Informing the same, Inspector General (Western Range) Prathap Reddy said that on Thursday morning at about 10 am a person had called him up and confessed to have been involved in the rape of a 22-year-old medical student in Manipal. He said that he was committing suicide because he found no way to escape the police.
“While we traced the phone call, we landed at an isolated place at Onthibettu near Parkala, just a few kilometres from Manipal and we found a man in critical state, who had attempted to suicide by consuming poison. We took him to KMC hospital for treatment,” said the IGP adding that the said person is Yogish Poojary, a driver by profession with criminal credentials.
Son of Shanthappa Poojary, Yogish is a rowdy-sheeter because of his involvement in various crimes.
Though his condition is said to be critical, he is out of danger, said the IGP adding that as per the statement of Yogish the cops immediately tracked down Hariprasad Poojary from Parkala who is said to have been involved in the heinous crime of raping the medical student. The auto used by the gang to execute the crime is registered in the name of Narayana Poojary, father of Hariprasad Poojary.
Both persons are unmarried and even after the crime, there continued to roam out in open without any fear. However, when the cops came under pressure to expedite the investigation, the prime accused Yogish Poojary voluntarily called the IGP and confessed.
The IGP informed that place where the crime took place was different from the place, which the police initially thought.
Further, over 200 policemen from Mangalore, Udupi, Uttara Kannada and Chikmagalur districts worked for the case in different ways.
The IGP announced cash reward to those who worked in the case.
Udupi Superintendent of Police Dr Boralingaiah and Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal were present.
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