A year on, Rohit’s death still a mystery; parents accuse cops of cover up

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March 22, 2015

Mangaluru, Mar 22: It has been a year since the headless body of Rohit Radhakrishnan (22), a final year student of AJ Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangaluru, was found near Tannir Bavi beech, in the city on the fateful morning of March 23 2014. The tears of his parents Dr Sreedevi and Advocate Radhakrishnan are never dried. Nightmares are hounding them every nights as well as days.

Rohit Radhakrishnan

Dr Sreedevi, a practicing pediatrician, who was working at Bahrain at that time, could not bear the loss of his son and returned home at Kuzhikkala Pathanamthitta, Kerala. Now, she is working with a hospital nearby and her husband Adv. Radhakrishnan is trying to bury his sorrows on his profession.

But, that is not easy as they are the one who lost their one and only child. Who could help them go get over with their sorrow and grief?  Friends and relatives only could advise philosophy and may be sympathies on the loss.

The sad part is that, there is no support from any of the so called democratic machinery, reveal the aggrieved parents. “In our society what is the value for a human being?  What are his rights? Does he have at least right to live? Does the society have the obligation to protect their fellow human beings? ” ask the helpless parents.  According to them, after discovering the mutilated body of the student on the roadside, the police tried to cover up the case and tried to show it to the world as a case of accident.

It was the close relatives with the support of the media made the hue and cry to open the case again and relook into it. Later, the case was handed over to CID to pacify agitating parents and public.

But, what is the result of that enquiry?  Where it stands?  No one knows!  According to the parents of the victim, all these are mere mockeries intended to divert attention of the public as well as the media from the issue and then divert the case as they wanted and to close it discreetly.  

The parents said that there was a hard effort from the investigation team to prove that it is an accident.  But they never or ever able to answer the questions been raised challenging the observation and conclusions made by the police or investigating team.Unfortunately, only effort being made by the investigators is to fabricate evidence to prove that Rohit’s death was due to an accident, say the kin, who believe that it was a case of homicide.

The parents are seeking convincing answers for the following questions in connection with the case:
1.    Even after one year of the incident why the accident theory could not be established?
2.    Why the investigators are not looking at the murder angle, when there are glaring evidences pointing to murder.
3.    Why the body was brought to AJ Institute of medical sciences, where he was a studying.
4.    Why the autopsy was conducted not by a police surgeon?
5.    Why embalming was done without the consent of immediate relatives?
6.    Why the video tape (mandatory) of the autopsy is missing?
7.    Why the conflicting statements of his friends who were with him till the last moment were investigated further?
8.    Why the police tried to hush-up the case declaring as a freak accident?
9.    Why the AJ Institute of Medical Science, not even condole on the death of one of their student?
10.    Why there was an inordinate delay in announcing a CID enquiry?
11.    What was the outcome of that enquiry even after one year?
12.    Why they have not questioned the local people who had identified the body and still believe it a murder?

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A 34-year-old fruit and vegetable trader in Mangaluru has reportedly lost ₹33.1 lakh after falling victim to an online investment scam run through a fake mobile app.

Police said the scam began in September, when the victim received a link on Facebook. Clicking it connected him to a WhatsApp number, where an unidentified person introduced a high-return investment scheme and instructed him to download an app.

To build trust, the fraudster asked him to invest ₹30,000 on September 24. The trader soon received ₹34,000 as “profit,” convincing him the scheme was genuine. Over the next two months, he transferred money in multiple instalments via Google Pay and IMPS to different scanner codes and bank accounts shared by the scammers. Between September 24 and December 3, he ended up sending a total of ₹33.1 lakh.

When he later requested a refund of his investment and promised returns, the scammers demanded additional payments, claiming he needed to pay a “service tax” first. Even after he paid a small amount, no money was returned, and the scammers continued pressuring him for more.

A case has been registered at the CEN Crime Police Station.

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December 15,2025

Mangaluru police have arrested a 27-year-old NRI on his return from Saudi Arabia in connection with an Instagram post allegedly containing derogatory and provocative remarks about the Hindu religion, officials said on Monday.

The accused, Abdul Khader Nehad, a resident of Ulaibettu in Mangaluru, was working in Saudi Arabia when the post was uploaded, police said.

A suo motu case was registered at the Bajpe police station on October 11 after an allegedly offensive post circulated from the Instagram account ‘team_sdpi_2025’. Police said the content was flagged for being provocative and derogatory in nature.

During the investigation, technical analysis traced the Instagram post to Nehad, who was residing abroad at the time, a senior police officer said. Based on these findings, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

On December 14, Nehad arrived from Saudi Arabia at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, where he was taken into custody on arrival. Police said further investigation is underway.

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December 7,2025

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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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