Kannada B R Ravikanthe Gowda said in a release that he has announced a reward for the investigation team led by the then Bantwal Rural Circle Inspector Nanjunde Gowda.

The police had filed a charge sheet under Sections 143 (punishment for unlawful assembly), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with lethal weapons) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code.

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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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